Diver Controlled Drills
Whittaker design and build Diver Controlled Drills that have worked all over the world from West coast USA to the Far East, from the Barents Sea to the Tasman Sea. These drills have drilled, drilled and tapped, milled, cut coupons, retained coupons, drilled into pipelines, legs, wrecks, pontoons and caissons - 10mm to 200mm, Scuba to Hyperbaric.
Pile Drilling
Subsea Well Head Template - Diver drills through casing into pile to lock pile into sea bed - North Sea.
Drilling & Tapping
Diver drilling and tapping 2" NPT thread into platform leg for grout repairs.
Oil Recovery
These drill units held onto the hull of the sunken German Battleship Blucher by suction feet in order to recover bunkering oil from the double bottoms and inner tanks.