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Re: Holes

#12

What are all those oops for?

Lake Peigneur was swallowed by a whirlpool like in an anime, in a sad drilling that took away entire boats. The salt geologic bubble under the lake can absorb gigantic volumes of water, and a drilling for the exploitation of petrol initiated the hole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur

Re: Holes

#17
post #8

Explain xkcd has links to the Wikipedia articles for each hole. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3266:_Holes

Site down?

The Wikipedia page on borehole doesn’t mention Deep Water Horizon at all.

Re: Holes

#18
post #17
post #8

Explain xkcd has links to the Wikipedia articles for each hole. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3266:_Holes

Site down? The Wikipedia page on borehole doesn’t mention Deep Water Horizon at all.

And Wikipedia says this one is over 12,000m deep,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Shaheen_Oil_Field

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