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Researchers tunnel towards the center of the Earth
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[quote:narz 941686:MV8xMDM1Njc2XzE2NDE2MzkyX0FGMEM5RTAz] [quote:hoot no more/hasheater 941694] BS, the Russians are pumping oil from wells deeper than that [/quote] Where are these so-call deep pumping oil wells? and who drill them - company? [/quote]
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The deepest man-made hole on Earth.
Over forty years ago, researchers in the Soviet Union began
an ambitious drilling project whose goal was to penetrate the
Earth’s upper crust and sample the warm, mysterious area
where the crust and mantle intermingle– the Mohorovičić
discontinuity, or “Moho.” So deep is this area that the
Russian scientists had to invent new ways of drilling, and
some of their new methods proved quite inventive. But despite
the valiant effort which spanned several decades, the
Russians never reached their goal, and many of the Earth’s
secrets were left undiscovered. The work done by the Soviets
did, however, provide a plethora of information about what
lies just beneath the surface, and it continues to be
scientifically useful today. The project is known as the
Kola Superdeep Borehole. The Russian researchers were also
surprised at how quickly the temperatures rose as the
borehole deepened......................
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