Into Earth’s depths: China’s 10-kilometer well refines the ultra-deep petroleum frontier
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Zhu G., Huang H. and Tan Q. (2026). Into Earth’s depths: China’s 10-kilometer well refines the ultra-deep petroleum frontier. The Innovation Geoscience 4:100245. https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2026.100245
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Figure 1.
High-resolution seismic profile, representative ultra-deep cores, and hydrocarbon-related microscopic features from the SDTK-1 well
