【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Processing Equipment】Asia’s longest and heaviest underwater \"steel peg\" was loaded onto a ship in Zhuhai, from 1470 to 2024

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Happy New Year 2024 **********************【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】A continuously updated summary post is available; feel free to join the discussions at https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html (Source: Haichuan Chemical Engineering Forum) *****************On February 8, 2024, the steel piles of the “Haiji-2” jacket – Asia’s deepest deep-water jacket, designed and constructed independently by China – were successfully loaded onto a ship in Jinwan, Zhuhai, and will be sent to the Liuhua 11-1 oil field area in China’s South China Sea for offshore installation. This project has also set two new Asian records for the longest and heaviest steel piles used in jacket structures, marking a new breakthrough in China’s capability to independently design and construct large-scale deep-water jackets. Deep-water jacket platforms are emerging as crucial tools for the ocean engineering sector to advance into deep-sea areas, providing an offshore foundation for the development of the offshore oil engineering industry. As the first 330-meter-class deep-water jacket designed, constructed, and installed in China, the Haiji-2 jacket is located in waters with an average depth of 324.5 meters; its total design height is 338 meters, which is greater than the height of the main building of Beijing Guomao Phase III. The weight of the jacket is 37,000 tons, and the amount of steel used is close to the total weight of the steel structure of the \"Bird’s Nest\" stadium. At present, the main structure of this jacket has been completed. The jacket steel piles, known as giant \"steel spikes,\" are the key structures that secure offshore oil and gas platforms to the seabed at great depths. “The “Haiji-2” jacket consists of 16 steel piles, each with a diameter of about 2.7 meters. The main piles are approximately 170 meters long, which is roughly equivalent to the height of 60 stories; the total weight of these steel piles is about 12,500 tons, which is equivalent to the total weight of 10,000 cars. Both the size and weight of these steel piles are the highest in Asia. Once the loading of the 16 giant \"steel spikes\" is completed, they will be transported to the designated area of the Liuhua 11-1 oil field for installation, thereby laying a solid \"foundation\" for the establishment of Asia’s deepest deep-water jacket – the \"Haiji No. 2\" jacket – in the South China Sea.