Kelly Bates is a Senior Marine Geoscientist based in Canada with more than 15 years of offshore energy sector experience. She specializes in offshore geohazard identification and mitigation, integrated marine site characterization, and geophysical data interpretation for offshore developments. Her work has supported projects across the Canadian and U.S. Atlantic, southern U.S., Trinidad, Colombia, Guyana, Australia, and the Caspian Sea, with recent emphasis on offshore wind development and seabed characterization.
Her expertise spans high-resolution geophysical interpretation, sediment characterization, offshore survey planning, ground modelling, and integrated geophysical and geotechnical assessments. She has supported offshore wind projects through seabed mapping, geohazard assessments, and multidisciplinary data integration, helping improve spatial understanding of seabed and subsurface conditions.