Rohde & Liesendfeld Canada recently won a major oil & gas contract to deliver a newly designed fully electric Drilling Rig to the Kamchatka Pensinsula, in the Russian Far East. 

The task will be daunted by lack of infrastructure.

“The site has no road access and the rig must be delivered using a beach landing and all equipment for mobilization, including cranes,” said Jan Beringer, managing director of R&L Canada, “And generators for power generation must be delivered in this way.”

The largest single piece in this shipment reportedly could be in the 90 metric ton range yet that is still unclear.

 “As the rig is being shipped in components, it is hard to say at this time what the largest single piece will be, but due to the beach landing aspect, any size of component will be a real challenge,” says Jan Beringer. 

On January 1st, 2008, Geodis-Wilson completed their acquisition of the Rohde & Liesenfeld Group of companies worldwide, except for Rohde & Liesenfeld Canada Inc., which remains Canadian controlled and is an active GPLN member.