【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】3031-2026: The Largest in Asia! China’s independently designed cylindrical ‘offshore oil and gas plant’ has begun construction in Qingdao

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Let’s give praise and encouragement to the achievements made in China’s chemical engineering technology and equipment; your participation in discussions is the greatest encouragement. **********************【Ten Years of Great Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】Regular updates and summaries are available; feel free to join the discussions: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html ***************** On March 6, the construction of Asia’s largest cylindrical offshore oil and gas processing facility – the cylindrical floating production, storage, and offloading unit for the Kaiping Nan Oilfield development project, which was designed and built independently in China, began in Qingdao. 　　A floating production, storage, and offloading unit is a marine oil and gas development facility that integrates functions such as extraction, processing, storage, and transportation of oil and gas, and is known as an “offshore oil and gas factory”. 　　The cylindrical floating production, storage, and offloading unit that is now under construction has a full-load displacement of over 170,000 tons, with a maximum oil storage capacity of 122,000 cubic meters. The outer diameter of its process deck is 110 meters, and the area of this deck is equivalent to that of 23 standard basketball courts. Both the weight of the hull and the outer diameter of the deck rank first among similar installations worldwide. 　　Shu Wei, General Manager of the Kaiping Oilfield Project Construction at CNOOC Engineering: The newly built facilities are designed to meet ultra-high standards that ensure they won’t need to return to the dock for 30 years. The technology required for the design, construction, and installation of such deep-water, large-diameter cylindrical floating production units has been developed, enabling the first large-scale use of more than 10 types of domestically produced key equipment; in addition, 15 new intelligent functional modules have been incorporated. Upon completion, it will become the largest in size and weight in Asia, as well as the one with the strongest oil and gas processing capacity and the highest level of automation, among cylindrical \"offshore oil and gas plants\". 　　As a new type of high-end offshore oil and gas equipment, the cylindrical FPSO (Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading unit) offers higher space utilization and oil storage efficiency compared to traditional systems, giving it significant advantages in oil and gas exploration in deep-sea areas with harsh sea conditions. 　　The newly installed equipment will be used at the Kaiping South oil field, located in the Pearl River Delta basin. This oil field is about 300 kilometers away from Shenzhen, has an average water depth of over 500 meters, and its proven reserves exceed 100 million tons; it is the largest oil field discovered independently by China in deep-water areas. 　　Wang Huoping, Deputy General Manager of the Kaiping Oilfield Development Project at CNOOC Shenzhen Company: The sea area where the oilfield is located is characterized by deep waters, being a new area, and deep reservoirs; therefore, a dynamic strategy of \"developing while understanding the situation and making adjustments as needed\" is adopted. A new cylindrical floating production, storage, and offloading unit will be constructed, with a full load displacement of over 170,000 tons and a oil storage capacity of over 120,000 cubic meters. It will be equipped with submarine pipelines as well as more than 30 sets of subsea trees, thereby enabling the development of an efficient offshore technology system based on the combination of a \"deep-water hub\" and an underground well network for such cylindrical floating production, storage, and offloading units. 　　“During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China’s oil and gas production increased steadily, with offshore crude oil becoming a key driver of growth; it accounted for over 60% of the country’s total increase in oil production for five consecutive years.