OREANDA-NEWS. October 14, 2010. Two drilling derricks of Uralmash 5000/320 EK-BMCH drilling rigs, which are presently manufactured for Eriell Group, have been erected at test-assembly sight. The plant shall dispatch the rigs to the Customer in November 2010.

Earlier this year Uralmashplant and Eriell Group signed a contract for the manufacture of two drilling rigs for Eriell Group. In addition to the contract on July 15 of 2010, the companies have signed an agreement for ten Uralmash 5000/320 EK-BMCH drilling rigs to be delivered to Eriell Group in 2010-2012. At present, Uralmash specialists elaborate design documentation on the said rigs.

Uralmash 5000/320 EK-BMCH drilling rigs represent new generation of cluster drilling rigs, which are designed for oil and gas drilling at the Extreme North. The rig structure and set of equipment delivered provide for high mountability. Packaged drilling rigs meet all the requirements of modern technologies of oil and gas well drilling thanks to modular configuration, optimum drilling technique option, AC variable-frequency drive of the mechanisms, modern drilling monitoring and control systems and environmentally friendly mud system. Parallel "two-echelon" configuration of the drilling rig has halved its length as against its previous size. The rig features maximum drilling depth of 5000 meters, and its load capacity is 320 tons.

Transnational company Eriell Group 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 significantly expanded the area of its activity. The company has established a reputation as a reliable and responsible contractor that has performed various 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.

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.