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To: cunning_fish
The Kola Superdeep Borehole (Russian: Кольская сверхглубокая скважина) is the result of a scientific drilling project of the former USSR. The project attempted to drill as deep as possible into the Earth's crust. Drilling began on 24 May 1970 on the Kola Peninsula, using the Uralmash-4E, and later the Uralmash-15000 series drilling rig. A number of boreholes were drilled by branching from a central hole. The deepest, SG-3, reached 12,262 metres (40,230 ft) in 1989, and is the deepest hole ever drilled, and the deepest artificial point on the earth.[1] For two decades it was also the world's longest borehole, in terms of measured depth along the well bore, until surpassed in 2008 by 12,289 m (40,318 ft) long Al Shaheen oil well in Qatar, and in 2011 by 12,345 metres (40,502 ft) long Sakhalin-I Odoptu OP-11 Well (offshore the Russian island Sakhalin)
7 posted on 04/03/2011 1:37:33 AM PDT by Kabud ( God Bless USA)
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To: Kabud

10x but no 10x. I knew it before but still unable to see any relevance with storms or tsunami.
BTW, US and Saudis both has boreholes almost as deep or deeper. Is it a conspiracy?:)


11 posted on 04/03/2011 1:44:25 AM PDT by cunning_fish
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To: Kabud

I thought Bill Maher was the biggest borehole in the world. Oh, that’s right...he’s the biggest a__hole in the world.


64 posted on 04/03/2011 9:49:38 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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