Louis, I also joined Secretary Arne Duncan and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon at Carnahan High School of the Future to participate in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut--the largest-ever, multi-state earthquake drill to be held in the United States, and the first major drill to take place along the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which was the site of one of the worst earthquakes in U.S. history nearly 200 years ago.

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With drilling being the determinate cost, new techs like multi-pad drilling and ultra-mobile drill rigs attract a lot of attention.

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Two rigs in the Ardwick area would drill down 3km (2 miles) to a thermal spring in the multi-million pound plan.

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