Offshore staff

TEHRAN, Iran -- The second well in the offshore Persian Gulf Foruzan Oilfield will be drilled within the next two months, says a director with the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC).

According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Hamid-Reza Khoshayand explained that Spain's Repsol has finished the drilling of the first well, and the drilling of the second one is underway by Brazil's Petrobras.

The second offshore well should reach TD at 4,630 m (15,190 ft), a director of the NIDC for offshore drilling noted, that the operations are currently at 1,300 m (4265 ft). He also stated that the second well is exploratory and drilling will be completed within 95 days.

2/20/07