Drilling deeper in the producing fields we have now, or the ones recently depleted or uneconomic to keep extracting from, using the traditional methods. Now that really makes sense, if down much deeper is where the bulk of tha oil/natgas/me stuff is. We already are tapping the leaky points, those are identified. So it stands to reason just deeper there might hit the mother load, doesn't it? Question is how deep, is it possible with our technology? Can we ever get to say 20 miles deep, something like that? What would be the pressure and temps there, got to be awesome.
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Question is how deep, is it possible with our technology? Can we ever get to say 20 miles deep, something like that? What would be the pressure and temps there, got to be awesome.Current technology will get you about 5-6 miles down (extreme case), but the reserves don't get better just because you go deep.
I will never say that we can't get to 20 miles deep, but it will be far in the future. Temperatures are high, over 200 C, and the cost is astronomical, so there is no reason to go deep.