At 11 o'clock on the 30th of 2023, China's first 10,000-meter deep geoscience exploration well was officially drilled in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.

It is reported that the well is named Shendi Tako 1 well, with an expected drilling depth of 11,100 meters, located in the Taklamakan Desert. Before drilling, a steel tower about 20 stories high was erected on the ground, standing firmly on the quicksand. After drilling, the drill bits, drill pipes, and casing weighing more than 2,000 tons will go deep underground, penetrate more than 10 strata, and become a telescope for exploring the deep part of the earth.

According to experts, drilling a 10,000-meter-deep well is a bold attempt to explore the unknown areas of the earth and expand the boundaries of human understanding.

The Tarim Basin, located between the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains, has undergone tremendous changes. Under hundreds of millions of years of crustal movement, the surface of the Basin is vertical and horizontal, the underground is fragmented, and the geological structure is extremely complex. The difficulty of development is rare in the world and unique in China. At the same time, 10,000 meters into the ground will also withstand challenges such as high temperatures of 200°C and high pressures 1,700 times greater than atmospheric pressure. The difficulty of drilling continues to increase with each meter that is penetrated. The construction of this well is very difficult, just like a big truck driving on two thin steel wire ropes.

In recent years, China has continued to explore the depths of the earth, breaking the record for deep exploration many times. These preliminary preparations and basic accumulation provide sufficient basic conditions, technical preparations and experience accumulation for the success of the 10,000-meter deep well project. Editor / Xie Li