Dave's Diver's Den

Dave's Divers' Den
Dave’s Divers’ Den is the oldest established Diving Center in Thailand. It was founded by Dave Doll, an American, who worked in Vietnam and Thailand at various US Military Bases during the Vietnamese War. Sea and Oilfield Services Co. Ltd. Is the commercial diving branch of Dave’s Divers’ Den. Commercial diving operations have taken Dave and his crews to diving operations in Laos, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Malaysia. The majority of his divers have been trained by Dave himself and are “above the norm”. Dave and his team are often called upon to complete projects that others have started, but could not complete. Through the years Dave’s Divers’ Den was the agent for Dacor, Scubapro, Mares, JBL, Zeagle, and other manufactures and distributors of diving equipment. Now DDD’s make the custom made wetsuits and other Neoprene accessories at their shops.

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SOS Thailand
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AN INTRODUCTION TO SEA AND OILFIELD SERVICES

Sea and Oilfield Services Co., Ltd. Is a pioneer in the Thai Diving and Sub Sea Cable Industries since the company was established in 1978. At S.O.S. we offer a variety of diving and logistical support services using highly trained and experienced personnel. These highly skilled and experienced professionals organize, supervise and manage difficult operations for selected clients throughout South East Asia .

Since 1994 Sea and Oilfield Services has specialized in the Sub Sea Cable installation activities and has become a recognized and accepted company for providing personnel and equipment for cable landings and burial operations through out Asia.

Some of the services provided by S.O.S. :

1.Submarine Pipe & Cable Landings and Post Lay Burial Operations.
2.Underwater Survey & Inspection.
3.Underwater Cutting & Welding Operations.
4.Jetty Construction & Inspection.
5.Underwater Photography
6.Hull Cleaning & Inspection.
7.Search and Recovery (Salvage.)
8.Environmental Studies & Soil Samplings.
9.Training and Supervision of Diving Personnel
10.Core Drilling and Sampling Services.
11.Remote area ( Heli-rig ) site construction
12.Remote area Logistical Support programs for exploratory drilling operations

S.O.S. has provided Supervisory and Consultant Personnel to the Oilfield construction, Submarine Fiber Optic Cable Installations, On and Offshore Logistical Support and Commercial Diving programs for over 25 years. Our Staff personnel have actively participated on projects in: Bangladesh, Burma, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Laos and Thailand.

S.O.S. has a complete range of Commercial Diving equipment, sport diving equipment, and facilities to manufacture neoprene products based at our two locations in Thailand. Our company , directly imports a variety of diving equipment and supplies for the diving community in Thailand and produces neoprene products for the domestic and export markets.

The Key Management Personnel.
Our permanent staff includes :

1. David R. Doll. - Managing Director, Diving Superintendent. - 32 years experience in outside plant, commercial diving and oilfield construction. A licensed ( NAUI, YMCA,PADI ) diving instructor with experience in managing construction, submarine cable installation and burial works, inspections, salvage and logistical support programs.
2. Sombat Ittivarakul. - Vessel Master, Lead Diver. - 30 years experience as a vessel master, certified SCUBA instructor, and commercial diver with experience in all aspects of professional air diving activities..
3. Wittichai Intawongse – Cable Landing Supervisor / Diving Supervisor. Over 17 years of landing and cable burial activities in Thailand and Bangladesh. Commercial diving supervision in Thailand, Laos, and Banglagesh.
S.O.S. has a pool of experienced professionals, both ex-patriot and Thai nationals, on call. Each diver has a minimum of five years experience in the various aspects of the commercial diving and oilfield industry or cable industry. Other skilled tradesmen and specialists have 10, or more ,years of experience in their individual professions and are proven masters at their trades.

SOS Thailand
Portfolio

2009 - 2008 Italian Thai Development Corp, 33 KVA Submarine
Power Cable Installation Project, Krabi Thailand
Designed and supervised the construction of the Jet Sled and used to install and bury 5 power cable segments at various locations in the Krabi Province. Acted as a consultant for the the actual jet sled burial operations on the sites and upgraded the skills, knowledge, and abilities of the divers to work on cable installation operations.

2007
B.R.C.S. CABLE PROJECT, Sungai Rengit, Malaysia
Landing and shore end burial of a double armor cable for Telecom Malaysi. Installation of articulated pipe and
2 meter seabed burial operations for 850 meters offshore.

BANGLALINK – Padma River, Bangladesh. Has been awarded the contract to install and bury 8.3 kilometers of
Submarine Fiber Optic Cable across the Padma River, near Mawa, in Bangladesh. Burial operations to commence in May of 2007.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNDERWATER INSTRUCTORS – Koh Tao, Thailand. Organizing and conducting the first NAUI Instructor training and crossover courses on Koh Tao, Surat Thani,Thailand in July 2007.

2006
DAVE’S DIVERS’ DEN –KOH TAO, Surat Thani, Thailand: Construction and management of a wetsuit factory, restaurant, and housing units on an a remote in the Gulf of Thailand.

ALCAN GROVE EXPANSION PROJECT - Sattahip Port, Thailand: Performing underwater inspections of the Thai Navy Jetty piles and caissons to ascertain their load bearing capabilities.

GRAND LODGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Ban Sak, Phangan, Thailand : Moving and refurbishing of 2 steel framed domes donated as temporary schooling facilities for Tsunami victims and a school destroyed by fire.

2005
OTRONIX SUB SEA SYSTEMS – Cox’s Bazaar Bangladesh: Providing beach and surf zone supervisors and specialized equipment to local contractors used for cable landing and burial operations in Bangladesh for the SMW4 cable system.

2005 ( continued )
GRAND LODGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Kamala Beach and Thap Lamu Schools, Thailand
Designing, manufacturing and setting up of temporary “knock down” steel frame buildings for Tsunami Relief projects in the stricken areas of Southern Thailand.

APCL /TYCO SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS – USA. Contractor for the Beach Landing operations and Anode installation for the SMW4 cable system in Satun, Thailand. Provided supervisors, divers, beach crews, heavy equipment, vehicles, and other support to land and bury the cable successfully.

2004
SITTCO ( SECURITY ) CO. LTD. - Thailand Providing security and HSE consultant at the Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, Thailand to improve the security and safety of operations for staff and visitors to the most exclusive Golf course in Asia.

INTEROIL ( PNG) LTD. - Papua, New Guinea, Construction of drilling location for heli rig operations in the mountains of Southern PNG. River and helicopter operations used to move and sustain operations in the jungle and mountains.

2003 – 2004
INTEROIL ( PNG ) Ltd. – Papua New Guinea. Construction consultancy for a riverside logistical base and 2 heli-rig drill site construction programs in the remote mountain areas of Papua New Guinea.

2000 – 2003
GLOBAL MARINE CABLE SYSTEMS ( GMCS ) –Singapore. Beach Master and Field Logistical management consultant for submarine cable landings, burial, and recovery operations in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore.

TYCO Submarine Cable Systems -Songkhla, Thailand – Installation of new offshore anode bed near the conduit end block for the FLAG cable system .

1998-2000
COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF THAILAND / CABLE AND WIRELESS GLOBAL MARINE (Singapore) Pte Ltd - For the C.A.T. submarine cable festoon along the East Coast of Thailand with 5 cable landings, and 1 cable recovery involved. Catering, fuel, heavy equipment, compensation claims, marine support, ground support and other logistical services. Providing divers and support personnel for shallow water burial works and operations of jetting sled.

Sumitomo Construction Company, Cutting and removal of bridge piles in the Mekong River at Pakse, Laos

Water well drilling operation in remote Karen hill tribe villages along the Thai-Burmese border area.

1995 -1998
HARMSTORF SUBMARINE SYSTEMS PTE. LTD/ JASMINE – West Coast of Thailand. Providing Logistical support and divers for 9 Fiber Optic Cable Landing operations at: Ranong, Thai Muang, Phuket, Trang, and Bang Pak Bara, Thailand for the Jasmine cable Festoon.
Hyundai Dry Dock Construction. Sub sea core sampling of sea bed in Sattahip bay to ascertain geological structure prior to dredging operations. Providing diving services for temporary jetty construction project, laying of 22 ton concrete blocks in zero visibility also at Sattahip, Thailand.
Ham Thai Limited. Call out contracts to aid in the dredging operations for the 36 inch gas line laid at Maptaphut, Thailand.
S.G.S. Inspection and Testing Services. Jetty pile video inspections and seabed debris survey on the J.G.C. C.S.T.L. L.P.G. / Sulphur Pier and the J.G.C. C.S.T.L. Product Pier at the Marine Terminal Plant, Maptaphut, Thailand.
Chorley Engineering. Pipeline inspection and remedial works to assist in the testing of the 36” pipeline landfall at Maptaphut.
HARMSTORF SUBMARINE SYSTEMS. On and Offshore support for landing of the Thailand - Vietnam fiber optical telephone cable. Locating and marking existing cable plus seabed survey of new cable route. Inspection of cable burial points and excavating cable trench to bury cable where U/W trencher left bridges. Recovery of cable ends and burying of same after completion of offshore splice.
Ham Thai Limited. Seabed survey of proposed gas pipeline trench route near Maptaphut port. Video filming of obstacles that might interfere with the dredging operations.
Thai Leighton Limited. Location and recovery of two barge anchors from Ao Udom Harbour.

1994
Thai Leighton Limited. Inspection of concrete jetty piles for damage to the piles and pile joints at Siam Seaport, Ao Udom. Still photography of the damaged piles involved.
Laem Chabang Golf Course. Locating and opening underwater pipeline valves in water reservoir.
Thai Leighton Limited. Cutting off and removing concrete piles from below the jetty at Ao Udom.
Municipal Electrical Authority. Inspection and photography of sub sea power cable running between Laem Knob and Ko Chang, Trad province.
Shell Oil Refinery, Maptaphut. Video inspection of coral reef and seabed conditions in Maptaphut Harbour. The dredger had hit several hard obstacles and a survey was required to ascertain the extent of the problem areas.
Bangpakong Industrial Estate. Performing bottom surveys and video inspection of the bottom of industrial estate lake.
Chicago Bridge And Iron Limited. Close visual inspection and video of a pipeline leak in the inside of a storage tank at Thai Oil refinery, Sri Racha.

1993
Saipem S.P.A. (Thailand.) Visual inspection of 40” pipeline, trench and cofferdam at Thai Oil refinery, Sri Racha.
Kim Sun (Thailand.) Seabed survey at proposed jetty site at the Esso refinery site. Location and removal of concrete blocks from the work area. Location and marking of the Esso pipeline at ten meter intervals from the jetty to berthing site at Ao Udom. Also carried out a seabed survey for the proposed sub sea power cable at the Esso site.
Saipem S.P.A. (Thailand.) Visual inspection of the Thai Oil Refinery owned S.B.M. at Sri Racha. Close visual inspections of the Castoro V, pipe lay barge stinger sections and photography of the damaged areas also cleaning of the sea water intakes underneath the barge.
Stolt Comex Seaway. Providing surface supplied air diving equipment, cutting equipment and personnel for the removal of a wreck in the path of a 32” pipeline.

KSKB Jetty Joint Venture. Cutting and removal of steel test piles at seabed level at Sri Racha.
IPCO Marine. Soil sampling and seabed surveys of proposed jetty site.
Esso Sri Racha Refinery. NDT inspection of Esso marine facilities. Jetty piles, sub sea pipelines, berthing island piles, PLEM assembly, mooring buoys and anchor chains. Video and still photography, at the refinery site.

Dave's Divers' Den

KHOTAO Branch : 14/10 Moo 3 Chaloke Baan Kao , Koh Tao , Suratthani 84360 Thailand.
Tel : +66(0)871 365 620 , +66 (0)871 365 630 , E-mail : dddkohtao@gmail.com