Our Company Profile

Surrich Hydrographics Pty Ltd is a Hydrographic Survey company that provides services for the commercial, environmental, industrial offshore and nearshore development sectors.

Formed in 2008 by its Director Andrew Richardson after deciding a specialised Hydrographic Survey Company was needed for those outside the oil and gas industry. The team at Surrich Hydrographics vision is to provide the end client with high quality data sets acquired by the best technology available.

Surrich’s main focus lies in the accurate representation of the sea floor using acoustic sounding systems and techniques. The past decade has seen many new advances in sonar technology and with it a decrease in the cost of running such systems.

The need for a thorough scientific analysis of the seafloor is paramount. This is driving hydrographic survey companies to provide the client with more detailed and accurate datasets that assist in understanding of the ocean environment.

Andrew Richardson | Certified Hydrographic Surveyor Level 1
Managing Director

Andrew has extensive experience in Hydrogrpahic survey planning and execution. Having worked across Australia and parts of the world on some of the largest commercial oil and gas developments he is well placed to provide high quality services to the field of Hydrographic Survey.
He is versed in a multitude of software packages for the planning, acquisition and processing of all forms of Hydrographic and Offshore Geophysical Survey data.

Justin Anning | Principal Geophysicist
Director

Justin Anning is a geophysicist with +19 years’ experience using a diverse range of geophysical techniques including land, marine, underground and airborne applications.

Project Experience

Surrich principals, Andrew Richardson and Justin Anning, have worked on numerous marine projects in Australia including, but not limited to:

• Browse Basin development, Western Australia.
• Ichthys Project, Western Australia.
• Wheatstone LNG project, Western Australia.
• Gorgon Project, Western Australia.
• Cape Lambert export facilities.
• Sino Iron Cape Preston export facilities, Western Australia.
• Pilbara Port Authority, Western Australia (Port Hedland and Dampier Ports)
• Australian Marine Complex, Jervoise Bay, Western Australia.
• Gladstone Harbour, Queensland.
• Bunbury, Albany, Fremantle and Anketell, Onslow, Western Australia.
• Darwin Port, Northern Territory.
• HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, HMAS Coonawarra, Northern Territory.
• Kimberly Port Authority (Broome Port).