SKF has signed a service contract with Transocean, the world’s largest drilling company. The contract is valued at 1 million euros and covers asset reliability services for 59 of Transocean’s drilling rigs, which are situated in the North Sea, the Mediterranean and the Caspian Sea as well as off the west coast of Africa.

“Being a global knowledge engineering company, SKF is able to undertake a contract of this type and magnitude,” says Vartan Vartanian, presi-dent of the SKF Service Division. “In this specific case several SKF units across the globe will cooperate and interact in order to fulfil the contract.”

SKF will assist Transocean in developing a consistent approach to onboard machinery lubrication practices.