Drill in Hawaii puts well in to magma chamber

[Trooper110]

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Drillers break into magma chamber

How much you want to bet someone got fired?

[Hammy]

It's not the first time it happend, and in this area you have the risk factor calculation. In fact, you lose quite a bit of materials and tooling while drilling even the most basic wells.

I doubt that they got fired, and it I know the energy companies, they are leasing the bore to the scientists that wish to study it- so revenue in no matter what.

[BlackArrow]

A volcano was created by oil drilling in Indonesia two years ago and has turned into one of the largest natural disasters ever.

Indonesian Mud Volcano Triggered By Drilling Of Nearby Gas Exploration Well, Scientists Conclude