VOL. XLVI

No 21

26-May-2003

IRAN

NIOC Awards South Pars Drilling To Japanese And Indonesian Firms

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has awarded five-year drilling contracts in the South Pars gasfield to Japan Drilling Company (JDC) and Indonesias PT Apexindo. MEES understands that the two contractors will deploy their own jack-up rigs to drill a total of 30 wells, in the Phases 6, 7 and 8 area of the field, which is under development by Statoil. The Norwegian company farmed into the South...