More oil and gas fields open in Iran

The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) has drilled 90 oil and gas boreholes on land and in the sea since March 20, managing director of the company Heydar Bahmani said, Trend reports.

The number of boreholes has increased by 8, compared with the same period last year. An NIDC official said on August 13 that 210 boreholes had been drilled.

123 boreholes are being exploited in Iran at the moment. Iran was planning to launch 36 more drilling machines before March 2014, Director of the National Iranian Oil Company Ahmad Galebani said.