After the geologists and geophysicists have decided where there is likely to be oil, the actual drilling can begin. The exact place is picked to spud in the well, that is to begin drilling. Thus begins one of the biggest, most exciting, and most expensive gambling games in the world today. Have the geologists been right, will the drilling produce oil, will all the money invested in the well return the investment, or will it be a total loss
After the geologists and geophysicists have decided where there is likely to be oil, the actual drilling can begin. The exact place is picked to spud in the well, that is to begin drilling. Thus begins one of the biggest, most exciting, and most expensive gambling games in the world today. Have the geologists been right, will the drilling produce oil, will all the money invested in the well return the investment, or will it be a total loss
DRILLING for OIL
Drilling a Well
