What has the rig mafia done to Iran’s oil industry?

According to the exclusive report of “Energy Press”, a silent war is going on in the heart of Iran’s oil desert; A war between profiteers and national interests. Iran’s oil industry has been facing serious challenges for years, and one of the most important challenges is the drilling crisis. A crisis that not only threatens oil production, but also wastes billions of national funds.
Drilling or pity?

It seems that some oil field drilling and development policies are not based on scientific and technical principles, but based on the interests of certain groups.

At the beginning of this year, Reza Aqebati, Deputy Director of Hydrocarbon Resource Plans of the Integrated Planning Management of the National Iranian Oil Company, referring to the pressure drop and production drop in the main production and development wells, stated: To achieve the goals of the 7th five-year development plan, about 2,000 rings are needed. Drill sea and land wells.

An astronomical figure that seems to have been set without considering the long-term consequences and with the aim of increasing production in the short term.

Experts warn that indiscriminate drilling not only does not increase production, but also shortens the life of reservoirs and imposes a lot of costs on the country.

But what is the reason for all this insistence on digging?

A disaster called the rig mafia

Some experts believe that the drilling mafia has taken root in Iran’s oil industry and there are hands behind the curtain.

In this way, some special groups, by investing in the purchase of drilling rigs, seek to earn large profits through large drilling contracts, and for this reason, they emphasize the necessity of increasing the number of drilling wells.