The Development of ARKTOS Evacuation Craft For All Arctic Marine Conditions Starting in the early 1980’s the development of the ARKTOS Evacuation Craft that would be able to operate for 365 days a year in open water, mixed ice/water, on solid level ice as well as in ice rubble conditions for offshore Arctic conditions was initially funded by: • Watercraft UK • Canadian Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce (ITC) • Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration (COGLA) • The North American oil companies listed on Page 2 13 monthly one or two day meetings with a delegate from each of the companies was held at the ARKTOS factory to perfect the requirements the Craft would have to meet as well as selecting final Craft components Page 1 of 8
• Arco Alaska Inc. • Bow Valley Resources Services Ltd. • Esso Resources Canada Ltd. • Exxon Production Research Company • Exxon Company • Gulf Canada Resources Inc. • Petro ‐ Canada Resources • Shell Western E & P Inc. • Sohio Petroleum Company ARKTOS was also greatly assisted technically by: • Mobil Research and Development Corporation • Dome Pretoleum and its drilling company Canmar Page 2 of 8
ARKTOS Evacuation Craft ¼ Scale Model Tests Page 3 of 8
ARKTOS Evacuation Craft 0.6 Scale manned Model Page 4 of 8
Pre ‐ Production 50 Person ARKTOS Evacuation Craft Page 5 of 8
US Coast Guard Approved 52 Person ARKTOS Evacuation Craft Page 6 of 8
Kazakhstan Approved 50 & 52 Person ARKTOS Evacuation Craft Page 7 of 8
75 Arctic sized Person (103 IMO sized Person) ARKTOS Self ‐ Righting Evacuation Craft Developed for Shell USA for the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas Page 8 of 8
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