The ideal introduction to the fascinating world of deep drilling technology

Raw materials are the basis of our prosperity. But would you have known that, statistically speaking, you consume 460 tons of sand in your lifetime, for example, or that your cell phone contains dozens of elements of the periodic table, all of which had to be extracted from the earth's crust at great expense?

This book shows you how the flowable raw materials are sought out and developed. These still include crude oil and natural gas, but increasingly also hot water, which is used as an environmentally friendly geothermal energy source. The search for liquid raw materials is a superlative adventure. Extreme conditions prevail several thousand meters deep in the earth. This is where modern deep drilling technology is at home.

This book explains in an easy-to-understand and clear manner how modern deep wells are "drilled" and what enormous efforts are made in the process to minimize the impact on the environment. >>Professor Reich has succeeded in writing a book that makes the diversity of the oil and gas industry accessible to a wide audience. The work is convincing due to its comprehensible explanations of terms and the ease with which complex content is presented. The title is justified, it reads like a "technical thriller" - and does not let go of the reader until the end. The accompanying cartoons, drawn by the author, help the reader to intuitively understand this technology in an entertaining way. For all those who were looking for an introduction to the world of deep drilling technology and were missing a book in German until now!Prof. Dr. Dr. Ing. habil. Catalin Teodoriu, Institute of Subsurface Energy Systems at TU Clausthal and Drilling Simulation Center at the University of Oklahoma>>How wonderful! Finally a book that explains the complex deep drilling technology to the layman in a way that is both understandable and exciting! Not everyone who.