About Us
14 Long Years Of Oil & Gas Servicing
Excellence With Quality At It's Best!
Atlas Ocean Drills Limited is an International pipe fabrication, underground utility construction & oil & gas pipeline contractor providing fabrication of pipelines, construction and installation of Oil & natural gas distribution systems. We are headquartered in Canada with representative Offices in Europe and Asia.
The Company where you’ll get the perfect solution for all
your Oil & Gas industry servicing & pipe fabrication needs.
PIPELINE FABRICATION SERVICES
ATLAS Ocean Drills Limited fabricates and installs complex oil and gas pipeline facility systems. Our highly trained and experienced Union Trade construction professionals work together to ensure the highest quality and safest project execution. These skilled professionals will help you construct a new pipeline or facility that best meets your needs. Whether its installing additional horsepower for greater flow-through capacity or fabricating and installing complex header assemblies, we self-perform mechanical installations with exacting specifications. We successfully and safely execute hundreds of projects of all sizes every year. ATLAS has extensive experience in performing outage/shut-down work under rigorous schedules and in many cases, we’ve decreased clients’ outage time with our innovative project strategies. We offer custom fabrication for oil, natural gas and product pipeline construction services, our ISO 9001:2015-certified pipe fabrication shop owns extensive fabrication, welding, painting, testing and lay down facilities and is a one-stop shop for fabrication of pipe ranging from 2 to 48 inches in diameter and 120 feet in length. Since the formation of ATLAS Ocean, we have aspired to pipeline fabrication that meets the most current standards of the industry. Our UA and ASME certified fabrication shop with ample adjacent yard space allows our experienced pipe fitters to work on projects year-round. ATLAS constantly invests in state-of-the-art welding equipment to deliver the best quality product. We realize that heat input on the steel can be a concern for some clients, and we have a variety of solutions to address these concerns. We can fabricate carbon steel, alloys, and stainless steel piping to exact specifications. In both of our submerged arc automatic welding bays, we offer pipe welding capacity (SAW) up to 60 inches and specialize in both large-bore and small-bore pipe. ATLAS fabrication shop, located in El Cajon, CA provides the reliability of constant conditions, guaranteeing your project won’t be held up due to inclement weather. This can often lead to cost savings and time savings for a project. Welding to ASME and API codes is our specialty. If necessary, we can carry out welding engineering and procedure qualifications on-site, including low temperature procedures qualified to -50F. Whether our client provides fabrication drawings, needs us to draft and build at our shop, requires us to perform critical field layout, 3D scanning or tie-ins onsite, we have the ability to customize a project based on your needs. Our clients choose us for our success with 3- and 4-point tie-ins that can accommodate tying into existing pipe that may have settled or is out of square. We pride ourselves in eliminating most stress on piping tie-ins by making our fabrication spools fit like a glove. Our fabrication shop can operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if required.
PIPELINE MAINTENANCE SERVICES
ATLAS Ocean Drills Limited provides on-going maintenance services for existing pipeline facility systems. Our experienced professionals are Canadian Dept. of Transportation (DOT) Operator Qualified (OQ). OQ personnel routinely provide pipeline trouble-shooting and general maintenance work, service live equipment and complete a wide range of other special services. Hydrostatic Testing Anomaly Investigation and Segment Repair Facility Dismantle and Demolition Welded Sleeve Installation Composite Sleeve Installation Pipe Integrity Wrap and Coating Pipe Re-coating Pipe Cut-outs Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) Tool Loading and Receiving and Pigging Support Hydrovac Excavation Mechanical Excavation Valve Maintenance and Change Outs Line Lowering and Depth of Cover Restoration Right-of-Way Clearing and Restoration Cathodic Protection
ATLAS has a solid reputation for successfully completing some of the most challenging outages, working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if the project requires. We focus on maintaining our strong safety record and quality workmanship.
PIPELINE BLASTING / COATING / PAINTING SERVICES
It’s true that nothing lasts forever. Pipelines are no different; however, extending the life and protecting your valuable assets is another area where we excel. The proper application of pipeline coatings is an essential element to the successful long-term integrity of a pipeline. ATLAS Ocean Drills Ltd. offers comprehensive pipeline blasting, coating, and painting services and we’ve invested heavily in the right people, tools, and equipment to ensure pipeline preservation. We are experts in the spray application of multiple pipeline coatings and use the latest technology in Plural Component Spray Systems. We follow our clients’ specifications to the highest degree of accuracy to ensure a corrosion prevention coating system that will help extend the life of the pipeline. Not only does ATLAS have its own Blasting / Coating / Painting facility, we also have mobile spray trailers, expanding our capabilities in the field for pipeline integrity digs, and maintenance projects. Field External Liquid Coating for Below Ground Field Paint System for Above Ground Shop Application Below Ground External Liquid Coating Shop Application Above Ground Paint.
HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING SERVICES
When trenching or excavating is not practical, ATLAS Ocean Drills Limited is able to provide the latest Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) equipment and experienced operators for jobs large and small. ATLAS’s HDD capabilities are backed by many years of leadership experience in the pipeline industry with a large portfolio of successful, completed projects. We’ve seen it all. We’ve worked with natural gas, crude, utility, telecom, and other pipeline projects. Guaranteed, on any given project, unforeseen challenges will present themselves. That’s when we step up to ensure your project exceeds your – as well as our – standards. Our highly trained workforce uses specialized equipment which allows for the installation of the largest diameter pipelines in our industry (8″ up to 48″ diameter pipe). We have six of these specialized drills in our fleet. This equipment includes: Vermeer rig capable of 1.3 million pounds’ pullback Prime Drilling rig capable of 800,000 pounds’ pullback Vermeer rig capable of 330,000 – 500,000 pounds’ pullback American Auger rig capable of 240,000 pounds’ pullback American Auger rig capable of 210,000 pounds’ pullback Vermeer rig capable of 140,000 pounds’ pullback With our experience in intersect boring, we can drill in excess of 20,000 feet. We also own other necessary support equipment, including power systems, drilling fluid reclaimer systems, drill stem, tooling and drilling support equipment so that your projects run more efficiently. HDD Design and Surveying Capabilities IR Prevention Plan Down-Hole Pressure Monitoring Specialists in Pipe Recovery and Rescue Ability for Multiple Rigs on Site Fleet of On- and Off-Road Trucks Large Diameter Casing Installation Experience with Drilling in all Soil Conditions Extensive Experience in Technical Intersect Bores Specialized Steering Systems Pipe Ramming and Centralizing Specialists in Hard Rock Applications HDD is an economical and environmentally-friendly method for the installation of pipelines underneath roads, highways, railroads, rivers, wetlands and buildings. With United Piping, you get a team of the nation’s most experienced drillers with proven history.
Our Services
HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
Our highly trained workforce uses specialized equipment which allows for the installation of the largest diameter pipelines in our industry (8″ up to 48″ diameter pipe). We have six of these specialized drills in our fleet. This equipment includes: Vermeer rig capable of 1.3 million pounds’ pullback Prime Drilling rig capable of 800,000 pounds’ pullback Vermeer rig capable of 330,000 – 500,000 pounds’ pullback American Auger rig capable of 240,000 pounds’ pullback American Auger rig capable of 210,000 pounds’ pullback Vermeer rig capable of 140,000 pounds’ pullback With our experience in intersect boring, we can drill in excess of 20,000 feet.
PIPELINE MAINTENANCE SERVICES
ATLAS Ocean Drills Limited provides on-going maintenance services for existing pipeline facility systems. Our experienced professionals are Canadian Dept. of Transportation (DOT) Operator Qualified (OQ). OQ personnel routinely provide pipeline trouble-shooting and general maintenance work, service live equipment and complete a wide range of other special services. Hydrostatic Testing Anomaly Investigation and Segment Repair Facility Dismantle and Demolition Welded Sleeve Installation Composite Sleeve Installation Pipe Integrity Wrap and Coating Pipe Re-coating Pipe Cut-outs Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) Tool Loading and Receiving and Pigging Support.
PIPELINE BLASTING / COATING / PAINTING SERVICES
The proper application of pipeline coatings is an essential element to the successful long-term integrity of a pipeline. ATLAS Ocean Drills Ltd, offers comprehensive pipeline blasting, coating, and painting services and we’ve invested heavily in the right people, tools, and equipment to ensure pipeline preservation. We are experts in the spray application of multiple pipeline coatings and use the latest technology in Plural Component Spray Systems. We follow our clients’ specifications to the highest degree of accuracy to ensure a corrosion prevention coating system that will help extend the life of the pipeline. Not only does ATLAS have its own Blasting / Coating / Painting facility.
Engr. Robert Inkas brings over two decades of experience and serves as the President/CEO of ATLAS Ocean Drills Ltd. As president and CEO of the company, Engr. Robert provides leadership to all areas of the business. He works closely with all the company staffs in fostering and protecting our treasured values-driven culture that provides winning relationships with our clients and the communities we touch across the country.
Engr. Robert is a professional engineer. He has led a variety of roles throughout his more than 28 years of industry experience including Oil & Gas, engineering, project management, business development, estimating, and executive management.
Engr. Robert Inkas is responsible for management and execution of projects from award to close, developing and maintaining positive client relationships, and overseeing several teams including fabrication, training and development, asset and equipment, and technology and innovation, he spent the majority of his time working on large pipeline projects in Scotland, Mexico, CapeTown, Netherlands, Norway and Sochi, Russia. He was also involved in meter station work in Ohio, and pipeline installation projects in Alaska and North Dakota U.S.
Engr. Robert Inkas started ATLAS Ocean Drills Ltd. in 2009. Among the many responsibilities he has, Engr. Robert feels strongly about creating an environment that people enjoy working in and focuses on providing a work place that challenges employees, provides growth opportunities, and motivates team members towards continuous improvement.