ZAGREB, CROATIA, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ - Crosco Integrated Drilling & Well
Services Co., Ltd. and Arab Drilling and Workover Company (ADWOC) are pleased
to be providing drilling services for Agip Oil in Libya. Services are
currently being provided on well Pad FA6, Elephant Field, onshore Murzuq Basin
with the Crosco 2000 HP drilling rig EMSCO 604 (EMSCO CII).
    Due to project requirements of drilling 8 wells per drilling pad a rig
skidding system was designed and installed onto Crosco's drilling rig
EMSCO 604. Crosco's Engineering and Machinery Manager, Branko Franolic,
explained: "The skidding system moves the entire mast and substructure in
vertical position including pipe setback and shaker tank with three shakers. A
four-cylinder diesel unit powers the skidding system. In the first skidding
the rig was successfully moved 6 meters in 38 minutes."
    Crosco is an integrated onshore and offshore drilling and well services
contractor. The company has a fleet of 51 modern drilling, workover and
geoservice rigs as well as one semisubmersible and one jackup. Crosco is also
50% owner of Noble Crosco Drilling Ltd., which is the operator and owner of a
jackup rig. In addition, with state-of-the-art western equipment, Crosco
provides the following services: Well Testing, Coil Tubing, Nitrogen,
Cementing, Stimulation, Logging, Mud (Drilling Fluid), Coring, Fishing and
Directional Drilling.
    Crosco has been providing services internationally since 1958 and has
provided services in 25 countries for some of the world's most recognized oil
companies. The company has ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification
from Bureau Veritas Quality International London and is a member of the
International Association of Drilling Contractors and the International Well
Control Forum. Crosco has an average annual revenue surpassing US$ 170
million. The company's headquarters are located in Zagreb, Croatia.

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