China’s self advanced cylindrical floating, manufacturing, storagefacility and offloading (FPSO) facility, Haikui 1, was once delivered in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, April 26, 2024. (Picture/China Information Provider)
(ECNS) — China’s self advanced cylindrical floating, manufacturing, storagefacility and offloading (FPSO) facility, Haikui 1, was once delivered in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province on Friday, marking a big step forward within the nation’s deepwater oil and gasoline apparatus building.
With a designed displacement of 100,000 metric heaps, Haikui 1, the Asia’s first FPSO facility, has a most oil storagefacility capability of 60,000 metric heaps and is able to running for 15 years on the sea with out turning back the dock.
Composed of 600,000 elements, the ability has a diameter of about 90 meters with a dock segment an identical to 13 usual basketball courts, a peak of 30 tales and general weight of 37,000 metric heaps. It has a designed lifespan of 30 years and will procedure 5,600 metric heaps of crude oil in step with occasion.
When compared with standard ship-type constructions, the cylinder-shaped vessel is smaller, extra compact and environment friendly in oil storagefacility, with a powerful talent to resist harsh sea situations and successfully leave oilfield building and running prices, consistent with Liu Huaxiang, basic supervisor of Shenzhen area of China Nationwide Offshore Oil Company.
Then supply, Haikui 1 can be towed to a intensity of 324 meters, and deployed with Haiji Negative. 2, Asia’s first deepwater jacket platform, in China’s first deepwater oilfield – Liuhua 11-1 oilfield, offering pristine choices for offshore oil and gasoline exploration.
