This was reported by CGTN, according to Ukrinform.

Haiyang Shiyou 123 Floating Refinery (Offshore Oil 123) is a vessel equipped with oil and gas processing equipment right next to an offshore drilling rig, eliminating the need to build infrastructure to transport crude oil to onshore refineries. The estimated processing capacity is 1.5 million tons of oil per year.

The peculiarity of this ship is high automation of production, due to which the number of personnel serving it is insignificant. For this reason, more than 8,000 different sensors are installed on the ship, which monitor all production processes, especially temperature, pressure and liquid level, and the data collected by them is transmitted in real time to a point where commands are generated. for production management. This allows for faster and more reliable diagnosis of problems and their rapid elimination.

In addition to the high-tech onboard system, a “digital replica” of the ship was created – a virtual copy of it, located 1,000 kilometers from the real ship in the control center located in the city of Shenzhen. Southern province of Guangdong. It also receives real-time data on the state of floating refinery systems and oil processing processes.

This “clone” allows the onshore engineering team to respond to emergencies much more reliably and interact more effectively with onboard personnel to prevent accidents.

According to Zhang Baolei, the project’s deputy chief engineer, the advanced technologies applied to the ship will help significantly improve the efficiency and safety of offshore mining. oil.

In the near future, the ship will arrive at the Lufeng 12-3 oil field in the South China Sea, where it will begin commercial operation.

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