Iran’s NIDC Drills Over 268,000 Metres of Oil and Gas Wells

The National Drilling Company of Iran (NIDC) has drilled 268,786 metres of oil and gas wells in the first nine months of the current Iranian fiscal year, which began on March 21, 2015.

Utilising 75 onshore and offshore rigs, NIDC managed to drill 136 exploratory, developmental, and repaired wells across 10 provinces of the country, Shana news agency quoted Hamid Reza Khoshayand, deputy managing director of NIDC, as saying on December 30.

The wells included 69 exploratory, 65 developmental, and two repaired ones, he said, adding that through using modern methods of drilling and observing HSE regulations, the drilling operations terminated 457 days ahead of schedule.

NIDC operates 74 offshore and onshore drilling rigs in 10 provinces of the country.