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STACKED RIG REFURBISHED FOR ULTRADEEP GAS DRILLING

01/09/1995
Thor Novig, Waldhorst Gutsche ITAG Tiefbohr GmbH & Co. KGCelle, Germany A heavy drilling rig, cold stacked for several years, recently underwent numerous structural, equipment, and computer upgrades for drilling ultradeep (8,000 m) gas wells in Germany. The technical improvements on the rig included supplementary installations and modifications to safety, quality, engineering, noise abatement, and environmental protection systems. In late 1993, ITAG Tiefbohr GmbH & Co. KG signed a contract with BEB Erdgas und Erdol GmbH (Shell/Esso) to drill deep gas wells in Lower Saxony, Germany. These drilling operations require a rig capable of drilling ...
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