The deputy managing director of NIDC, Mohammad Ale Khamis, said 13 of the wells were development/appraisal wells and the rest were workovers.
He also stated that 19 of the wells were in the fields operated by the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC), 2 were ordered by the Central Iranian Oil Fields Company, two by the Iranian Offshore Oil Company, two by the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), and 3 were spudded in the form of projects.
During the three months, 36,960 meters of wells were drilled, he added, saying that 14 NIDC rigs were currently operating in the country.