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China deploys offshore oil production rig in South China Sea

  • Lufeng 14-4 central platform set to go into operation by end of the year, CNOOC says
  • It will enhance China’s large-scale offshore oil and gas equipment construction and installation capabilities, company says

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China’s offshore oil and gas production exceeded 65 million tonnes for the first time last year, according to CNOOC. Photo: AFP
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The float-over installation of China’s largest independently designed offshore crude oil production platform has been completed, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) said on Thursday.

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The Lufeng 14-4 central platform, which is located in the South China Sea about 200km (124 miles) southeast of Hong Kong, is set to go into operation at the end of the year.
Gao Shuang, general director of the company’s Lufeng oil complex project, said that once operational, the platform would explore the Lufeng 14-4 and Lufeng 14-8 oilfields, and provide more natural gas and oil resources for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.

The new platform would enhance China’s large-scale offshore oil and gas equipment construction and installation capabilities, CNOOC said.

The country’s offshore oil and gas production exceeded 65 million tonnes for the first time last year, the company said.

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CNOOC’s oilfield in the east of the South China Sea is an important production base, producing more than 10 million cubic metres equivalent of oil and gas every year for the past 25 years.

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