TEHRAN, Feb. 1 (Shana) The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) has completed 30 wells in South Azadegan and 12 more in South Yaran oil fields, said the companys first deputy managing director. Up to 70 percent of drilling operation in South Azadegan filed has been carried out and it is planned to be completed in the next four months,...

An Iranian oil official said on Saturday that the country has started talks with international contractors from Asia and Europe over the development of phase two of its South Azadegan oil field and that among the companies Iran is negotiating over the projects is France's Total. Mahmoud Marashi, the project manager of South Azadegan at Irans ...

TEHRAN Oct. 18 (Shana) The contractor for development of Irans rich South Azadegan oil field said all 16 rigs active on the field are owned by Iranian companies thus far and there are no contracts to import foreign-owned rigs to the project. After CNPCI was ousted, a progress rate of 11.7 percent in one year was recorded, which used to be only ...

TEHRAN Oct. 6 (Shana) Twelve more drilling rigs will be added to the existing giant towers in the South Pars oil field in southern Iran upon signing of contracts with domestic and foreign firms, said an official in the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC). The equipment will be installed by yearend. In the meantime, we expect activities ...

TEHRAN Sept. 27 (Shana) Technical negotiations are underway with six domestic and foreign firms for drilling 70 wells in South Azadegan oil field in south western Iran, said an official in the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC). There are currently 16 drilling rigs operating on some 100 wells while the project development target ...

Japanese companies could return to a development project in the South Azadegan oilfield in southwest Iran, Kyodo News has quoted a seniorIranian energy official as saying. The report comes as a high-level Japanese trade delegation is visiting Tehranto discuss revitalizing economic ties. Kyodo, citing the unnamed official at the Iranian Ministry ...

TEHRAN Jan 10(Shana)--Production from oil fields in West Karoun zone in southwestern Iran is expected to reach 220,000 b/d later this year, managing-director of Petroleum Engineering and Development Company said. Abdolreza Hossein-nejad said production from South Azadegan oil field, located in West Karoun zone, is expected to double to 100,000 b/d ...

TEHRAN Sept 14 (Shana)--National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) has started operations for drilling 40 development wells in South Azadegan oil field which Iran shares with Iraq, an NISOC official said. In line with Petroleum Ministrys strategic policy for the development of joint fields,... the drilling of 40 wells in South Azadegan has been commissioned ...

TEHRAN August 23 (Shana)--A fifth development well has been drilled in South Azadegan oil field, 17 days ahead of schedule, the project manager said. Manouchehr Assadi said the well was spudded by Fath 89 drilling rig in oil well number 41 of the field shared with neighboring Iraq. He said the drilling of 50 wells has been assigned by Petroleum Engineering ...

TEHRAN August 18 (Shana)--Iran expects tangible progress in the development of South Azadegan oil field in the coming months, a top official said. Our estimates show that we will witness an acceptable level of progress in December or January, Rokneddin Javadi, managing-director of National Iranian Oil Company, said. He said that four drilling rigs ...

TEHRAN June 3 (Shana)--National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) is to install ten drilling rigs in the massive South Azadegan oil field by July, managing-director of Petroleum Engineering and Development Company said. Abdorreza Haji-Hosseinnejad said two wells are being spudded by NIDC in the field which is shared with Iraq. He also said that PEDEC ...