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OIL Thursday, the completion of drilling a new oil presence in the Persian Gulf waters will
well in the Al-Gharraf field. become stronger in the near future.
MOGPC realises H1 by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the Golpaigani in a meeting with the CEO of the
The ministry stated in a statement received
According to NIDC, Hamidreza
production goal technical and engineering staff in the Iraqi National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) on
Drilling Company have completed the drilling
Monday said that NIDC is operating three
The caretaker of the Maroon Oil and Gas and completion of the directional oil well drilling rigs, including Shahid Rajaee, Shahid
Production Company (MOGPC) announced Graf/132, with a depth of 2713 meters, with a Modares and a diagonal drilling rigs in the
that the company succeeded in achieving deviation angle of 29 degrees,” indicating that Persian Gulf, adding: “Shahid Rajaee and
101% of its plan to produce crude oil in the “the well is the fifteenth that It is accomplished Shahid Modares rigs have become ineffective
first half of the current calendar year, which by the company, within the contract due to wear and tear of equipment, and
began on March 21. concluded with the Malaysian company according to the approval of NIOC, three new
He said: “Fortunately, despite economic Petronas, to drill 28 directional oil wells in the rigs will replace them.”
constraints and special operational conditions, Al-Gharraf oil field in Dhi Qar Governorate, He stated: “Changing the structure and
we managed to achieve our production goals in a turnkey manner. reforming the processes, rebuilding and
and even beyond in the first half of the year.” She added that “the drilling operations modernizing drilling machines and technical
The official added: “In order to maintain were carried out using the IDC 54 drilling rig, service equipment, timely supply of goods and
the safety and environment around the which has a horsepower of 2000 horsepower.” functional items, reforming the daily rig rate,
company’s facilities, we put the project of She explained that “the process of drilling and manpower training and foresight in the issue
securing 16 kilometers of underground 6-inch completion took place in a period of 54 days,” of human resources are among the highlights
pipelines of main liquids and 14-inch pipeline noting that “the dismantling and transfer of that can be used in improving the agility and
of main gas of the company’s gas pressure the device to the next site WPC has begun to productivity of the company.”
boosting stations on agenda, which was drill a new oil well in the same field.” The NIDC CEO said under the 13th
completed on time. INA administration, with the special attention of
The pipeline transmits 40 million cubic the NIOC CEO and the support provided, the
feet per day of Asmari Maroon gas from NIDC management, with the double efforts
the Maroon 2 (Aghajari) and Maroon 5 SERVICES of its hardworking employees, was able to
complexes to NGL 700 and 800. increase the number of active drilling rigs
SHANA NIDC preparing to expand from 56 in the calendar year of 1400 which
ended on March 20 to 64, which will reach 66
New oil well completed at presence in Gulf by the end of this calendar year.
SHANA
Iraq’s Gharraf field The CEO of the National Iranian Drilling
Company (NIDC) said: With the provision
The Ministry of Oil announced today, of three offshore drilling rigs, the company’s

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