Hold onto your hard hats, folks—China just pulled off a massive engineering flex! The ‘Haikui No.1’, Asia’s first cylindrical floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) facility, was loaded onto the carrier vessel ‘Xinguanghuahao’ in Qingdao this Sunday. Think of it as a floating oil fortress, ready to level up energy operations in the Pearl River Mouth Basin.
Developed entirely by Chinese engineers, the 25,000-tonne giant had to be precision-loaded onto the semi-submersible ship with a margin of error under 50 millimeters. That’s tighter than your TikTok dance moves! Four tugboats guided it into place, and after a 10-hour operation, the ‘Haikui No.1’ was secured for its journey south.
Once welded to the deck, this bad boy can weather storms and high waves—key for its future role extracting and storing oil in one of China’s major offshore fields. Talk about multitasking!
This project not only boosts China’s energy independence but also puts it on the map as a leader in cutting-edge maritime tech. Stay tuned for more updates as the ‘Haikui No.1’ gears up to make waves—literally!
The ‘Haikui No.1’, Asia’s first cylindrical floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) facility, was loaded onto the carrier vessel ‘Xinguanghuahao’ in Qingdao this Sunday. Think of it as a floating oil fortress 
, ready to level up energy operations in the Pearl River Mouth Basin.
Four tugboats guided it into place, and after a 10-hour operation, the ‘Haikui No.1’ was secured for its journey south.
and high waves—key for its future role extracting and storing oil in one of China’s major offshore fields. Talk about multitasking!
. Stay tuned for more updates as the ‘Haikui No.1’ gears up to make waves—literally!
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