Method and apparatus to facilitate cleaning marine survey equipment

Techniques are disclosed relating to using a remote operated vehicle (ROV) to facilitate cleaning of a submerged geophysical equipment (e.g., a streamer) being towed behind a tow vessel. The ROV may, in one embodiment, attach a streamer cleaning unit (SCU) to the streamer, where the SCU is configure...

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Main Authors Kenneth Karlsen, Rune Tonnessen, Erling Vageskar, Jan Terje Rodseth, Einar Nielsen, Arnt Bjomo
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.05.2017
Subjects
CLEANING
CLEANING IN GENERAL
DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
GEOPHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
MEASURING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Techniques are disclosed relating to using a remote operated vehicle (ROV) to facilitate cleaning of a submerged geophysical equipment (e.g., a streamer) being towed behind a tow vessel. The ROV may, in one embodiment, attach a streamer cleaning unit (SCU) to the streamer, where the SCU is configured to clean the streamer. In another embodiment, the ROV may facilitate cleaning by cleaning the streamer itself using a cleaning attachment coupled to the ROV.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20160015458