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Tail buoy

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003751

A floating marker deployed at the end of a marine seismic streamer cable to indicate its position and depth. It contains navigation equipment, such as a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and acoustic transponders for precise location tracking. The buoy's data is transmitted to the seismic vessel to maintain proper streamer geometry during data acquisition.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003751
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeophysics
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003751",
  "term": "Tail buoy",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A floating marker deployed at the end of a marine seismic streamer cable to indicate its position and depth. It contains navigation equipment, such as a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and acoustic transponders for precise location tracking. The buoy's data is transmitted to the seismic vessel to maintain proper streamer geometry during data acquisition.",
  "subject": "Geophysics",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/tail-buoy/"
}

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