Where did the site for the integrated project come from?
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Under normal circumstances, the land required for project construction is leveled by digging up high areas and filling in low areas on site to ensure sufficient space for the project. Some of the land used for BASF’s Guangdong Fine Chemicals Integration Project, located on Donghai Island in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, was transported from the seabed several kilometers away using a method akin to \"moving mountains\". Some may ask, how much more will it cost? The answer is, of course, to use a method that serves two purposes at once: it saves effort and reduces costs.
As can be seen from the above diagram, the BASF integrated facility project is located adjacent to the main channel of Zhanjiang Port, whose capacity is 300,000 tons per vessel. According to the Industrial Development Plan for Zhanjiang Donghai Island Petrochemical Industrial Park, by 2030 a petrochemical and deep-processing industrial park featuring refineries with a capacity of 25 million tons, ethylene production facilities with a capacity of 3.5 million tons, aromatics production facilities with a capacity of 2 million tons, and related downstream industries, is to be established. The existing waterways need to be dredged to accommodate vessels with a capacity of 400,000 tons.
This post was last edited by The wise are enlightened on 2021-5-4 13:51. Where is the sediment excavated from waterways using draggers sent? It’s not possible to create another island by using a coral reef, just as is done with the artificial islands in the South China Sea. Moreover, part of the land designated for the integrated base is located on the tidal flats of Donghai Island, where the elevation does not meet the design requirements; so where can the fill soil come from? Thus, a cost-saving and labor-saving \"kill two birds with one stone\" solution was quickly conceived. In other words, the sediment excavated from channel dredging is transported to the integrated project for land reclamation. This innovative approach simultaneously solves the two major problems associated with the dredging and disposal of sediment from the canal expansion project, as well as the fill soil required for the BASF project. The image shows the dredged sediment being transported to the reclamation area through a 4-kilometer-long giant undersea pipeline.
The backfill area of the project after land reclamation and settlement.
Today, not only has the 300,000-tonnage waterway been expanded to become South China’s first 400,000-tonnage waterway, but it has also ensured that the BASF project could start construction on schedule, saving 3 billion yuan in costs related to waterway dredging and sediment disposal as well as the backfilling work for the BASF project. The image shows the site of the integrated project after sandblasting and backfilling.
I thought of the “Tiankun” cutter, which could make great contributions in the South China Sea
Inter-departmental collaboration and innovation in management models. Save costs and achieve multiple benefits at once. Like it! ! :victory:
This is the institutional advantage of unified planning and coordinated arrangement: victory:
This post was last edited by The wise are enlightened on 2021-5-16 19:27. Yes. This is precisely the role of **unified planning and a unified positioning for the park; a single enterprise or project alone cannot achieve this, and it also solves major problems for enterprises and projects.