How did Oil, er plants, get so very very deep?

[justoffal]

Right.

And apparently, there are more hydrocarbons on Titan than there are on Earth

That's interesting since it's almost dead certain that nothing ever grew there.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Additionally 40,000 ft horizontally would do what for who?.... Why would that number even mean anything if it's a horizontal drill?

Because you are more likely to find the oil fields than when drilling straight down. Think about it.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

That's interesting since it's almost dead certain that nothing ever grew there.

Simple hydrocarbons like methane and ethane are abundant. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and carbon is 3rd.

The issue here is getting complex and long chain hydrocarbons that persist over time.

 

[justoffal]

Because you are more likely to find the oil fields than when drilling straight down. Think about it.

Obviously then horizontal doesn't actually mean horizontal. There has to be some angle to the action...
Would it be more appropriate to say diagonal? Wasn't that what pissed off Saddam Hussein? The kuwaiti's were doing that I believe.

Yeah I guess that makes some sense....

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Would it be more appropriate to say diagonal?

Yeah, probably.

 

[justoffal]

Yeah, probably.

Wow..... I'm certainly not an expert in drilling technology.
But apparently I knew less than I thought I did. I am amazed that they can actually make a right angle turn at the end of all that linkage.

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[Fort Fun Indiana]

Wow..... I'm certainly not an expert in drilling technology.
But apparently I knew less than I thought I did. I am amazed that they can actually make a right angle turn at the end of all that linkage.

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Cool

 

[initforme]

The young earth theorists would love this thread.