Maersk Viking: The Impossible Process Of Drilling 7,000 Feet Underwater

One of the world's most advanced drill ships builds an oil well more than 2,000 metres below the waterline in the Gulf of Mexico. You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries...

46 min - Engineering & Megastructures - Spark

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