News Release

25
04Month
2017

National Engineering Laboratory of Offshore Engineering Assembly, R&D and Design Set Up in Shanghai

Publisher:CIMC   

On April 25, 2017, National Engineering Laboratory of Offshore Engineering Assembly, R&D and Design was established and the 1st council meeting was held. China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Deputy General Manager Sun Wei attended the meeting and inaugurated the laboratory together with CIMC Vice President Yu Ya, Shanghai Jiaotong University Vice President Wu Dan and representatives of Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission and Shanghai Municipal Scientific and Technological Commission.

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The 708th Research Institute of CSSC and CIMC took the lead in the application for the lab together with the other 12 organizations, and the lab was approved by National Development and Reform Commission in June 2016 and integrated strong organizations in China’s offshore engineering industry from basic research, R&D and design, system integration to assembly. So it is a national level innovative platform of offshore engineering assembly, R&D and design.

 

After the establishment, considering the problems of core technology bottleneck and weak assembly & fabrication technology of offshore equipment in the preliminary stage, the laboratory will explore immediate needs of deep-sea resource development, polar resource development, mineral resource development and deep-sea support,  focus on overall technology of offshore equipment and forward-looking technology development trend, make breakthroughs in ten common key technologies, e.g. overall R&D and design technology,  testing technology, system integration technology and  parallel cooperative design technology, build offshore engineering R&D and design and assembly demonstration platform, support the development of ten key equipment technologies and equipment, system integration and engineering, e.g. new generation of drilling rig, deepwater submersible production platform, polar drilling ship, oceanic drilling ship and superlarge submersible ship, foster professional engineering technology innovation talents of offshore equipment, promote the application of key technological achievements, gradually improve offshore equipment design technology system and industrial system, develop independent design capability in deep-sea, polar oil and gas exploitation equipment, mineral exploitation equipment, offshore support equipment and provide full technical support to grow offshore equipment manufacturing industry.

 

Offshore equipment is a primary component of emerging industry and high-end manufacturing industry. In recent years, China’s offshore equipment technology and industry has made a substantial progress. A series of major offshore equipment have been jointly developed by lab members, such as “Offshore Oil 981” submersible drilling rig, GM4-D polar submersible drilling rig, D90 ultra-deepwater submersible drilling rig, “Offshore Oil 117” FPSO, which is of great significance to accelerate the development of China’s offshore equipment industry.

 

In the future, the lab will focus on imperative needs for equipment development of the nation's strategic mission and major engineering projects, gradually develop independent design, fabrication and matching capabilities in key equipment, boost enterprises’ sustainable innovation capability and do its bit to drive the development of China’s offshore equipment industry.