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December 06, 2001 -
Into deeper water - The Economist, Oil exploitation: The
world's apparently unquenchable thirst for oil is fuelling a boom in
exotic kinds of exploration technology for use in much deeper waters.
“FIVE to ten years ago, if you came to me with the idea of a
directional well that stretched 25,000 feet...I'd have said you're
dreaming. But today, we're just kicking them down one after the
other.” So says Brian Kuehne, an oil driller at Royal Dutch/Shell. He
and his colleagues from the drilling side of the business were
gathered at the firm's regional office in New Orleans to brief TQ on
the impact of recent technological advances on oil exploration and
production (E&P)...
Archive
of Environmental News - December
2001