What's the best way to drill under water? - Novel Research
Posted: Tue 21 Apr 2020, 09:38:13
I am the author of a series of spy thrillers. In my latest book that I am writing, the antagonist has developed a submarine to drill and tap an oil reserve deep under the arctic ocean. Yes, I realize you can't drill from a sub, but this is fiction. Which is most realistic?
1) A Laser
2) Hydrothermal Spallation
3) Chemical Plasma
4) Something else
This story is living and breathing and can change instantly. Meaning... I don't have to use a sub. What about if I used some kind of crawling underwater rig, like on the movie "The Abyss"? Would that make it more realistic and have the ability to install some kind of Blow Out Preventor? The antagonist has unlimited funding, so they could easily bankroll something like that.
Thanks in advance.
1) A Laser
2) Hydrothermal Spallation
3) Chemical Plasma
4) Something else
This story is living and breathing and can change instantly. Meaning... I don't have to use a sub. What about if I used some kind of crawling underwater rig, like on the movie "The Abyss"? Would that make it more realistic and have the ability to install some kind of Blow Out Preventor? The antagonist has unlimited funding, so they could easily bankroll something like that.
Thanks in advance.