According to NIDC, Mohammad Ale-Khamis, the deputy managing director of NIDC, said that the wells included appraisal as well as workover wells.

As he said, 29 of the wells were drilled in the fields operated by the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC), while 2 others were drilled in central fields, 3 in offshore fields, 3 were ordered by the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC) and 4 others were ordered by other companies in the country.

Totally, NIDC rigs drilled 50,929 meters of wells during the 4 months, he added, saying that 13 drilling rigs were currently operating in various offshore or onshore fields.