Patent ID: 9606256
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G01V,Y02A

Claim:
1. A method comprising: towing a sensor streamer along a first path of travel of a source, the sensor streamer comprising a plurality of electric field sensors polarized along the first path of travel, and the first path of travel above a hydrocarbon bearing formation; sensing by the electric field sensors polarized along the first path of travel, the sensing along the first path of travel creates a first datum; towing the sensor streamer along a second path of travel of the source, the second path of travel different than the first path of travel, and the electric field sensors of the sensor streamer polarized along the second path of travel, the second path of travel above the hydrocarbon bearing formation; sensing by the electric field sensors polarized along the second path of travel, the sensing along the second path of travel creates a second datum; combining the first datum associated with the first path of travel of the source with the second datum associated with the second path of travel of the source, the combining creates a first combined datum, and the first combined datum has a higher signal-to-noise ratio than the first datum or second datum; and determining a parameter associated with the hydrocarbon bearing formation by evaluating the first combined datum.