Device and method for laterally steering streamer cables

B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – B

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B63B 21/66 (2006.01) G01V 1/38 (2006.01)

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CA 2508397

A device and a method for laterally steering a streamer cable towed underwater behind a seismic survey vessel. The device includes a cable-steering assembly rotatably attached to a streamer cable. The assembly includes a body to which one or more wings are mounted. The wings are arranged to pivot about pivot axes. The assembly is ballasted so that the pivot axes of the wings are largely in a vertical plane. A conventional cable-leveling bird is converted to one version of a cable-steering device by ballasting to maintain the pivot axes of the bird's wings largely vertical. With an orientation sensor for sensing the orientation of tile wings, the cable-steering device adjusts the angle of the wings to provide a sideward component of force to steer the streamer.

Dispositif et méthode de guidage latéral d'un câble de flûte marine remorquée sous l'eau derrière un navire de relevés sismiques. Le dispositif comprend un ensemble de guidage de câble fixé de manière à tourner à un câble de flûte. L'ensemble comprend un corps auquel une ou deux ailes sont montées. Les ailes sont placées de manière à pivoter sur des axes. L'ensemble est lesté pour que les axes de pivotement soient largement dans un plan vertical. Une torpille classique de mise à niveau du câble est convertie dans une version du dispositif de guidage de câble par lestage afin de maintenir les axes des ailes de la torpille largement verticaux. Au moyen d'un capteur d'orientation pour détecter l'orientation des ailes, le dispositif de guidage de câble règle l'angle des ailes afin de fournir une composante latérale de la force de guidage de la flûte.

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