VOL. XLI/VOL. XLII

Nos. 52/1

28-December-1998/4-January-1999

IRAN

Irans NIDC Completes First Appraisal Well Offshore Turkmenistan

The Managing Director of the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC),Mr. Heydar Bahmani, announced on 21 December that the company had recently completeddrilling its first appraisal well offshore Turkmenistan and that a second well wasunderway. The well had been drilled to a depth of 4,500 ms. within 70 days, Mr. Bahmanisaid. Last August Iran signed an agreement to...