NIDC Conducts 43 Drilling Operations in 3 Months

The National Iranian Drilling Company has completed drilling operations at 43 onshore and offshore wells during the first three months of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), NIDC's deputy managing director said.
"By employing 70 offshore and onshore rigs, NIDC has drilled over 57,418 meters of oil and gas wells nationwide in the period," Hamidreza Khoshayand was also quoted as saying by Shana, the National Iranian Oil Company's news agency. 
According to the official, of the total number of drilled wells, 22 were developmental and exploratory, while 21 underwent repair, five of which were completed ahead of schedule.
"As soon as the wells were drilled, the National Iranian South Oil Company, Iran's Petroleum Engineering and Development Company and the Iranian Offshore Oil Company, as employers, started to use them to boost the fields' output," Khoshayand said.
"The firm has indigenized 240 strategic drilling equipment in collaboration with domestic manufacturers and technicians."