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
A survey released by CGTN to global netizens shows that respondents strongly condemn the U.S.'s unilateral bullying of other countries under the pretext of "reciprocal tariffs," saying that this move may trigger countermeasures from other countries and eventually evolve into a "tariff world war," seriously impacting the world economy.
The U.S. claims that it has suffered losses in international trade and is raising tariffs on all trading partners under the pretext of "reciprocity," aiming to reduce the trade deficit. However, 81.03 percent of global respondents do not agree with this, believing that such measures will not achieve the expected results. During his first term in office, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on major trading partners. According to statistics from the American Action Forum, a think tank, Trump's protectionist policies during the first term cost U.S. consumers about 57 billion U.S. dollars annually. According to the survey, 81.94 percent of respondents believe that "reciprocal tariffs" cannot solve U.S.'s own problems but will only harm the interests of U.S. consumers and drag down the U.S. economic growth.
The competitiveness of products from different countries varies. Each country can set appropriate tariffs based on its own products to achieve "mutual benefit" in the international market. The "tariff farce" of the U.S. side is a selective disregard for the balance of interests reached through multilateral trade negotiations. Some 82.8 percent of the respondents point out that in the context of unequal economic development and economic strength of different countries, the U.S. insistence on full and complete reciprocity in tariffs is extremely irrational.
The majority of the U.S. tariffs this time are targeted at developing countries. Regarding this, 82.96 percent of the respondents condemn the U.S. for conducting "indiscriminate attacks" on other countries on the issue of tariffs, believing that this is a deprivation of the development rights of other countries, especially developing countries. According to the survey, 84.43 percent of the respondents believe that the U.S.'s imposition of "reciprocal tariffs" will exacerbate the problem of trade unfairness with its trading partners and traditional allies, seriously damaging the country's credibility.
As a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the U.S. has unilaterally and subjectively introduced so-called "reciprocal tariffs" and insisted on implementing them. This is a typical act of unilateral bullying. In response, 79.47 percent of the respondents criticize the U.S. for seriously violating the rules of the WTO. In the survey, 79.58 percent of the respondents say that "reciprocal tariffs" have become a new tool for the U.S. to promote trade protectionism, which will further intensify international trade tensions and global economic fragmentation.
This survey was released on CGTN's English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Russian platforms. Within 24 hours, a total of 9,600 overseas netizens participated in the survey and expressed their views.
CGTN poll: US 'reciprocal tariffs' draw condemnation from world
