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Chevron, Devon Energy and Norway's Statoil drilled to about 20,000 feet (6,100 m) below the sea floor, the wellhead being 7,000 feet (2,100 m) below sea-level, for a total depth of 28,125 feet. Oil flowed at more than 6,000
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barrels (950 m) per day. At the time, it was the deepest ever successful test well in the Gulf of Mexico to date. Jack 2 is a joint venture between
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10 m) represents half of the total current estimate of U.S. reserves, equal to slightly less than two years of U.S. consumption at present levels.
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