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To: Carl Vehse

Deepest hold in the US is 31,441 feet or so, which would be over 9600 meters. It was drilled near Dill City, OK by Lone Star Oil and Gas Co. and was called the Bertha Rogers #1. Unfortunately, it recovered liquid sulfur (Brimstone). Oil breaks at about 17,000’ depending on the bottom hole temperature. Natural gas is a result and the recoveries can be tremendous, but expensive to develop.


45 posted on 08/06/2025 9:10:29 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: silent majority rising

Unless you are in a cool basin like South Louisiana, oil doesn’t make it past 12,000’.


81 posted on 08/06/2025 10:47:30 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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