【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】From 1476 to 2022: China’s first \"smart factory\" for the manufacturing of offshore oil and gas equipment was officially put into operation

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Happy New Year 2024 **********************【A Decade of Great Development in Chemical Processing Equipment】Continuous updates and summaries available; feel free to join the discussions at https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html (Source: Haichuan Chemical Industry Forum) ***************** On June 26, 2022, China National Offshore Oil Corporation announced that the country’s first “smart factory” for the manufacturing of offshore oil and gas equipment – the CNOOC Tianjin Intelligent Manufacturing Base – had begun operations, marking a significant breakthrough in the intelligent transformation of China’s offshore oil and gas equipment industry. “The \"Smart Factory\" is centered around process design, covering a total area of approximately 575,000 square meters. Its key facilities include three intelligent production centers, seven auxiliary workshops, and eight final assembly stations. Its designed annual production capacity is 84,000 structural tons. It also boasts high-quality docking facilities with a total length of 1,631 meters, suitable for the berthing of large offshore engineering vessels and Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading units (FPSOs). Focus on developing high-end offshore engineering products such as oil and gas production platforms and their upper modules, FPSO modules, and LNG modules, in order to create a comprehensive base that integrates functions including intelligent manufacturing in ocean engineering, smart support for oil and gas field operation and maintenance, as well as research and development for original innovations in offshore engineering technologies. “A “smart factory” primarily includes production systems based on flat segmented production lines, process pipeline production lines, and automated vertical warehouses; software management systems consisting of digital manufacturing management systems, production execution systems, and warehouse management systems; site support systems such as information collection systems, intelligent security systems, and kinetic energy monitoring systems; as well as workshop production logistics and material distribution systems. Through the application of intelligent manufacturing technologies and the lean integration of these various systems, it helps to propel China’s marine equipment manufacturing industry from traditional “manual factories” toward modern “smart factories”. “The \"Smart Factory\" utilizes over 400 sets of advanced intelligent production equipment such as automatic cutting, automatic grinding, intelligent alignment, intelligent welding, and intelligent warehousing systems. This enables the automation of all processes from the arrival of materials to marking, alignment, grinding, and welding within the workshop. The automatic cutting rate for sheets reaches 90%, while the automatic welding rate for deck plates is 70%. Overall, production efficiency is increased by more than 20% compared to traditional methods, and cost control as well as quality and safety management are significantly improved. The operation of CNOOC Engineering’s intelligent manufacturing base in Tianjin represents an important milestone in China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s efforts over the past few years to implement the new energy security strategy of \"four revolutions and one cooperation,\" as well as to accelerate digital transformation and sustainable, low-carbon development. Next, CNOOC will continue to focus on developing original and cutting-edge technologies, strive to enhance its capabilities in the manufacturing of offshore oil and gas equipment, keep control over such manufacturing processes in its own hands, and work to utilize its own equipment for the exploration of oil and gas resources. In this way, it aims to make new and greater contributions to achieving a high level of self-reliance in marine technology, ensuring energy security, and building a strong maritime nation.