Total Wants to Drill for Oil in the World's Fastest Ocean Current
- Agulhas current can cause waves height of multistory buildings
- Company plans up to 4 exploration wells offshore South Africa
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Total SA’s discovery of South Africa’s first oil in deep water could prove to be a bonanza for a country lacking crude reserves of its own and prompt a rush from other majors. That’s if they’re able to solve the engineering challenges of operating in one of the fastest ocean currents in the world.