Originally Posted by stxhunter
most people have no idea what it takes to get that oil out of the ground.


Yep. There are the simple methods (hence risk) in Texas and the more complex such as this in Kazakhstan, my last oil extraction project sixty miles offshore in the Caspian Sea. Night and day do not remotely describe it. It is a world market, something too many folks do not grasp.

The "drilling rig".

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The living quarters.

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The wildlife. grin

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