NISOC Signs Contract for 180 tons of Drilling Fluid Waste Control Material
The drilling fluid waste control material is one of the key materials in the oil drilling industry that is used to prevent the waste of drilling mud in the formation layers. By filling the gaps and holes in the well wall, this material prevents the loss of drilling fluid and helps the stability of the well wall.
“This product has received the necessary approvals from the National Southern Oilfields Company after passing numerous laboratory and field tests,” said Behnam Qodrati, the deputy-head of Khuzestan’s Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research.
“Considering the indigenization of the technical know-how for production of this material, the quality of this product has shown better performance in most field indicators than similar foreign samples,” he added.
In a relevant development in October, the head of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research of the University of Science and Technology stressed the Iranian specialists’ capability to design and build heavy drilling rigs up to 3,000 horsepower.
“At present, the technical know-how of designing and manufacturing heavy drilling rigs up to 3,000 horsepower with the latest design of the drilling rig structure according to the API standard has been transferred and indigenized by the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research,” Waliollah Roshan told ANA.
He noted that the first drilling rig (Fatah 71) was built, installed and commissioned in Ahvaz operational area and operational tests were conducted on it to start drilling operations 12 years ago.
The second drilling rig (Fatah 72) was also unveiled at the reconstruction site number one of Iran's National Drilling Company 5 years ago and the company is at present drilling an exploratory well in Ahvaz,” Roshan said.
“The rig 73 is a skid type and has a power of 2,000 horsepower, and the share of internal power in its construction was more than 50%,” he added.
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