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Unique oil rig begins operation

A 100,000-Ton deep-water semi-submersible oil production and storage facility on Saturday arrived at a gas field off China鈥檚 island province of Hainan and began installation.

The energy station, named 鈥淒eep Sea No. 1,鈥 was independently developed and built by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd, China鈥檚 largest offshore oil producer.

The Lingshui 17-2 field is China鈥檚 first deep-water self-operated gas field, with an average operational water depth of 1,500 meters.

鈥淒eep Sea No. 1,鈥 with a designed service life of 150 years, was completed on January 14. It is a breakthrough for China in deep-water oil and gas field development and offshore engineering equipment construction capabilities.

鈥淒eep Sea No. 1鈥 has a maximum oil storage capacity of 20,000 cubic meters.


 

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