Chevron Canada Spuds Deepest Oil Well ( Offshore Northeast Canada )

Rigzone ^ | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 | Dow Jones Newswires |

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Chevron Canada has begun drilling the country's deepest offshore oil well, as the firm sought to soothe fears over a repeat of the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.

The exploratory well in the North Atlantic, a prospect known as Lona 0-55, is set to establish a new record in Canada with water depth at 2,600 meters, Chevron said. The Stena Carron drill ship is sinking the well.

That's one kilometer deeper than the well that was being drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig before it ruptured,

[norraad]

. .. well, . .don't f'up." Mona Lisa Gambino My Cousin Vinny

[Candor7]

They have tio work FAST. Thats because they sometimes cannot drill when the huge ice flows show up from up north.

[a real Sheila]

I’m for offshore drilling, but I gotta say, after this mess, they should probably stay in the shallow water!

[norraad]

Yes, shallow is best, the deeper wells replenish the others anyway, so there's no need.

Oil floats, and pressure always looks for release, any teenager knows that.