Drilling And Reclamation Of Three Oil Wells Completed In Zubair And West Qurna Fields

The Ministry of Oil announced, today, Tuesday, the completion of drilling and reclamation of three oil wells in al-Zubair and West Qurna fields.

The company stated in a statement, that “the technical and engineering personnel in the Iraqi Drilling Company completed the drilling of the oil well al-Zubair / 572/ at a depth of 3561 meters within the contract concluded with the Italian company ENI to drill 37 oil wells in the al-Zubair oil field in Basra in cooperation with the Schlumberger company to provide oil services.”

It pointed out that “the company has completed the reclamation of al-Zubair oil well / 231/, and the oil well West Qurna / 227/ in the West Qurna / 1/ field for the benefit of Exxon Mobil Company.”

The statement continued, “The Company owns 43 drilling and reclamation rigs, including 30 modern rigs, with a capacity of (500-3000) horsepower. Its work is distributed in the Iraqi oil fields from north to south.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency