On the morning of October 21, Zhou Shouwei, the 9thvice chairman of China Association of Science and Technology, vice president of China Ocean Society, Director of State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, expert of offshore petroleum development engineering, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, was invited to give a party lesson themed lecture on “Exploration of Development Strategy of High-level Self-reliant and Self-improving Offshore Equipment—The Innovative Practice of ‘Deep Sea No. 1’ Energy Station”. More than 400 student and faculty representatives attended.
In the lecture, Academician Zhou described, with informative illustrations and document examples, the innovative exploration and practice of "Deep Sea No.1" energy station, a model of national high-level self-sustaining and self-improving major science and technology projects, and told in an understandable fashion about the three world-class innovations and 13 domestic firsts of the project, involving the independent design, construction process, safety design, and high quality control level. He said that it is CNOOC’s mission and responsibility to practice scientific and technological self-sufficiency and to guard national energy safety. In recent years, CNOOC has discovered and built atmospheric fields in the northern part of the South China Sea, providing a clean energy supply for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The gas field "Deep Sea No.1" which covers an area of 100 billion cubic meters was officially put into operation on June 25 this year. It can supply 3 billion cubic meters of gas per year, realizing the leap of China's oil and gas field independent development capability from 300 meters to 1500 meters water depth. In the lecture, academician Zhou also introduced the establishment of offshore temporary party branch of "Deep Sea No.1", a month-long activity themed as "establish a typical, set an example, dare to take charge, and make innovation" and the grand discussion on "deep and effective integration of party building with production and operation”.
