Royal Dutch/Shell is to go ahead with the world’s deepest offshore oil and gas production facility, pushing the boundaries of industry technology to drill almost three kilometres (1.9 miles) ...

In the world’s deepest gold mine, workers will venture 2.5 miles (4 km) below the Earth’s surface to extract from a 30-inch (0.8m) wide vein of gold-rich ore. While these depths are impressive ...

While deep sea drilling has been achieved at a depth of 7,725m for scientific and research purposes, the new well being undertaken by Total will hold the world record for the deepest oil well ever ...

Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Ecopetrol SA are gearing up to plumb the depths of Colombia’s Caribbean waters in search of natural gas and oil. The plan is to drill the Komodo-1 well before the year ...

The deepest offshore oil well was over 35,000 feet by the Deepwater Horizon, and the Maersk Voyager operated in the deepest waters at 12,000 feet.

The Stena Carron began work Sunday night on a well about 430 kilometres northeast of St. John's. ( (CBC)) Chevron Canada Ltd. has begun work on the deepest oil well ever drilled in Canadian waters.

The deepest well in Saskatchewan history has been successfully drilled at the future site of a geothermal power plant near Estevan, Sask., while the federal government announced $25 million in ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. (Sep 1, 2010) - The deepest exploration well in Canadian history has been drilled without incident, Chevron Canada and the board that regulates oil activity off Newfoundland ...