Methodology
Last updated: July 18, 2026
Offshore Atlas organizes offshore industry information through structured sectors, editorial profiles and relationship data designed for exploration rather than ranking.
How Featured Companies Are Selected
Featured companies are selected as editorial starting points for each sector. Selection may consider sector relevance, global or regional importance, public information quality, fleet or technology representation, career relevance and usefulness for users exploring the industry.
How Sectors Are Organized
Sectors are organized around practical offshore industry activity, such as Offshore Drilling, Offshore Support Vessels, Offshore Wind, Marine Survey, Heavy Marine & Construction and Subsea & ROV. A company may appear in more than one sector when its activities support multiple parts of the offshore value chain.
How Similar Companies Are Generated
Similar company recommendations prioritize explicit editorial relationships first, then shared sectors, fleet categories, technologies and operating regions. The goal is to help users discover relevant alternatives or adjacent companies, not to rank competitors.
How Company Relationships Work
Company relationships may include parent companies, subsidiaries, brands, strategic partners, joint ventures, major clients, competitors, related companies, operating regions, primary sectors, secondary sectors, fleet categories and technologies.
Knowledge Graph Overview
The Offshore Atlas Knowledge Graph is a structured relationship layer connecting companies to sectors, countries, regions, fleet categories, technologies and related organizations. It supports profile enrichment today and can support recommendations, filtering, search and future visualization features.
Editorial Methodology
Editorial content is written from public sources and organized into a consistent data model. Offshore Atlas avoids unsupported marketing claims and uses controlled vocabulary where possible so profiles, sectors and relationships remain comparable.
Future Improvements
- Expand editorial profiles beyond featured companies.
- Add deeper relationship coverage for clients, partnerships and technologies.
- Improve logo provenance and asset quality.
- Strengthen sector coverage for future Atlas Map releases.
- Add more validation and review tooling for editorial releases.