CUTTING-EDGE DRILLING UNIT CONSTRUCTED AT THE LUKOIL PLANT

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Russia’s first ERMAK drilling unit was unveiled today in Kaliningrad, at a metalworks of OOO LUKOIL-Kaliningradmorneft, a wholly-owned OAO LUKOIL subsidiary.

The ERMAK drilling unit was created by order of Eurasia Drilling Company. The unit is equipped with a unique hydraulic mobility system, by means of which the unit can move stepwise in all directions and around its axis to achieve a 360 degree rotation.

The unit can be used both for production and exploration drilling and this is one of its unique features.

The loading capacity of the drilling unit is 450 tons and its drilling depth is 6,500 meters; it is also equipped with a drill winch of 2,000 horsepower, three drill pumps of 1,600 horsepower each, an upper power drive with a loading capacity of 500 tons, and a rotary table of 1,150 horsepower.

The ERMAK drilling unit can be operated in different climatic zones, particularly, in the Far North and in elevated temperatures.