South Pars oil drilling set to begin offshore Iran

June 20, 2012
The Marine-1 drilling rig is ready to start drilling the South Pars gas field offshore Iran for Petroiran, according to a report by Shana.

Offshore staff

TEHRAN, Iran –The Marine-1 drilling rigis ready to start drilling the South Pars gas field offshore Iran for Petroiran, according to a report by Shana.

Saeed Hafezi, managing director, said the rig will drill as many as seven wells following site set up targeting potential oil reservoirs beneath the gas production.

Hafezi said theMarine-1 is capable of drilling 15 wells from the one location and can drill to 7,000 m (22,965 ft) of depth.

6/20/2012