According to the circulating news the effort to dig the deepest-ever borehole began on Tuesday (30 May) in the Tarim Basin, which is located in the oil-rich Xinjiang province.
China embarks on a remarkable journey to drill the country's deepest hole ever, potentially revealing priceless geological secrets and unlocking vast ultra-deep oil reserves., Technology & Science News, Times Now
The digging aimed to go "as deep as possible", which, according to researchers, would be about 9 miles, was to be abandoned as engineers and scientists encountered unexpectedly high temperatures.