China starts drilling superdeep borehole in landmark deep-Earth exploration

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China starts drilling superdeep borehole in landmark deep-Earth exploration

STORY: China starts drilling superdeep borehole in landmark deep-Earth exploration DATELINE: May 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the drilling 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LYU XIAOGANG, Tarim oilfield branch of PetroChina STORYLINE: The drilling of China's first borehole over 10,000 meters deep for scientific exploration began on Tuesday in the Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The operation started at 11:46 a.m. on Tuesday. It represents a landmark in China's deep-Earth exploration, providing an unprecedented opportunity to study areas of the planet deep beneath the surface. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LYU XIAOGANG, Tarim oilfield branch of PetroChina "Drilling the borehole has two purposes: for scientific exploration and for finding oil and gas. Through drilling this borehole, we will strengthen PetroChina's technology reserve for ultra-deep drilling and build more ultra-deep drilling equipment. The second purpose is to ex

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