Patent ID: 9261619
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G01V

Claim Text:
1. A survey acquisition system comprising: a plurality of streamers towed by a plurality of streamer vessels, including a first streamer vessel and a second streamer vessel; a plurality of sources towed by a plurality of source vessels, wherein said plurality of streamer vessels and said plurality of source vessels are configured relative to one another such that said plurality of source vessels are positioned at one or more predetermined inline distances behind a portion of the first streamer vessel and are also positioned at one or more predetermined inline distances in front of a portion of the second streamer vessel, wherein said plurality of source vessels are positioned between the first streamer vessel and the second streamer vessel in the inline direction, and wherein said plurality of streamer vessels and said plurality of source vessels are also spaced apart from one another in a cross-line direction.