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Old 06-17-2010, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Toony [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Drilling at 5k feet presents problems shallow (500') drilling doesn't.

Any guesses as to why they were drilling at 5k?
Theyre running out of Oil along shorelines and on land. Thats not a scientific affirmation, thats what i could muster from reading recent articles about the spill here and there.

I understand its the same reason why theres an industry in Alberta about extracting oil from bitumous sands (spelling).