Reid Geophysics

What Reid Geophysics does

Reid Geophysics Limited is a privately-held UK geophysical consulting firm headquartered in Eastbourne, founded by Alan Reid in 2010 (UK Companies House registration 04924658). The firm provides specialist consulting services to petroleum, mineral, and unexploded ordnance (UXO) explorers, focused on gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic survey data — methods used to identify subsurface geological structures relevant to hydrocarbon and mineral targeting. Its service portfolio spans the full workflow from survey design and contractor commissioning, through acquisition and processing quality control, to data enhancement, modelling and interpretation, historic data sourcing and reprocessing, customised technical training, and bespoke R&D.

The underlying technology is principally human-expert interpretive work, augmented by the firm's published methodological contributions (notably Reid's work on Euler deconvolution and structural indices) and a library of downloadable technical papers that doubles as marketing collateral. Delivery is project-based direct consulting rather than software product; engagements are sales-led, executed through professional networks, conference presence, and reputation within the geoscience community. The firm maintains membership in nine geoscience professional bodies (ASEG, EAGE, EPSG, IAEG, IAGSA, GESGB, SAGA, SEG, and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers) and operates with a small core team supplemented by a network of named Associates who enable scaled delivery without proportional permanent headcount.

The revenue model is professional services invoicing on a per-project basis across three primary segments (petroleum explorers, mineral explorers, and UXO/infrastructure characterisation), with pricing opaque and quote-based. Customers have historically included IOC majors (Shell, Chevron, BG Group, Repsol, Woodside, OMV, Sonatrach, Wintershall), mining firms (Lonmin, Rex Mining, Cluff, Amlib) and government geological surveys across Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. Headcount is in the 1-10 band and there are no disclosed funding rounds, external investors, or parent-company relationships, indicating the firm is founder-financed and independently operated.

Name

Reid Geophysics

Legal name

Reid Geophysics Limited

Website

https://reid-geophys.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Reid Geophysics Limited is a UK-based geophysical consulting firm that provides gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic survey design, QC, processing, and interpretation services to petroleum, mineral, and UXO explorers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geophysical Consulting Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations (213112), Support Activities for Mining (213)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Exploration Services (1382), Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Metal Mining (1000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUALABAK

Seismic & Geoscience Services (Acquisition, Processing, Interpretation)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Oil & Gas (Upstream, Midstream, Downstream and Refining)/Oilfield Services & Drilling (OFS)

SECONDARYIMAKAKAA

Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Metals & Mining/Mining Services & Contracting (Exploration, Drilling, Blasting, Mine Operations)

SECONDARYEUALAAAA

Exploration & Prospecting (Geology, Geophysics, Seismic)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Oil & Gas (Upstream, Midstream, Downstream and Refining)/Upstream Exploration & Production (E&P)

SECONDARYBPAHAIAB

Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

SECONDARYEUAAAAAH

Exploration, Appraisal & Subsurface (Seismic, Geology, Reservoir Characterization)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Bioenergy, Natural Gas & Biomass/Natural Gas Exploration & Production (Upstream)

Keywords

• Geophysical consulting
• Mineral exploration services
• Petroleum exploration services
• Gravity magnetic surveys
• Electromagnetic data interpretation

Headquarters

HQ city

Eastbourne

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Geophysical Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements providing geophysical expertise for petroleum, mineral, and UXO exploration projects. Services include survey design, data processing QC, interpretation, and technical training.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Reid Geophysics is an independent consultancy that provides specialist geophysical services to petroleum, mineral, and UXO explorers worldwide. Its core offering covers the full consulting workflow including survey design and commissioning, survey and processing QC, data processing, data enhancement for geological structure, modelling and interpretation, historic data sourcing and reprocessing, technical training, and bespoke R&D, focused on gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic survey data.

Product overview

Reid Geophysics offers a unified suite of geophysical consulting services for petroleum and mineral explorers. The core offering is comprehensive consulting that encompasses survey design and commissioning, survey and processing quality control, geophysical data processing, data enhancement for geological structure, modelling and interpretation, historic data sourcing and reprocessing, technical training, and bespoke R&D. The company specializes in gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic data. Services are delivered as consulting engagements rather than standalone software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Geophysical Consulting Services End-to-end independent consulting engagement for petroleum, mineral, and UXO explorers, covering survey design and contractor commissioning, survey and processing QC, data processing, data enhancement for geological structure, modelling and interpretation, sourcing and reprocessing of historic survey data, customised technical training, and bespoke R&D, focused on gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic datasets.

Named customers16 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SkyTEM Surveys: Danish airborne EM survey company used by Reid Geophysics clients (e.g., Cluff in Sierra Leone). Comparable airborne geophysical capabilities and shared customer base in mineral exploration.
• Resource Potentials: Perth-based geophysical and geological consulting firm specializing in processing and interpretation of magnetic, gravity, and EM datasets for mineral exploration. Direct comparable in niche geophysical consulting service mix.
• Sander Geophysics: Canadian airborne geophysical survey company operating fixed-wing aircraft for magnetic, gravity, and radiometric surveys. Provides the airborne acquisition services that Reid Geophysics designs, commissions, and QC's — adjacent vertical but similar customer base.
• Mira Geoscience: Geoscience consulting and software firm specializing in 3D geological and geophysical modelling for mineral exploration. Overlapping interpretation/methodology focus and similar consulting-plus-tools business model.
• Southern Geoscience Consultants: Australian geophysical consultancy offering airborne and ground geophysical data processing, interpretation, and survey design for mineral and petroleum exploration globally. Closely comparable in size, service scope (gravity/magnetic/EM), and customer base to Reid Geophysics.
• Paterson, Grant & Watson (PGW): Canadian geophysical consulting firm providing gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic data interpretation for the mining and exploration industry. Closely comparable boutique consultancy serving similar mineral exploration clients with overlapping technical offerings.

Broad incumbents

• TGS: Global multi-client geophysical data library and imaging company. Provides subsurface data products (including gravity/magnetic) that complement or substitute for parts of Reid Geophysics' reprocessing and interpretation services.
• Fugro: Dutch geo-data specialist offering site characterization, geophysical surveys, and geoconsulting services for energy, infrastructure, and mining markets. Significantly larger but overlaps with Reid Geophysics on airborne and ground survey consulting.
• CGG (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique): Global geoscience major offering seismic acquisition, multi-physics (including gravity/magnetic), and subsurface imaging for oil & gas and mining. Competes with Reid Geophysics for interpretation work but at vastly larger scale and broader scope.

Emerging players

• Computational Geosciences Inc. Vancouver-based geoscience consultancy providing geophysical data processing, inversion, and interpretation for mineral exploration. Smaller, specialist firm with overlapping gravity/magnetic interpretation offering and similar target customers.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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