CABLE WITH REDUCED AMOUNT NYLON FOR GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS

摘要

A hydrocarbon application cable (100) of reduced nylon with increased flexibility and useful life. The cable (100) may be of a hose or solid configuration and particularly beneficial for use in marine operations. A power and data communicative core of the cable may be surrounded by a lightweight intermediate polymer layer of a given hardness which is ultimately then surrounded by an outer polymer jacket having a hardness that is greater than the given hardness. Thus, a lighter weight polymer is provided interior of the outer polymer jacket, which may be of nylon or other suitably hard material. As such, the overall weight and cost of the cable may be substantially reduced.