Experience Across the Group
KAGES connects MPD engineering with the practical delivery chain needed to install equipment aboard a vessel. The group brings well operations, marine new-build, equipment and project-management perspectives to the same requirement.
- Define drilling requirements and vessel engineering interfaces.
- Coordinate bespoke equipment design, manufacture and testing.
- Plan international manufacturing, shipment and installation windows.
- Connect vessel integration and acceptance with implementation training.
Project Photographs
Enlarge Long white riser gas-handling assembly beside yellow lifting equipment and vessel access platforms, with the sea beyond.The riser gas-handling assembly during onboard handling, viewed along its length beside the vessel’s lifting equipment and access platforms. The photograph shows the flanged sections, connecting rods and support brackets in the vessel setting.
Enlarge Blue pump motors and white inlet pipework in the shipyard Coriolis-meter retrofit.Five inlet Coriolis meters were retrofitted during the MPD shipyard installation. The photograph shows the completed meter and pump area, with the retrofit integrated into the surrounding pipework and existing equipment layout.
Enlarge Vessels, offshore structures and cranes at Keppel FELS during MPD installation.Taken at Keppel FELS during installation of the MPD system. The wider view records the shipyard setting, with vessels, offshore structures and cranes around the installation work, providing context for the equipment close-ups in this gallery.
Enlarge Long white riser gas-handling assembly with bolted flanges and blue fasteners outside a workshop.The 75-foot riser gas-handling (RGH) assembly outside the workshop. Large flanged sections, connecting rods and support brackets are visible along the assembly, providing a close view of this part of the MPD project equipment.
Enlarge White flanged pipework, a looped metal pipe and a blue connection inside the vessel equipment space.A close view of the MPD pipework within the vessel equipment space. Flanged joints, a handwheel-operated valve, supports and the adjacent looped piping are visible together, showing how the connections fit within the surrounding installation.
Enlarge Long white riser gas-handling assembly supported horizontally outside a blue workshop building.The riser gas-handling assembly supported horizontally in the workshop yard. This wider view shows the sequence of flanged sections, connecting rods and support points along the equipment, complementing the earlier workshop close-up.
Enlarge White equipment and pipework across vessel deck levels with yellow access railings.A vessel-side view of the MPD installation, showing equipment and pipework among the deck structures. Yellow-railed platforms and access routes provide context for the installed arrangement and its interfaces with the surrounding vessel layout.
Enlarge Looped meter pipework and a blue fitting above a yellow-railed access platform.A closer view of the inlet Coriolis-meter piping arrangement above a yellow-railed access platform. The looping pipework, blue connection and nearby handwheel can be seen together in the installed arrangement.
Enlarge White vertical MPD assembly with flanged joints, blue components and control connections beside red pipework.A detailed view of the installed vertical MPD assembly. Flanged joints, blue components, small control connections and adjacent pipework are visible within the surrounding steel structure, complementing the wider view through the vessel’s deck levels.
Enlarge White vertical MPD assembly passing through the vessel structure between yellow-railed access platforms.A wider view of the MPD assembly in its vertical installed position. The photograph shows the equipment passing through the vessel structure, with access platforms, surrounding services and deck-level interfaces visible around it.
Technical and Delivery Interfaces
Manufacture, factory acceptance, shipment, deck installation and controls integration must follow a coordinated sequence. The bespoke MPD service describes the engagement; the separate iMPD system page explains its technical design, development status and supporting material.
Relevant Services and Specialist Systems
Relevant Expertise
Technical Documents and Company Information
iMPD Equipment and Implementation
The system layout, equipment, monitoring and project implementation offer.
iMPD Equipment and Implementation
Presentation · 37 slides · 2.3 MB
MPD Project Implementation Training
Client needs and the bespoke MPD project implementation course.
MPD Project Implementation Training
Presentation · 7 slides · 829 KB
iMPD System Comparison
KAGES’ comparison of MPD system arrangements and design features.
iMPD System Comparison
Presentation · 11 slides · 773 KB
KAGES system assessment dated 12/9/2023.
RCD Supplier and Product Assessment
A detailed assessment of RCD suppliers, equipment features and design considerations.
RCD Supplier and Product Assessment
Document · 5 PDF pages · 285 KB
KAGES supplier and product assessment issued 17 February 2026.
