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China's exploration of flammable ice sets world records
Xinhua | Updated: 2020-03-26 15:30

A view of flammable ice mining. [Photo/People's Daily Online]

BEIJING -- China on Thursday announced that several breakthroughs were made during a recent trial exploration of mining gas hydrates, known as flammable ice, in the South China Sea.

In a sea area with a depth of 1,225 meters, the country has extracted 861,400 cubic meters of gas, with an average daily extraction of 28,700 cubic meters, setting two new world records, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.

 

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World's first extreme high voltage electricity transmission line crosses SW China
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The world's first extreme high voltage direct current electric power transmission line was completed on Thursday in southwest China. It will start operation officially next year. The project's construction has been extremely difficult as the line passes through treacherous areas, crossing high altitude and icy regions, engineers said.
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CNOOC makes large discovery in Bohai Bay
Source:Global Times Published: 2020/3/19 0:18:40

Photo taken on June 13, 2015 shows the Xingwang deep-sea semi-submersible drilling platform at Liwan3-2 gasfield in the South China Sea, south China. China's largest offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd. announced on July 3, 2015 that its Xingwang deep-sea semi-submersible drilling platform has started drilling at 1,300 meters underwater level in Liwan 3-2 gas field in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Zhao Liang)

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) made a large-sized discovery Kenli 6-1 in Bohai Bay, which is expected to be the first large-sized oil filed in Laibei lower uplift.

According to a statement of CNOOC sent to the Global Times on Wednesday, the Kenli 6-1 structure is located in Laibei lower uplift in southern Bohai basin with an average water depth of about 19.2 meters.

The discovery well KL6-1-3 was drilled and completed at a depth of 1,596 meters, and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of approximately 20 meters. The well was tested to produce around 1,178 barrels of oil per day.

The successful exploration of Kenli 6-1 demonstrated the Company's remarkable breakthrough in the exploration area of Laibei lower uplift, and further proved the huge exploration potential of the Neogene lithologic reservoir in the Laizhou Bay.

CNOOC is the largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas in China and one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world. The Group mainly engages in exploration, development, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas.

Its core operation areas are Bohai, Western South China Sea, Eastern South China Sea and East China Sea in offshore China. Overseas, the Group has oil and gas assets in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and Europe.

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NW China's Xinjiang becomes major power contributor
Source: Xinhua| 2020-06-22 17:00:37|Editor: huaxia

Photo taken on June 17, 2020 shows a power project in Nilka County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region transmitted 300 billion kWh of electricity outside the region over a decade, said the State Grid's Xinjiang branch Saturday. The electricity transmission helped China's central and eastern regions reduce about 96 million tonnes of coal use, and cut carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emissions by 259.2 million tonnes and 816,000 tonnes, respectively. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

URUMQI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region transmitted 300 billion kWh of electricity outside the region over a decade, said the State Grid's Xinjiang branch Saturday.

The electricity transmission helped China's central and eastern regions reduce about 96 million tonnes of coal use, and cut carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emissions by 259.2 million tonnes and 816,000 tonnes, respectively.

According to the company, the continuous expansion of electricity transmission is due to improvements in several key power projects extending from Xinjiang to the eastern provinces.

In addition, the region signed deals with several provincial-level administrations, further fueling the surge, the company said.

According to the Xinjiang Electricity Trading Center, Xinjiang currently transmits electricity to 19 other Chinese regions, many of which buy electricity from Xinjiang as a form of economic support to the region.

Xinjiang is rich in coal and wind power. To date, the installed power capacity of Xinjiang is 92.432 million kilowatts, and the installed capacity of new energy is among the top in China.

 

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The Zhangbei flexible direct current power grid, the world’s 1st DC power grid, was officially put into operation on Mon, with a transmission capacity of 4.5 million kW. The project will guarantee a 100% green power supply for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic venues.



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CNOOC Limited Announces a Significant Discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in Eastern South China Sea

NEWS PROVIDED BY CNOOC Limited
Jun 29, 2020, 04:42 ET

HONG KONG, June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CNOOC Limited (the "Company", SEHK: 00883,NYSE: CEO, TSX: CNU) announced today that the Company made a significant discovery of Huizhou 26-6 in Eastern South China Sea. It is expected to become the first mid-to-large sized condensate oil and gas field in the shallow water area of Pearl River Mouth Basin.

The Huizhou 26-6 structure is located in Huizhou Sag in Zhu1 Depression of Pearl River Mouth Basin in Eastern South China Sea with an average water depth of about 113 meters. The discovery well HZ26-6-1 was drilled and completed at a depth of 4,276 meters and encountered oil and gas pay zones with a total thickness of approximately 422.2 meters. The well was tested to produce around 2,020 barrels of oil and 15.36 million cubic feet of gas respectively per day.

The successful exploration of Huizhou 26-6 oil and gas structure is the first time that the Company has achieved commercial and highly productive oil and gas flow in buried hill exploration in Eastern South China Sea, marking a significant exploration breakthrough in Paleogene and buried hill complex oil and gas reservoir in Pearl River Mouth Basin, and further proving the huge exploration potential in this new field.


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China and Iran flesh out strategic partnership
Staggered 25-year deal could mark seismic shift in the global hydrocarbons sector

Simon Watkins
3 September 2019

Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Zarif paid a visit to his Chinese counterpart Wang Li at the end of August to present a road map for the China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership, signed in 2016.


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Iran negotiating 25-year accord with China
Terms will be announced once strategic deal is struck, foreign minister tells Islamic republic's parliament

By AT CONTRIBUTOR JULY 6, 2020

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'With confidence and conviction, we are negotiating a 25-year strategic accord with China,' said Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister. File photo: Handout

Iran has been negotiating a 25-year accord with China and the terms will be announced once a deal is struck, the foreign minister told a stormy session of parliament Sunday.

“With confidence and conviction, we are negotiating a 25-year strategic accord with China,” Iran’s top trading partner, Mohammad Javad Zarif said.

During the session, Zarif was heckled by lawmakers, largely over his key role in negotiating a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which the US unilaterally abandoned in 2018 as a prelude to reimposing biting sanctions.

It was his first address to parliament since a new house started work in late May in the wake of elections that were dominated by conservatives and ultra-conservatives.

Zarif insisted there was “nothing secret” about the prospective China deal.

The nation would be informed “when an accord has been concluded”, he said, adding that the intention had already been made public in January 2016 when President Xi Jinping visited Tehran.

China is also a key market for Iranian crude exports, which have been severely curtailed by the US sanctions.

The 2015 nuclear deal had given the Islamic republic relief from international sanctions in return for limits on its nuclear programme, but Iranian conservatives staunchly opposed that multilateral agreement, arguing the US could never be trusted.

But Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has come out publicly in support of a strategic bilateral partnership with China.

The planned China deal has been a hot topic on Iranian social media since populist ex-president Mahmud Ahmadinejad last month condemned negotiations underway with a foreign country.


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Iran negotiating 25-year accord with China - Asia Times

 

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July 7, 2020 07:15 UTC
In northern China’s hydrogen push, by-product output and renewables lead the way

China might lead the world in battery vehicles, but until recently it was a relative laggard in hydrogen. Now, it’s catching up.

According to the China Hydrogen Alliance, a government-supported industry group that promotes the use of hydrogen, China built 38 new hydrogen refueling stations in 2019, meaning that by the end of the year China had a total of 66 hydrogen refueling facilities, 46 of which were operational. The government is targeting 300 HRS across the country by 2025.

A range of different companies are involved in the construction of hydrogen refueling infrastructure, from oil and gas majors such as Sinopec, to fuel cell makers such as Shandong’s Weichai, and even steel companies. In 2019 Sinopec built four combined oil-hydrogen refueling stations. The stations – converted from existing retail sites – combine hydrogen refueling infrastructure with conventional diesel and gasoline filling facilities.

With its existing network of retail stations and experience in producing hydrogen for its refining and chemical plants, Sinopec is well placed to take a leading role in the supply of hydrogen, with the company planning a further 20 combined oil-hydrogen fueling stations in Guangzhou city alone according to the company’s news website.

The company is also one of China’s largest producers of hydrogen, making over 3 million mt last year. But virtually all of this is made from fossil fuels or produced as a by-product of its refining and chemical operations.


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China Telecom, State Grid, Huawei build China's largest 5G smart grid - cnTechPost
2020-07-11 14:33:06 GMT+8 | cnTechPost

China Telecom today announced the delivery and commissioning of the first phase of the Qingdao 5G Smart Grid Project, jointly developed with State Grid and Huawei. It marks the completion of China's largest 5G smart grid.

China Telecom said it will continue to work with its partners to promote other application scenarios to better serve the 5G smart grid. Social production and people's lives.

Qingdao 5G smart grid project adopts end-to-end 5G SA network construction and introduces 5G fully automatic multi-dimensional dynamic slicing solution.

Combined with 5G MEC's ubiquitous connectivity and ultra-performance heterogeneous computing power, it provides faster, finer, and more efficient slicing for grid applications. More accurate differentiation and deterministic network capabilities.

It enables new applications such as intelligent distributed power distribution based on 5G SA slicing, and 5G base station peaking and valley power supply. Staff monitoring transmission lines and distribution facilities through 5G+4K Ultra HD cameras on power towers can detect The potential for faults can save up to 80% of the manpower and resources required for on-site inspections.

With 5G's ultra-low latency and high reliability, it can also quickly locate, isolate and restore grid line faults, reducing power outage time from minutes to seconds or even milliseconds.

In August 2019, China Telecom Qingdao Branch, State Grid Qingdao Power Supply Company and Huawei to form a joint 5G application Innovation Lab to jointly promote the construction of 5G in smart grid and energy internet systems.

 

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China sets up new central SOE to manage oil, gas pipelines
Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-09 16:38:24|Editor: ZX

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday set up a new centrally-administered state-owned enterprise (SOE), the China Oil & Gas Piping Network Corporation.

The company will partly be responsible for the investment, construction and interconnection of main oil and gas pipelines to form a nationwide network, allowing to transport crude oil, refined oil and natural gas through the network, it said.

Aiming to forge an oil and gas market with effective transport through a unified pipeline network, the establishment of the central SOE is an important step forward in promoting the reform of China's oil and gas system.

By interconnecting the country's oil and gas pipelines, the company will help raise the allocation efficiency of oil and gas resources and ensure safe and stable energy supply.

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