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Explain xkcd has links to the Wikipedia articles for each hole.

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3266:_Holes



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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


The >12km number is length, not depth:

> However, in May 2008, a new record for borehole length was established by the extended-reach drilling (ERD) well BD-04A, in the Al Shaheen oil field. It was drilled to 12,289 m (40,318 ft), with a record horizontal reach of 10,902 m (35,768 ft) in only 36 days.


Y'all done hugged it to death


It was erroring out 12h ago.




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