Lu Jiaxiang gasped and rushed into the consultation room, and the door slammed shut. The moment it was closed, Feng Chen saw several geological experts and scholars arguing fiercely.
Obviously, something happened under the sea!
Since the door was closed, it must be an internal discussion. Feng Chenyi did not go to find trouble, and then came to the library next to the conference room. Unexpectedly, there were many people inside, and everyone was whispering.
talking.
"Feng Gong!" Someone waved to Feng Chen.
It turned out to be Qian Ronghui from the Fuhai Group Technology Department. He is an expert in mechanical and electrical fields. Although he has just graduated, his technical strength is still worthy of praise. This time he is the main member of the mechanical and electrical maintenance team of the Blue Whale. He is with Feng Chenyi in Hailong.
When we sit at the opposite table in the factory, we can talk better.
"Xiaoqian, do you want to rest?" The electromechanical maintenance team has a very intensive schedule and needs to be on call at any time. It is impossible to wander around like Feng Chenyi.
"Yes, Gong Feng, I work in the middle of the night, so after a good sleep I came to the library to read some information!"
As soon as Feng Chen knew what he was thinking, Qian Ronghui had been dissatisfied with his knowledge and academic qualifications since he became a co-worker with him, and always wanted to make further progress. There are still many such people in Fuhai Group.
"Very good!" Feng Chen flipped through the book in Qian Ronghui's hand, which was about marine power.
"Feng Gong, there was a lot of noise there just now, is there something wrong?" Qian Ronghui asked Feng Chenyi in a low voice.
Feng Chenyi shook his head slightly, "I don't know too well. Researcher Lu is an expert in geology. It would definitely not be a good thing to ask him to intervene. But today we are simulating drilling, and we are just practicing the entire process.
Inspection, while also understanding the surrounding underwater conditions, and collecting data for the upcoming formal drilling! It shouldn’t be a big problem!”
Although he said the problem was not big, Feng Chenyi's expression betrayed him. Qian Ronghui knew from the look on his face that the problem was serious.
"Is there something going on under the water?" Qian Ronghui was also a little surprised. The drilling department has been drilling. After all, this sea area is more than a thousand meters deep, and these dozens of meters of drill pipe have to be busy for a while. At this time
It is indeed not a good thing to call the geological experts.
"It's possible..." Feng Chen turned his head and looked at the closed conference room. He could vaguely hear some fierce arguments. Hearing this sound made people a little uneasy.
The door of the consultation room was not closed for too long. After about ten minutes, the door opened. Lu Jiaxiang came out and went straight to the main control room with a sad look on his face. It seemed that he was looking for Professor Sun Wentong, the commander-in-chief of the trial procurement.
"I'm going to inquire and see what's going on!" Feng Chen smiled and gestured to Qian Ronghui, then got up and walked towards the consultation room.
There were only four or five people left in the huge consultation room. Someone looked up and glanced at Feng Chenyi, but said nothing.
Feng Chen took a quick glance and saw no one he was particularly familiar with. It seemed that the gossip was gone. He turned around and was about to leave when he saw Professor Huang hurriedly walking towards the consultation room. Feng Chen hurriedly gave Huang
The professor got out of the way.
Professor Huang directly called out to Feng Chenyi, "Xiao Feng, help call the person in charge of the Blue Whale's drilling rig, okay? I have an urgent matter with him!"
"No problem!" Feng Chenyi immediately turned on the intercom in his hand and called the drill captain of the Blue Whale. The other party responded immediately. Feng Chenyi asked him to come to the consultation room to find Professor Huang.
After Feng Chen finished the call, he asked Professor Huang in a low voice, "Professor, what happened?"
Professor Huang is not only a geological expert but also a member of the Combustible Ice Trial Mining Command. He must know more information than the average person.
Sure enough, Professor Huang nodded slightly, "There are some problems underwater, I'm afraid the drilling plan needs to be changed!"
This news shocked Feng Chenyi. Changing the drilling plan was not a trivial matter. It was obvious that there was a major underwater problem.
"Didn't we do a lot of work before and conduct detailed surveys of the ocean currents, geology and other hydrological data in the target area?"
Professor Huang sighed, "God's calculations are better than those of humans. No matter how fully prepared we are in advance, if we haven't really come into contact with the actual situation, it will still be different from what we imagined!"
"Is it geological?" Feng Chenyi asked immediately. If it is about reserves, it is impossible to bring it up at this time. Moreover, the investigation of combustible ice reserves in the Shenhu Sea Area has been carried out for many years and a large number of samples have been taken.
Unexpected situations are unlikely to occur.
Professor Huang nodded: "Yes, the data just sent back shows that the planned drilling area is a muddy rock formation!"
"Sandy rock formations? That's a normal thing! Oil and gas resources have always existed in sandy and sandy rock formations. What's so strange?" Although Feng Chenyi is not an expert in geology, he still has some knowledge about marine geology.
understand.
Because in the long geological time, organic matter and sediment were compacted together to form sedimentary rocks. The sedimentary rocks formed after the compaction of particulate sedimentary "silt" are called mudstones. Those with leaf texture like books are called shale. The sedimentary rocks are compacted by sand grains.
The sedimentary rock formed later is called sandstone, and organic matter is generally concentrated in mudstone or shale. Therefore, mudstone or shale rich in organic matter is called oil source rock.
As the earth's crust continues to decline, the rock layers deposited in oceans or lakes become thicker and thicker. The mudstone or shale rich in organic matter is gradually buried deeply, and the temperature it withstands gradually increases with the depth. Once it reaches
At a suitable temperature, organic matter begins to thermally decompose or thermally crack, producing oil and natural gas. As oil and gas continue to be generated in the organic matter of mudstone, more and more of them accumulate in the tiny pores of the mudstone, and the accumulated pressure becomes greater and greater, eventually breaking through.
Mudstone resistance is transported out through the tiny pores and cracks in the mudstone.
As a result, these oil and gas "escaped" from the mudstone entered the sandstone layer. Under the action of buoyancy, they continued to move upward in the connected pores or fractures, cracks and other channels of the sandstone until they encountered a tight formation and could no longer move.
It accumulates in these sandstones or cracks.
As for flammable ice, under the strong pressure of the ocean and the stable low temperature, the natural gas in the mud and sandstone turns into natural gas hydrate, which is the flammable ice they are looking for this time.
Therefore, flammable ice and silty rock formations almost coexist.
This is also the main reason why Feng Chenyi dared to say this in front of the geology professor.
Professor Huang sighed and said: "Xiao Feng, you are right. We think so too. The key is that our previous detections were very smooth, so we didn't think about it in this regard. Now it's time to actually mine."
At that time, I suddenly realized something that could not be considered ignored!”
"What happened?" Feng Chenyi was a little surprised. What could have caused this famous geological expert to have a headache?
"That's because the properties of the sandy rock formation make it extremely soft and unable to provide sufficient support!" Professor Huang explained the reason.
Feng Chen was stunned after hearing this. This matter was really an emergency.
If you are on land, this is really not a problem. After all, if the rock formation does not have enough support, the drilling rig will not be able to reach the determined drilling port, and this is unlikely to happen.
But deepwater drilling is different. Although various detection equipment are currently advanced, and manned or unmanned underwater vehicles can even be sent into the seabed for on-the-spot investigation, after all, the distance is thousands of meters deep, and all kinds of unexpected situations will happen.
It is impossible to change the drilling location now. After all, this geological environment is one of the areas with the richest flammable ice. I am afraid it will be the same in another place. Moreover, after surveys, the Shenhu Sea Area has extremely rich flammable ice reserves.
If we abandon this place, such a huge amount of energy will be abandoned. This will definitely not be allowed and is also a huge waste.
"Why hasn't this happened before? After all, we have mined samples here before!" Feng Chenyi's idea is very simple. Being able to successfully retrieve the samples in the past means that drilling can be done here. Why did the Blue Whale
There is a problem. Is it a design problem of the Blue Whale?
If this was really the problem, the consequences would be very serious, and Feng Chen suddenly began to worry!