Cathie

Cathie is a global offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy focused on “seabed and below” challenges for the offshore energy and marine infrastructure industries. Founded in 2003, the company delivers geological, geospatial, geophysical and geotechnical engineering solutions across offshore wind, oil and gas, marine energy, ports, subsea power and telecom cables, and LNG terminals. Cathie supports projects through the full lifecycle from feasibility and development to design, installation, operations and specialist software, and has delivered more than 1,100 projects for over 450 clients in more than 90 countries. It has permanent teams in key hubs such as Brussels, Paris, Newcastle, Milan and Providence, and works extensively across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, South America, Australasia and the Middle East. Cathie was founded in the offshore oil and gas sector and has completed over 400 oil and gas projects across every major offshore centre, acting as a trusted geoscience and geotechnical consultant to operators and Tier-1 contractors including Total, Shell, Perenco, ENI, Subsea7, Technip and Heerema. The company has experience in deep-water soft clays, continental shelf sands and clays, calcareous soils and corals, and weak rock, and has contributed to industry expansion into deeper water, harsher environments and more complex seabed conditions. Its service offering spans survey consultancy, site evaluation, geohazard and desk studies, data management, data integration and interpretation, advanced ground modelling, cable burial risk assessment, foundation and caisson design, jack-up and pile driving analyses, trenchability and soil–pipe interaction studies, and seabed risk assessment. Cathie emphasises innovation and targeted R&D, including advanced ground modelling and cable and foundation engineering tools, to manage seabed risk, solve technical challenges and enable cost‑effective project delivery in both established and emerging offshore wind and offshore energy markets.