The cannon was amazingly powerful and could easily lob a ball over the palm tree that can be seen in the photo which is a range of about 800 feet (filling the barrel with water was also entertaining as it generated an instant cloud).

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"If we find a 1-billion-barrel field in 10, 000 feet of water, we'll move quickly to get any technological gaps filled to make that happen, " he insists.

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This Ohio company, founded as a wooden barrel maker, makes steel drums, corrugated boxes, water bottles, rain barrels and basically every type of packaging you could think of.

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