Deepest oil well
- Who
- Z-44 Chayvo
- What
- 12,376 metre(s)
- Where
- Russian Federation
- When
- 27 August 2012
The world's deepest oil well is the Z-44 Chayvo Well, situated on the Sakhalin Shelf in eastern Russia, which, on 27 August 2012, reached 40,604 ft (12,376 m) – around 15 times the height of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. It is operated by Exxon Neftegas.