Paul Boyd Farmer

US Patent:

20200393583, Dec 17, 2020

Filed:

Jun 17, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/904188

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Paul Farmer - Houston TX, US
Joseph Richard Gagliardi - Katy TX, US
Nikolaos Bernitsas - Sugar Land TX, US
Timothy A. Dudley - Houston TX, US
Emerson Verissimo - Houston TX, US
Darrell Burch - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G01V 1/137
G01V 1/38

Abstract:

The embodiments herein describe a seismic source that includes at least two firing heads connected to a shared reservoir of compressed gas. When underwater, a controller can instruct the firing heads to fire at the same time or at different times to create gas bubbles that generate seismic energy for identifying structures underneath a body of water. If the firing heads fire at the same, the resulting gas bubble may coalesce to form a single bubble, depending on the size of the respective bubbles and the separation distance between the firing heads. In one embodiment, the firing heads are attached at opposite ends of the shared reservoir (although this is not a requirement). The length of the reservoir, which dictates in part the separation distance of the firing heads, can be set so that gas bubbles generated by the firing heads at substantially the same time coalesce.

US Patent:

20200379138, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

Jun 3, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/891817

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Paul FARMER - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G01V 1/38
G01V 1/20
G01V 1/09

Abstract:

Embodiments herein use an acquisition vessel towing a plurality of receivers and a seismic source and a source vessel towing a seismic source to acquire seismic data corresponding to a subsurface below a bottom surface of a body of water. When activating the seismic source on the acquisition vessel, the plurality of receivers acquire survey data for a central coverage area underneath a swath defined by the plurality of receivers. However, when activating the seismic source on the source vessel, the plurality of receivers acquires survey data for a side coverage area. The embodiments herein control a separation distance between the acquisition and source vessels so that there is a gap between the central and side coverage areas resulting from activating the seismic sources towed by those vessels. This gap can reduce the cost and time required to perform the seismic survey.

US Patent:

20150331127, Nov 19, 2015

Filed:

May 13, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/711154

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
NICK BERNITSAS - Houston TX, US
PAUL FARMER - Houston TX, US
CURT SCHNEIDER - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G01V 1/38
G01V 1/18
G01V 1/36

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for conducting reconnaissance marine seismic surveys. In one example method of acquiring a marine seismic survey, a plurality of streamers are towed behind an acquisition vessel, the plurality of streamers defining a swath. An independent source is towed by an independent source vessel above one or more of the plurality of towed streamers.

Address:

4234 Olive Oak Ct, Houston, TX 77059

Phone:

(281)4806086

VIN:

3GNFC16J97G271241

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

SUBURBAN

Year:

2007