US Patent Issued to BP Corporation North America on June 23 for "Systems and methods of performing velocity surveys using spaced source activation lines" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,554, issued on June 23, was assigned to BP Corporation North America Inc. (Houston).

"Systems and methods of performing velocity surveys using spaced source activation lines" was invented by Joseph Anthony Dellinger (Houston), Esteban Diaz Pantin (Houston) and Hu Jin (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing a seismic survey of an earthen subterranean formation includes deploying a node patch including a plurality of seismic receivers to an offshore seabed in a survey area, deploying a surface vessel towing an array of seismic sources to the survey area located, and activating the array of seismic sources to gen...