JD Marine

What JD Marine does

JD Marine is a privately held, small-scale engineering consulting firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, founded in 2009. Per the available firmographic record, the company operates with 1–10 employees and offers engineering consulting services to the offshore oil and service industry — a positioning consistent with the Gulf of Mexico offshore energy cluster in which it is based. The firm targets a narrow technical niche within marine/offshore engineering support, which by nature involves project-based advisory, feasibility, design review, or similar technical services to operators, EPC contractors, and oilfield service companies.

The business model and revenue mechanics are not disclosed in the available inputs: no pricing model, contract structure, customer list, or revenue figure is on record, and the company’s own website (jdmarineus.com) reportedly displays only a loading/verification page rather than substantive content. Accordingly, the description of how JD Marine goes to market — whether through retained advisory engagements, per-project consulting, panel arrangements, or referrals within operator networks — cannot be grounded in evidence and remains a material data gap for any investor diligence.

No products, proprietary technologies, certifications, partnerships, awards, or management-team information are documented in the supplied data, and no AI, digital platform, or differentiated technology capability is evidenced. The investment-relevant picture is therefore that of an unverified micro-consultancy with niche sector exposure to offshore oil and gas, pending primary-source confirmation of operating activity, customer base, and revenue scale.

Name

JD Marine

Website

https://jdmarineus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JD Marine is a small, privately held Houston-based engineering consultancy founded in 2009, providing technical advisory services to the offshore oil and gas and oilfield services industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389)

akta.pro primary industry

Project Management & Owner’s Engineering / Technical Consultancy (Spec Writing, Bid Support, Site Support) (IMAJAGAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Offshore Marine & Aviation Support (PSVs, AHTS, Crew Boats, Helicopters) (EUALABAJ), Marine & Offshore Energy O&M (Offshore Wind, Platforms, Subsea Assets) (EUAEAGAO)

Keywords

• Offshore engineering consulting
• Marine engineering services
• Offshore oil consulting
• Subsea engineering support
• Naval architecture services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

JD Marine is a Houston-based engineering consulting firm founded in 2009 that provides specialized engineering services to the offshore oil and service industry. The company operates with a small team of 1-10 employees and delivers technical expertise to support offshore operations and marine-related projects for industry clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Offshore Engineering Consulting Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• DNV: Global classification and advisory firm offering maritime, offshore engineering, and energy consulting services. A broad incumbent whose offshore engineering advisory work competes with the niche engineering consulting JD Marine provides.
• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS): Global classification society and offshore engineering advisory, with extensive offshore and marine engineering services. Adjacent competitor in the engineering consulting layer for offshore assets, though ABS is a much larger standards body and incumbent.
• Worley: Global engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm with a substantial offshore oil & gas and energy transition services practice. A broad incumbent that competes for the same offshore engineering consulting budgets, though at enterprise scale.
• Oceaneering International: Large global provider of engineered services and products to the offshore oil & gas, defense, and aerospace industries. Overlaps with JD Marine in offshore engineering services but operates at vastly greater scale and product breadth.

Direct peers

• Shearer & Associates: Houston-based marine engineering and naval architecture consultancy serving offshore oil & gas and marine construction clients. Direct peer given shared Houston base, offshore focus, and engineering consulting business model.
• Stress Engineering Services: Houston-based engineering consulting firm providing analysis, testing, and design services to the oil & gas, aerospace, and offshore industries. Highly comparable as a small-to-mid sized specialty engineering consultancy serving offshore energy clients from the same metro.
• Jensen Maritime (Crowley): Naval architecture and marine engineering consulting firm specializing in offshore vessel and platform design. Comparable as a specialist marine/offshore engineering consultancy, though it is owned by larger Crowley so has more resources than JD Marine.
• Glosten: Independent naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy serving offshore, renewable energy, and commercial marine clients. Closely comparable in service offering (engineering consulting for marine/offshore structures) and similar boutique scale.

Regional players

• Knud E. Hansen: Independent marine engineering and ship design consultancy headquartered in Denmark with a global project base. Comparable specialist engineering consulting services for offshore and commercial marine clients, though operating primarily from Europe.
• Herbert Engineering (Aalborg, Denmark): Marine engineering and naval architecture consultancy with deep offshore and offshore-wind expertise. Comparable service offering to JD Marine, but based in Europe rather than the Gulf of Mexico market.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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