Matters of Policy
As industry explored the frontiers, Canada drilled some of the world's deepest offshore wells - notably the Annapolis G-24 gas well, drilled to a depth of 6,100 m (20,000 ft) (water depth was 1,675 m (5,495 ft)) offshore Nova Scotia in 2002. The industry built new artificial island and mobile drilling systems. It created networks capable of providing instant communication between head office and remote well sites. And it developed the world's most sophisticated understanding of ice and ways to deal with it in the north. These and other initiatives gave the Canadian petroleum industry unrivalled expertise in some areas.
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