OREANDA-NEWS. June 01, 2010. Uralmashplant supplies six sets of drilling equipment to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (GNKAR). Sets of equipment consist of main drilling units namely drawworks (LBU-750D with 750 kW drive), power units, rotary tables, swivels, etc.  Sets of equipment are intended to replace drilling equipment and fully modernize GNKAR offshore drilling rigs.

The sets meet the requirements for the drilling equipment. The contract performance date is December 2010.

Being one of the largest oil companies in the world State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic  (GNKAR) is comprised of state concern Azerinneft and production association Azerneftkimjia.

Uralmash Machine-Building Corporation is one of the leaders in the Russian market of metallurgical, mining, oil- and gas-producing industrial equipment, as well as the equipment for construction-materials industry and power industry. The development strategy of Uralmash Machine-Building Corporation is to create a state-of-the-art machine-building corporation, which will be able to fully satisfy the customers' needs for equipment. The production sites of Uralmash Machine-Building Corporation are located in Yekaterinburg (Uralmashplant) and Orsk (ORMETO-YUMZ).