How deep oil wells really are

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Ascott1963 on May 7th, 2020 at 14:48 UTC »

I never knew that oil wells went that deep! Deep enough to feel the heat from earth’s molton core. Fascinating.

neuralstatic1 on May 7th, 2020 at 14:56 UTC »

stupid question of the day. at the big depths near 7 miles in this graphic.... the land masses are near 400 degress F, but the oceans are near freezing. why such a difference?

Thejar-98 on May 7th, 2020 at 15:37 UTC »

That skeleton to scale?