Patent ID: 9733370
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G01V

Claim:
1. A solid streamer for seismic data collection in a marine environment, the solid streamer comprising: a bulk cable that provides strength to the solid streamer; a hydrophone section distributed along the bulk cable and including plural hydrophones, the plural hydrophones being configured to record seismic waves; an accelerometer section distributed along the bulk cable and including plural accelerometers; a field digitizing unit located between the hydrophone section and the accelerometer section and configured to receive seismic signals from the plural hydrophones; a buoyant solid material distributed around the bulk cable; a sleeve enclosing the plural accelerometers; and a jacket enclosing the bulk cable, the plural hydrophone, the plural accelerometers, the buoyant material, and the sleeve, wherein the buoyant solid material provides flotation to the solid streamer.