MARINE GEOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT CLEANER

摘要

Techniques are disclosed relating to an apparatus with scraping members for cleaning a geophysical equipment (e.g., a streamer) being towed behind a survey vessel. The apparatus may, in one embodiment, include a housing and a plurality of scraping members that are disposed at least partially outside of the housing. In another embodiment, when the geophysical equipment is being towed behind a survey vessel, portions of the geophysical equipment may be flattened or compressed due to the towing force exerted on the geophysical equipment, and the apparatus of this disclosure may still be used to clean the geophysical equipment. A method is disclosed related to operating an apparatus with a plurality of scraping members and removing debris from a geophysical equipment.

主权项

1. A method, comprising,
towing geophysical equipment behind a survey vessel, performing a first movement of a housing along a longitudinal axis of the geophysical equipment, and, in response to the first movement, scraping an outer surface of a first section of the geophysical equipment with a scraping member, wherein the scraping member is disposed at least partially outside of the housing.