Ocean Geophysics and HighTide have formed a joint venture to provide offshore wind developers with an integrated seabed data processing, analysis and interpretation service.
The partners said the move combines large-scale geophysical capability with high-resolution, asset-level seabed insight for sectors including offshore wind, cable and pipeline installation, and oil and gas.
Under the deal, developers gain an end-to-end package that merges Ocean Geophysics’ geophysical processing and interpretation with HighTide’s specialist seabed interpretation and reporting.
Their combined services cover multibeam and backscatter processing, GIS and charting, seabed mobility assessments, boulder mapping, foundation risk evaluation and survey support for cable and pipe lay contractors.
Ocean Geophysics also brings AI-driven processing across seismic, UHR, UHRS, UXO, sub-bottom profiler, side-scan sonar, synthetic aperture sonar and eBOSS datasets.
“High Tide and Ocean Geophysics complement each other,” said Alison Wells (pictured, left), chief executive of Ocean Geophysics.
“By teaming up, we can provide developers of offshore wind farms with a full suite of seabed data processing and interpretation,” Wells added.
“By combining UK-headquartered Ocean Geophysics’ global processing scale based in Thailand with HighTide’s specialist seabed interpretation and high-resolution modelling expertise team in Slovenia, we are building a pool of almost 95 experts for round-the-clock customer service,” stated Boštjan Krapež (pictured, right), chief executive of HighTide.
Ocean Geophysics said its proprietary AI-driven software shortens workflows from weeks to hours, with the JV aligning high-resolution seabed and inspection data to support consistent interpretation from early survey campaigns through installation and decommissioning.