China adopts advanced technology to complete heaviest international offshore platform

The heaviest international offshore oil and gas platform built by China is notable for its embedded advanced technology.

The platform for Saudi Arabia's Marjan oilfield was officially delivered after 34 months of construction in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province on Monday, marking a breakthrough in the country's large-scale offshore oil and gas equipment construction technology.

Weighing the equivalent of around 17,000 vehicles and covering an area of 15 basketball courts, the platform is capable of processing 24 million tons of crude oil annually, enough to power 500 million cars. Despite its immense size, the platform was constructed with cutting-edge technologies.

"The 36-inch crude oil pipeline here utilized domestically-produced inner coating technology. It can not only withstand high levels of hydrogen sulfide, but enable long-term safe service for up to 25 years," said Lu Cuncai, executive deputy manager of Marjan project of China Offshore Oil Engineering Company.

The platform's essential process pipeline spans 33,000 meters, covering the entire structure. The system is supported by 35 pigging ball receivers to ensure the long-term and safe operation of this platform.

According to Lu, the platform was constructed under stringent quality control protocols, with over 2,000 files dedicated to this purpose. Every member of the project team, from quality control staff to welders, was required to pass rigorous examinations.

Additionally, the platform contains over 100,000 components and parts, posing significant challenges for the management of the entire project.

"To manage this massive component weighing around 20,000 tons with thousands of pieces of material and equipment, the project team developed a visual management platform that enables whole-process management and control through digital simulation and twin technologies," said Lu.

The application of this visual intelligent management platform allows for real-time tracking of building materials and construction process, significantly improving the project management efficiency.

China adopts advanced technology to complete heaviest international offshore platform

The delegation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Chinse People's Armed Police Force to the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, held group meetings to review the government work report on Wednesday afternoon in Beijing.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered the government work report on behalf of the State Council at the opening meeting of the third session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday morning.

Zhang Youxia, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), said that the extraordinary achievements made by the Party, the country and the military over the past year have proved that no difficulties or obstacles can stop China from advancing the historical process of national rejuvenation.

He stressed that the entire military forces must focus on achieving the centenary goal of the PLA, comprehensively enhance the military's capability to fight and win, and accelerate the advancement of the modernization of national defense and armed forces.

He Weidong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the CMC, said that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, China has made new solid strides forward in advancing Chinese modernization, urging the whole military to strengthen military training and combat readiness, promote the implementation of plans, unswervingly enforce discipline while combating corruption to achieve the centenary goal of the PLA.

Military delegation to NPC annual session reviews gov't work report