Drilling for oil offshore
Jun 11, 2020
3 minutes
The world produces over 100 million barrels of oil every day, much of it in harsh conditions, far from shore and safety if an emergency happens. So how is it done?
Oil has been around for millions of years, located deep below the land and sea where it became trapped under layers of permeable rocks or is slowly seeping to the surface. Although examples of oil drilling were documented in 4th-century China, the
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