[Ole Okie]

Phillips Petroleum drilled to 25,000+ feet in the Permian Basin in the 1960's. The well was a duster.

[76834]

Phillips Petroleum drilled to 25,000+ feet in the Permian Basin in the 1960's. The well was a duster.

There are parts around Crane, Texas that a well less than 18,000 ft would be considered shallow.
Reason I know is I was a roughneck on one of em back when I was a kid /grin>

[Eric in the Ozarks]

A wag said Amoco founder Leverite at the bottom of the hole. "What'd they do with it ?"
Leave 'er right there...

[Sisku Hanne]

I thought we were sitting on a mega stash of oil in the Permian Basin.