Rosatom signed a contract with ZBO for 1.7 billion rubles for the purchase of drilling equipment

On January 15, 2026, the SME manufacturer - the Drilling Equipment Plant (ZBO) - signed a contract with a subsidiary of Rosatom for the supply of drilling equipment. The amount of the offset agreement amounted to 1.7 billion rubles.

According to the press service of the SME Corporation (small and medium-sized businesses), the customer was Rusburmash, a specialized drilling company of the mining division of the state corporation Rosatom. Within the framework of the five-year agreement, ZBO will supply Rusburmash with 150 nomenclature items of domestic drilling equipment. The list will include high-tech drilling rigs and tools for geological exploration.

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A feature of the contract is its offset character. This means that the supplier, ZBO, undertakes obligations for investments aimed at developing its own production. According to the terms of the contract, the plant will allocate at least 150 million rubles for these purposes.

As explained by the general director of the MSPA Corporation, Leksander Isaevich, such a mechanism provides long-term demand for small and medium-sized businesses and gives a large company a reliable domestic manufacturer capable of producing equipment with specified technical characteristics.

This agreement was concluded within the framework of the program of "growing" suppliers from among SMEs. The opportunity for large customers to conclude long-term offset agreements small and medium-sized businesses with was implemented on behalf of the president Russia Vladimir Putin in 2022.

The investments of SMEs themselves in the development of their industries have already exceeded 1.75 billion rubles, "Isaevich added.[1][2]

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