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The Deepest Oil Well. 555 feet: Total height of spar. 13 days: Time it took to secure spar to seafloor. 10,000: Number of cars it would take to equal Perdido's weight. 9,627 feet: Water depth at deepest well. 184 miles: Total length of pipeline laid on seafloor.
There are several times that much here, said Roger Day, vice president for operations for American Shale Oil (AMSO). The Green River drilling is beginning as shale mining is booming in the U.S. and a report by the International Energy Agency predicts that the U.S. will become the world's largest oil producer by 2020.