Make: Online : 220 foot screen controls the world's oil

220 foot screen controls the world's oil

CBS's Lesley Stahl takes an inside look into the world of Saudi Aramco, the world leader in crude oil production - there are a lot of political, energy, social and security comments that I'm sure folks will have, but you must check out the GIANT 220 foot screen in the command center. It.is.crazy... The engineers control the drill bit real time, 500 miles away over "instant messaging" as they drill.

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Posted by: Kevin on December 11, 2008 at 5:14 AM

Hmm

"here are a lot of political, energy, social and security comments that I'm sure folks will have"

I guess not.

But yeah, cool monitor.

Gas prices are cheap right now in my area at least.

$1.60 a gallon.

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Posted by: nycjeff on December 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM

Lesley Stahl != Rocket Scientist

it was hard to watch when she was speaking.

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