According to NIDC, Mohammad Ale-Khamis, deputy head of NIDC for drilling operations, said 4 of the wells were development and appraisal and the rest were workovers.

He said during the period, 14,466 meters of wells were spudded by NIDC rigs in the country.

The official further stated that drilling operations continued even on holidays, adding drilling of one of the wells came to an end 18 days prior to the planned deadline.

Ale-Khamis said 13 rigs were currently being transferred of which 7 were used for development drilling and 6 others for workover projects.