Guess what? 🤔 The China National Petroleum Corporation has just drilled the deepest vertical well in all of Asia! 🏆 They reached an incredible depth of 10,910 meters in the northwestern desert of the Chinese mainland.
But how deep is that really? Let’s imagine stacking Mount Everest (which is about 8,848 meters tall) on top of itself—this well is even deeper than that! 🏔️ That’s like stacking over 36 Eiffel Towers 🗼 one on top of another!
Why drill so deep? By reaching these depths, scientists can learn more about what’s beneath the Earth’s surface 🌍. This helps in finding resources like oil and natural gas ⛽️ and understanding geological structures better.
Isn’t it amazing how technology lets us explore the unknown? Who knows what discoveries await us deep underground! 🚀
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
