Towed streamer deghosting

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2007-01-23

2007-01-23

Hellner, Mark (Department: 3663)

Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices

Seismic prospecting

Offshore prospecting

C181S110000, C181S112000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11380972

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods for reducing ghosts from hydrophone signals in a streamer towed underwater close to the sea surface. A multi-axis micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) accelerometer with attitude sensing is used to reduce the frequency spectral notch in the response of the combined hydrophone-accelerometer system and to reduce the sensitivity to ghost-producing downward traveling acoustic waves that are sea-surface reflections of the primary upward traveling acoustic waves. Multi-axis spring load cells provide high compliance and mechanical isolation between stress members and the accelerometer system. The load cells also provide signals representing the vibration of the stress members. The signals can be used with an adaptive filter estimating the mechanical transfer function between the vibration and the motion of the accelerometer system to remove the vibration-induced noise from the accelerometer signals.

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