MOBILE SELF-CONTAINED UNDERWATER SEISMIC-HYDROACOUSTIC STATION FOR EXPLORATION OF HYDROCARBONS ON WATER AREA OF ARCTIC SHELF Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01V1/00 

FIELD: physics; geophysics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices for seismic exploration of hydrocarbon deposits on the water area of the arctic shelf. The mobile self-contained underwater seismic-hydroacoustic station for exploration of hydrocarbons on the water area of the arctic shelf has a hard, streamlined housing, a power plant, a motor, a gyroscope, a distance measuring device, an echo sounder, a depth sensor, a hydroacoustic beacon signal locator, buoyancy control means and an on-board computer with a program device for controlling movement of the station from one point on the sea to another, hovering, sinking to the bottom, raising from the bottom to a given depth and onto the sea surface.

EFFECT: designing a mobile underwater self-contained seismic-hydroacoustic station for exploration of hydrocarbons, capable of independently moving according to a given program to investigated points on the sea, hovering over said points, sinking to the bottom and raising from the bottom to a given depth while simultaneously reducing self-generated seismic-hydroacoustic noise.

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