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Once you find oil, you must drill for it. Drilling on land is difficult
enough, but drilling offshore where much of the oil is located is even
more difficult. In the figures below it shows several ways to drill the
ocean bottom.
Discovering a producing well is the goal of interpreting the geologic
and seismic information. Petroleum geologists try to make the most
accurate and precise locations to drill a producing well. But sometimes
it comes down to, whether you were lucky or not.
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Offshore well in the North Sea
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