Experiences with a Super Wide 3D Marine Acquisition in the North Sea

3D Seismic Survey Design, Second edition

“…Considerable gains in efficiency have been reached in marine acquisition with the introduction of multisource multistreamer (MS/MS) techniques and even multiboat operations (Davidson and Bandell, 1990;Cramer et al, 1995;Sandø and Veggeland, 1995;Duey, 1996). A record of 10 streamers towed by three streamer vessels (Sandø and Veggeland, 1995) was soon broken by a new record of 12 streamers one year later (Duey, 1996).…”

“…A record of 10 streamers towed by three streamer vessels (Sandø and Veggeland, 1995) was soon broken by a new record of 12 streamers one year later (Duey, 1996). The current record stands at 18 streamers (for one streamer vessel; in wide-azimuth acquisition, often two streamer vessels are used), and that will undoubtedly be broken.…”