Explain xkcd has links to the Wikipedia articles for each hole.

ks2048 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Site down?

The Wikipedia page on borehole doesn’t mention Deep Water Horizon at all.

And Wikipedia says this one is over 12,000m deep,

	▲	aw1621107 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The >12km number is length, not depth: > However, in May 2008, a new record for borehole length was established by the extended-reach drilling (ERD) well BD-04A, in the Al Shaheen oil field. It was drilled to 12,289 m (40,318 ft), with a record horizontal reach of 10,902 m (35,768 ft) in only 36 days.

Y'all done hugged it to death

	▲	B1FF_PSUVM 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It was erroring out 12h ago.