Tag Archives | Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC)

IDC Drills and Rehabs 52 Oil Wells in Q1 2024

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully drilled and rehabilited 52 oil wells during the first quarter of 2024. Mr. Khaled Hamza Abbas, the General Manager of the IDC, said that the company has managed to drill 19 oil wells and rehabilitate 33 others in Iraqi oil fields. (Source: Ministry of Oil)

IDC Completes New Oil Well at East Baghdad Field

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of the oil well EBS-68 as part of the contract with the Chinese company Zhenhua to drill 27 oil wells at the East Baghdad field, in collaboration with China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), a division of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation […]

IDC Successfully Completes Drilling at Zubair Oil Field

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of oil well Zubair/475 to a depth of 2,402 meters. Additionally, the company has accomplished the drilling of oil well Zubair/462, reaching a depth of 3,562 meters. These operations are part of the contract signed with the Italian company ENI to drill […]

IDC Reclaims 2 Wells for North Oil Company

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has completed the reclamation of two oil wells in the Khabbaz and Jambur oil fields in Kirkuk. The Khabbaz/45 well was reclaimed using the IDC 206 drilling rig as part of a nine-well reclamation project for the North Oil Company (NOC) in the Khabbaz oil field. The […]

IDC Completes Oil Well at East Baghdad Field

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of oil well EBS-64 as part of the contract with the Chinese company Zhenhua, aiming to drill 27 oil wells at the East Baghdad field. The operation, conducted in collaboration with China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), a division of the China National […]

IDC Completes Directional Oil Well for Basra Oil Company

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has accomplished the drilling of the directional oil well MJ-159 in collaboration with Halliburton, as part of the project to drill 42 oil wells in the Majnoon Oilfield for Basra Oil Company (BOC). Mr. Muhannad Maki Tarash, the Director of the First Operations Department at the company, […]

IDC Completes New Wells at Zubair and Fakka

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of two oil wells in the Zubair and Fakka [Jabal Fauqi] oil fields. The ZB-608 oil well in the Zubair oil field reached a depth of 3,598 meters using the 1,500-horsepower IDC 38 drilling rig. This is part of the contract with […]

IDC Rehabilitates Two Oil Wells in Kirkuk

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the rehabilitation of two oil wells in the Khubaz and Jambour oil fields in Kirkuk. The rehabilitation of Khubaz Well 43, using the IDC 206 drilling rig, marks the company's first well rehabilitation as part of a project to rehabilitate nine wells  for the […]

IDC Drills 3,636-Meter Oil Well at East Baghdad Field

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed the drilling of the EBSH-54 oil well at the East Baghdad field. The well was drilled to a depth of 3,636 meters, as part of a contract with EBS Petroleum to drill 27 oil wells at the field in collaboration with China Oilfield Services […]

New Oil Well Drilled at Zubair

By John Lee. In Iraq's Zubair oil field, technical and engineering teams from the Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) have successfully completed the drilling of a new oil well, Zubair/563, reaching a depth of 3538 meters. This achievement is part of a contract signed with the Italian company ENI to drill 37 oil wells in the […]

New Well Completed at Nasiriya Oil Field

By John Lee. Iraqi drilling experts at the Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) have successfully completed the drilling of oil well 61, reaching a depth of 2096 meters in the Nasiriya oil field. This achievement marks the fifteenth well completed by the company under the contract signed with Dhi Qar Oil Company (DQOC) to drill a […]

Drilling Completed at Nasiriyah Oil Well 60

By John Lee. The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has successfully completed drilling operations for the Nasiriyah-60 oil well in Dhi Qar province. The well, reaching a depth of 2,110 meters, is part of the "Mushrif [Mishrif] Formation", and the project is a contract with the Dhi Qar Oil Company (DQOC). The project entails drilling 20 […]