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Rig Instrumentation


SMEC Automation has extensive experience in automating and mechanizing drilling and workover rigs. These automated and semi-automated drilling systems have been built for the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, Arctic rigs on the north slope of Alaska, desert rigs in Oman, slant drilling rigs in China and mobile trailer rigs in Brazil. These systems integrate in-house equipment and client-furnished equipment for a total automation package.

Our products include:

  Driller’s control cabins – both mechanical and electrical
     Advanced drill floor layouts incorporating automated equipment
     Anti-collision systems integrating the top drive, pipe handling and pipe makeup machines
     Pipe handling, vertical racking and laydown machines
     Semi-automatic catwalk machines
     Pipe deck gantry cranes
     Remote drawworks controls
     Hydraulic powered auto-drillers
     AC powered drilling equipment
     Blowout preventor handling systems
     Automatic mud buckets
     Automatic thread dopers
     Multi-application coiled tubing drilling rigs