According to the NIDC, the company’s director for consolidated planning said that it had carried out 99,349 meters of drilling operations during the period.

Babak Zangeneh said most of the services offered by NIDC were ordered by the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) which operates the oil and gas fields in southern Iran.

Of the 73 wells, 1 well was exploration, 30 were development/appraisal and 42 were workover wells, said Zangeneh.