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  • Re: "Texas oil giants plot enormous Gulf oil well surpassing 40,000 fee

    From danny burstein@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 20:57:57 2025
    In <107lhjd$nkvf$[email protected]> Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> writes:

    "Texas oil giants plot enormous Gulf oil well surpassing 40,000 feet"

    https://www.chron.com/gulf-coast/article/texas-oil-well-occidental-chevron-20817448.php

    "The depth of the so-called "Bandit" rig would break a record."

    Uh, have they not read “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” by Jules >Verne ? Or “At The Earth's Core” by Edgar Rice Burroughs ?

    let's not forget:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_and_the_Mole_Men


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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Aug 14 21:22:38 2025
    In article <107likl$ets$[email protected]>,
    danny burstein <[email protected]> wrote:
    In <107lhjd$nkvf$[email protected]> Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> writes:

    "Texas oil giants plot enormous Gulf oil well surpassing 40,000 feet"
    https://www.chron.com/gulf-coast/article/texas-oil-well-occidental-chevron-20817448.php

    "The depth of the so-called "Bandit" rig would break a record."

    Uh, have they not read “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” by Jules >>Verne ? Or “At The Earth's Core” by Edgar Rice Burroughs ?

    let's not forget:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_and_the_Mole_Men


    Or
    https://classic-literature.co.uk/scottish-authors/arthur-conan-doyle/when-the-world-screamed/
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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 22:20:09 2025
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> writes:
    "Texas oil giants plot enormous Gulf oil well surpassing 40,000 feet"

    https://www.chron.com/gulf-coast/article/texas-oil-well-occidental-chevron-20817448.php

    More of a press release than an article.

    The last company that drilled that deep went bankrupt.

    Historically, only 20% of wells in the region are
    successful.

    Not sure what the late Burt Reynolds has to do with
    oil well drilling.

    OBSF: Stanton's _Hidden World_.

    "The depth of the so-called "Bandit" rig would break a record."

    Uh, have they not read “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” by Jules >Verne ? Or “At The Earth's Core” by Edgar Rice Burroughs ?

    I'm sure that they understand that the pressure at those depths are
    far greater than could be survived by any human, so they completely
    disregarded 100+ year old fiction when making their go no-go determination.

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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 14 21:54:11 2025
    On 2025-08-14, Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:

    Uh, have they not read “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” by Jules Verne ? Or “At The Earth's Core” by Edgar Rice Burroughs ?

    Or "When the World Screamed" by Arthur Conan Doyle?

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Aug 15 00:33:51 2025
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
    "Texas oil giants plot enormous Gulf oil well surpassing 40,000 feet"

    https://www.chron.com/gulf-coast/article/texas-oil-well-occidental-chevron-20817448.php

    "The depth of the so-called "Bandit" rig would break a record."

    Uh, have they not read Journey To The Centre Of The Earth by Jules
    Verne ? Or At The Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs ?

    Crack in The World with Steve Reeves?
    --scott

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Fri Aug 15 00:36:24 2025
    Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
    I'm sure that they understand that the pressure at those depths are
    far greater than could be survived by any human, so they completely >disregarded 100+ year old fiction when making their go no-go determination.

    No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at such altitude.
    --scott
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