Conductor Installation Services Ltd. (CIS), an Acteon company, announced that it has been awarded a multi-million contract by Weatherford Kazakhstan to provide conductor-driving services in Kazakhstan. The contract requires CIS to carry out up to eight conductor-driving operations annually on wells offshore the Caspian Sea for a number of major operators.  

CIS will employ powerful 90 kJ hydraulic hammers to drive the conductors. Two hydraulic hammer spreads, together with drive chasers and drive shoes were delivered to Kazakhstan, where they will be based throughout the program. The first installation operation is scheduled to commence during the next few weeks.

The conductor-driving specialist is supporting the contract from the CIS global headquarters and operations base in Great Yarmouth, England. CIS will carry out the operations with a dedicated team of specialists that will at times be involved in performing two conductor installation operations simultaneously.

The two-year contract, which features two one-year options to renew, represents the first time that CIS  will have worked on behalf of Weatherford in Kazakhstan.