OREANDA-NEWS. July 29, 2010. Uralmashplant, Eriell Group and Syrian European Community for Heavy Industries signed a number of contracts and agreements concerning delivery of Uralmashplant drilling rigs. Syrian European Community for Heavy Industries maintains the deliveries of oil and gas equipment to Syrian Oil Company and similar to Eriell Group acts as a customer interested in the deliveries of  packaged drilling rigs. The contracts and agreements were  signed by Mr. O. Danchenko, MK Uralmash Director General, Mr. B. Fasylov, Eriell Group Director General and Mr. V.Elias, Director of Syrian European Community for Heavy Industries.     

Uralmashplant and Eriell Group have signed an agreement for the delivery of ten Uralmash 5000/320 EK-BMCH drilling rigs by 2010-2011.

Transnational company Eriell is one of leaders on the world market who provides services for oil-and-gas companies. In recent years, Eriell has increased the scope of its operations and expanded the area of its activity significantly. The company has established a reputation as a reliable and responsible contractor that has performed operations for Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft, TNG-Group, Surgutneftegaz, Gazprom neft, WAHA Oil Company and National Oil Corporation (Libya), Kazakh oil and gas company KazMunayGaz, etc. Uralmashplant has started the production of two Uralmash 5000/320 EK-BMCH drilling rigs ordered by Eriell Group. The contract for the delivery of the rigs mentioned above was signed at the beginning of the year. The date of delivery is November the 1st 2010.

Syrian Oil Company is the largest national company in the country. Uralmash and Syrian Oil Company have experienced long-lasting partnership. At present Syrian Oil Company operates eleven Uralmash drilling rigs, four of which, namely Uralmash 600 DER drilling rigs, were delivered in 2004. Currently Uralmash delivers spare parts and components to SOC in accordance with a contract. 

Uralmashplant and Syrian European Community for Heavy Industries have signed a contract for the delivery of Uralmash 4000/250 DER drilling rig for Syrian Oil Company.

Uralmash 5000/320 EK-BMCH drilling rigs (5000-m drilling depth, 320-t  load capacity) represent a new generation of cluster drilling rigs, which are designed for cluster drilling for oil and gas at the extreme north areas. The rig structure and set of equipment delivered provide high mountability. Packaged drilling rigs meet all the requirements of modern technologies of oil and gas well drilling due to modular configuration, optimum drilling technique option, AC variable-frequency drive of the mechanisms, and modern drilling monitoring and control systems and environmentally friendly circulation system. 

Uralmash 4000/250 DER is a fixed drilling rig designed for single field and exploratory well-drilling in the areas of moderate and tropical climate. The rig is equipped with the open face mast and self-elevating substructure of SwingLift type; the rig features AC diesel-electric drive with variable frequency.

At present Uralmashplant performs contract for the delivery of drilling rigs, five of which are specially designed for Gazprom neft JSC, two rigs are designed for Rosneft Oil Company, and two - for Eriell Group. In addition, Uralmashplant manufactures six sets of drilling equipment to retrofit offshore structures of Azerbaijan Republic State Oil Company.

This year Uralmashplant celebrates 65-th anniversary of drilling equipment production. Within this period, the plant has manufactured over fifteen thousand drilling rigs with load capacity from 160 to 600 tons and drilling depth from 1500-15000 meters.

The majority shareholder, Gazprombank, takes an active part in the program, which is implemented at Uralmashplant and aims at reconstruction and build-up of packaged drilling rig manufacture. According to the program, it is expected to increase production capacity up to fifty units in 2012. Expenditures invested in reconstruction and development of packaged drilling rig production amount to 1 mlrd. Rubes.

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.