ABOUT US : Field Accomplishments
Recent field accomplishments
2009 - Opened Inuktun USA to formally separate Inuktun USA from SeaTrepid, building Inuktun USA business operations and setting up the Inuktun Service and Repair station and training personnel. Filed full patent application for the rope and riser crawler. Hired new SeaTrepid sales staff. SeaTrepid Louisiana LLC has changed it's name to SeaTrepid International LLC in early April. The new purpose-built ROV training, testing, service and support facility is completed and in operation.
2008 – SeaTrepid, again, has more than doubled its revenues from the previous year. In May 2008, SeaTrepid Robotics LLC was dissolved and was replaced with an engineering agreement with Inuktun Services Ltd. In August 2008, SeaTrepid purchased a 10% equity interest in Inuktun Services Ltd. in exchange for the sole US distributorship of all Inuktun products. The first mid-sized job started in July with Southern Natural Gas and T. Baker Smith. The rope and riser crawler project produced the first concept prototype. SeaTrepid assisted with a six month umbilical lay project in Trinidad for Cal Dive International/BG, along with Reliant Subsea, Inc. Hurricanes Gustav and Ike tear through the middle of the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas fields, where (in the wake of the two storms) SeaTrepid inspected over 425 platforms and pipelines For Multiple oil and gas companies. SeaTrepid performed ROV support services for the 2008 Loch Ness Expedition with The Academy of Applied Science (as shown on Episode 1 of The History Channel's "Monster Quest").
2007 - Released to book stores in August 2007 is the first observation class ROV manual "The ROV Manual" available now through most major book outlets including Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and Elsevier.com
2006 - Supported various major oil companies (Apache, Tetra Applied Technologies, Pioneer, BP, ExxonMobil, Dominion, W&T Offshore and others) with repairs as well as decommissioning of wells with damages sustained from the storms of 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico.
2006 - Performed level 2 platform inspections with ROVs at various locations in the Gulf of Mexico with observation class ROV systems.
2006 - Performed oil spill tracking of the DBL 152 oil spill South of Port Arthur, TX in conjunction with NOAA, USCG and various federal and state environmental agencies.
2005 - Performed ROV support work in conjunction with The Academy of Applied Science during the survey of Loch Ness, Scotland in support of "various scientific projects".
2005 - Wrote the first US Coast Guard ROV Port Security Manual for the Homeland Security Operations Directorate.
2004 - Located the canopy and assisted in victim recovery from the Water Taxi accident in Baltimore Harbor in April 2004 with the Baltimore Fire Department and Marine Sonic receiving international press coverage.
2003 - Performed an internal wreck survey of a DC-3 aircraft shot down by a Russian MiG-15 during the Cold War for the Swedish Navy in 425 fsw.
2003 - Performed cave surveys in conjunction with the National Geographic Society in the Northern Yucatan of Mexico during the "Ring Cenote" project featured in the September, 2003 edition of National Geographic Magazine.
2003 - Performed an accident investigation with the US National Park Service into the wreck of a B-29 into Lake Mead in 1948 with footage featured on the Discovery Channel.
2002 - Performed an investigation of the 1929 disappearance of a couple into a clear lake in Washington State. Footage from this expedition was featured on The Discovery Channel.
2001 - Footage from another expedition to the USS Arizona featured in the History Channel's "Save our History". Gained extensive scientific data in support of ongoing preservation efforts by the US National Park Service.
2001 - Successfully completed an investigation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms uncovering items of evidence during the burning incident of a boat belonging to President George W. Bush.
2000 and 2001 - Performed the first internal wreck survey of the USS Arizona since its sinking in WW2. The footage gained during that expedition was featured on the National Geographic documentary "Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack". Bob Christ (a SeaTrepid Principal) is named in the credits. The project was featured in the July 2001 edition of National Geographic Magazine.