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Offshore wind duo in seabed data partnership

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16 December 2025 – Renewable energy industry suppliers Ocean Geophysics and HighTide have entered into a joint venture agreement that unifies their technical strengths into a global, 24/7 data processing, analysis and interpretation powerhouse, combining large-scale geophysical capability with specialist high-resolution and asset-level seabed insight

Together, the two companies can provide one of the most comprehensive seabed and data solutions available to the offshore wind, cable and pipeline installation, and oil and gas sectors.

Processing seabed data is critical for offshore wind developers, influencing site selection, foundation design, array engineering and project safety. Offshore wind turbine generators and export cables depend on a precise understanding of seabed morphology, sediment behaviour, shallow geology and geohazards.

Under this partnership, developers in the offshore wind space now gain an end-to-end seabed data package with processing capabilities that combines Ocean Geophysics’ large-scale geophysical processing and interpretation with HighTide’s specialist expertise interpretation and reporting focusing on high-resolution seabed and visual inspection data.

Their services span across data processing for acquired multibeam (MBES), backscatter, GIS and charting data, seabed mobility assessments, boulder field mapping and foundation risk evaluation. Along with specialised support for cable and pipe lay contractors in pre and post-lay survey processing; as-laid, as-built trenching documentation; high-clarity ROV inspection processing for cable touch down and asset integrity; photogrammetric based precise 3D reconstruction for monopile inspections, mattress and burial assessments.

In addition, Ocean Geophysics provides its expertise in AI-driven geophysical data processing and interpretation of multi-channel seismic, UHR, UHRS, UXO, sub-bottom profiler, side scan sonar, synthetic aperture sonar and eBOSS data.

“High Tide and Ocean Geophysics complement each other. High Tide provides services that we don’t – and vice versa. By teaming up, we can provide developers of offshore wind farms with a full suite of seabed data processing and interpretation. Moreover, we can jointly take on even bigger projects together as a one-stop shop for marine data processing,” says Alison Wells, CEO of Ocean Geophysics.

“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. By working alongside Ocean Geophysics’ large-scale processing and interpretation teams, we can deliver consistent, technically aligned data products from early site assessment throughout installation, periodic inspection and decommissioning support, ” says Boštjan Krapež, CEO of HighTide.

Ocean Geophysics is radically changing how the offshore industry processes, interprets, and reports geophysical data. By combining proprietary AI-driven software with a high-capacity data centre, the company has reduced workflows that once took weeks or months to just hours and days. Together with HighTide, this capability is complemented by specialist high-resolution seabed and inspection data processing, linking geophysical interpretation with asset-level multibeam, visual inspection and photogrammetric datasets. This alignment reduces handover gaps and supports consistent interpretation from early survey data throughout installation and inspection activities.

For further media information, please contact:

Endre Aaberg Johansen, Corporate Communications AS, tel: +47 41 61 06 05, e-mail: endre.johansen@corpcom.no

‍About Ocean Geophysics

Ocean Geophysics is a specialist provider of processing, interpretation and reporting of geophysical data in oceans and rivers. The company’s large pool of 70 in-house geophysicists allows seabed survey companies and renewable energy developers and operators their own dedicated team from commencement to conclusion of each project. Ocean Geophysics is headquartered in the UK, and a high-capacity data processing facility in Thailand provides overnight data processing and reporting capabilities for customers. For more information, see www.oceangeophysics.com

About HighTide

HighTide is a specialist provider of subsea data processing services for offshore wind, cable, pipeline and other energy projects. The company supports survey companies and other operators with processing, interpretation and reporting focusing on high-resolution seabed and visual inspection data.

HighTide’s team is based in Slovenia and works with data acquired from hull-mounted, towed, USV, ROV, AUV and SROV-mounted sensors, delivering services including multibeam and backscatter processing, ROV inspection analysis, photogrammetry and 3D reconstruction. For more information, see www.hightide.si

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