The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) has completed the drilling of 20 onshore oil and gas wells in the span of two months, ending 21 May.
The operations utilised the company’s own rigs, marking an achievement in its drilling programme.
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Hamidreza Shafi’ee Makvandi, NIDC deputy head for drilling operations, reported that the completed wells comprised four development and appraisal wells, alongside 16 workover or completion wells.
The majority of these wells were situated in oilfields managed by the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC), with additional wells distributed among the Central Iranian Oil Fields Company, the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company and the Pars Oil and Gas Company, with one project finalised and delivered to the respective client.
Shafi’ee Makvandi highlighted that the total drilling depth achieved during this period was 21,773m, an increase of 1,619m compared with the same time frame in the previous year.
He also noted the strategic relocation of 12 drilling rigs across various operational zones to optimise the company’s drilling efforts.
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