Sercel Nautilus®

Nautilus® is a totally integrated system for acoustic positioning of seismic streamers and sources and for control of seismic streamers. It includes 3 sub-systems:

• Streamer depth and steering controller
• Acoustic transceivers
• Advanced redundant telemetry sub-system

Nautilus® has been designed in order to offer SEAL users an efficient solution for full acoustic bracing and cable control for 3D and 4D streamer configurations.

Features and Benefits:

1. Streamer leveling & streamer steering in a single device
2. Single in-line canister for all functions: leveling, steering, acoustics, telemetry
3. In-line acoustic transceivers
4. Powered by the streamer with internal rechargeable battery for operation during streamer maintenance
5. Easy latch/unlatch leveling and steering wings
6. Redundant telemetry and power
7. Acoustics based on a patented modulation and time derivation scheme allowing standard deviation to be determined for each range measured
8. Flexible on-board controller:

• Self-contained Graphical User Interface for full control of acoustic network and depth and steering controllers
• Fully integrated with all Sercel on-board products such as SeaProNav, Seal, e-SQCPro etc.
• Open interface for integration with any navigation system