Baghdad – IA
The Ministry of Oil announced today, Sunday, the completion of drilling a new oil well in record time.
A statement from the ministry, received by the (INA), stated that “the technical and engineering personnel of the Iraqi Drilling Company completed the drilling of the MJ-159 directional oil well for the Basra Oil Company within the project of drilling 42 oil wells in the Majnoon oil field in cooperation with Halliburton Company to provide oil services.” “.
He added, “Drilling operations were carried out using the modern IDC-56 drilling rig with a horsepower capacity of 2,000 horsepower, using a directional drilling method with an inclination angle of 38 degrees and a depth of 3,310 meters,” noting that “the completion of drilling the well took 35 days, which is considered a record.”
He explained that “the company achieved outstanding success within this project in terms of quality performance and adherence to health, safety and environmental standards.”