【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】From 1936 to 2024, China successfully designed and built offshore oil and gas platforms with a total weight of around 30,000 tons

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Safety first. Prevention first – let’s praise and encourage the achievements in China’s chemical engineering technology and equipment. **********************【Ten Years of Great 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 July 17, 2024, China National Offshore Oil Corporation announced that an offshore oil and gas platform with a total weight of around 30,000 tons, designed and built independently by China, has been installed in the Xijiang Oil Field in the Pearl River Delta basin. This marks an important breakthrough in China’s ability to develop offshore oil and gas equipment independently. The Xijiang 30-2B platform installed this time is a fixed oil and gas drilling and production platform that combines drilling, production, and living functions. It consists of an offshore section and an underwater jacket, and stands in the sea at a depth of 98 meters. With a total height of about 198 meters, it is equivalent to the height of a 70-story building; its total weight is around 30,000 tons. The amount of steel used in its construction exceeds the total weight of the steel structures in two Canton Tower buildings, and its projected area is equivalent to that of 10 standard basketball courts. It is understood that the Xijiang Oil Field is located 150 to 175 kilometers southeast of Shenzhen, and over the past 30 years since its operation, it has produced more than 100 million cubic meters of crude oil in total. Once the Xijiang 30-2B platform is put into operation, it will help boost the annual oil production to over 3 million tons, thereby providing new momentum for energy supply in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.