Chapter 157 Congratulatory Message from the Minister
In the distance, the roar of a helicopter came from afar, which was particularly clear on the silent sea.
Along with the roar, a large red and white helicopter flew quickly towards the Blue Whale from the clouds. Feng Chenyi, Lin Jiayou and others standing on the deck couldn't help but raise their heads and look at it.
Sun Wentong, who was in the main control room, also received the news that the helicopter was about to arrive, and immediately walked towards the tarmac with members of the combustible ice trial mining headquarters and major experts and scholars.
"Hello, Chief! I am Sun Wentong, the commander-in-chief of natural gas hydrate trial production!" After the helicopter stopped, Sun Wentong quickly stepped forward to greet the arriving distinguished guests.
"Comrade Wen Tong has worked hard, and you have made great contributions!" The minister was very approachable.
"The sea is rough, let's go to the consultation room!" Sun Wentong preached loudly, and the sound from the helicopter propeller was still very loud.
"I'll first visit the Blue Whale and express my condolences to the hardworking comrades!"
Sun Wentong immediately waved to the back, and Feng Chen quickened his pace and walked to the front.
"Chief, this is Dr. Feng Chenyi from Fuhai Group, the company that built the Blue Whale. He serves as the chief designer of the Blue Whale and is quite familiar with the entire Blue Whale!"
"Dr. Feng is very young!" The minister looked at the young doctor in front of him and nodded. "You are young and promising!"
"Chief, I am Feng Chenyi, the infrastructure designer of the Blue Whale! Now let me explain the Blue Whale to you!" This is the first time for Feng Chenyi to see such a high-level leader. Fortunately, he had met his mentor before
I also met some officials when I was there. Although I was a little nervous, I still managed to stabilize the situation.
"Blue Whale is currently the world's most technologically advanced seventh-generation semi-submersible deepwater drilling platform. It is 117 meters long, 92.7 meters wide, and 118 meters high. It has a maximum operating water depth of 3,658 meters and a maximum drilling depth of 15,240 meters. It is suitable for global deep-sea operations.
, it was built by our Fuhai Group in three years and cost nearly 5 billion!"
"It has the world's original twin-rig structure, which can save about 30% of drilling time, and the equipped dp3 closed-loop power system can save 10% of energy consumption!"
Feng Chenyi was unprepared. Fortunately, he already knew the Blue Whale very well and came up with all the data casually.
"There are more than 20,000 sets of equipment on the Blue Whale, and the total length of cables exceeds 1,500 kilometers. In front of us is the hydraulic power station, which has set a world pressure record of 30,000 psi. The technology used is also developed by us!"
"Very good! Very good!" The minister gave a thumbs up, "To enhance the ambition of our people, the key technologies must be in our own hands!"
"The steel plates needed to build the Blue Whale, especially the ultra-thick and high-strength offshore plates we see now, used to be imported, but are now produced by my country's Hong'an Steel, which is more than 100 mm thick. The advanced steel plate welding technology was also summed up by Fuhai Group’s technical team of workers after thousands of tests!”
The minister touched the thick steel plate and nodded with great satisfaction, "Our workers are amazing!"
Along the narrow gangway, the minister, who was nearly sixty years old, entered the hot-tidal bottom cabin to express condolences to the workers who had not seen the light of day. Ye Tianliang, who was on duty, was so excited that he could not speak. After all, he was so old that he could not see the workers.
The biggest leader who arrived was the general manager of the shipyard, and even the chief engineer Zhang Yujie had met him from a distance.
He didn't expect that a leader as big as the minister could actually shake hands with him and come to offer condolences. This made him very shocked and moved. Taking advantage of the opportunity for the leaders to leave, Ye Tianliang asked Feng Chenyi in a low voice: "Feng Gong,
Did they take a photo just now? Can you get me a copy so I can take it back and show it off!"
"No problem, I'll get you an enlarged one!" Feng Chen patted Ye Tianliang on the shoulder and said.
The minister went up to the high drilling tower and down to the bottom cabin where the sun was not visible, bringing warmth and greetings to the workers of the Blue Whale.
Finally, everyone came to the main control room. Under Lu Jiaxiang's explanation, the entire flammable ice mining procedure was explained in detail. Looking at the burning torch arm, the minister clapped with satisfaction.
The consultation room was filled with experts, scholars and technicians from combustible ice trial mining. You can understand everyone's excitement from the excited smiles on everyone's faces.
"Comrades, today is a unique moment. After more than ten years of hard work and construction, the natural gas hydrate trial production work led by the China Geological Survey has achieved a complete success, inspiring the Chinese people and shocking the world.
On behalf of the Ministry of Land and Resources, I would like to congratulate all the comrades who are fighting on the trial mining front!"
Accompanied by applause, the minister immediately took out a piece of paper from his briefcase.
It's thin and doesn't seem to have anything special.
Only a few people nearby saw the writing on it, and their eyes instantly became dull.
Even the well-informed Sun Wentong was stunned.
Seemingly seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, the minister smiled and showed the paper in his hand in front of everyone, and then said:
"There is another more significant thing here, which is also an affirmation of the great significance of this trial mining work for the successful completion of the natural gas hydrate trial mining work. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council reported to the Ministry of Land and Resources, the China Geological Survey and participated in the maritime area
All the research units and all comrades involved in the natural gas hydrate trial production task sent congratulatory messages!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and a surge of pride suddenly burst out from the bottom of their hearts. Many people shed tears of excitement. Everyone stood up, and warm applause resounded throughout the entire conference room.
"Let me read out the congratulatory messages from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council!" The minister also stood up and waved to everyone.
After calming down their excitement a little, everyone listened to the congratulatory message with great excitement.
The warm applause never stopped.
The news soon spread throughout the Blue Whale, and cheers and shouts rippled in the sky above the Blue Whale.
This is not an ordinary congratulatory message, but the highest honor obtained by a marine worker and a geological researcher. This means that countless days and nights of hard work have been recognized by the motherland at this moment. This is a moment of historic significance.
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Immediately, amid the warm celebrations of the workers, the minister announced on the deck of the Blue Whale platform that China's first natural gas hydrate test production event was a complete success.
At the same time, Fuhai Group also received this congratulatory message with great honor.
After Lu Zhengtao heard the news, he didn't even say a word for a long time. Although he had long realized that the Blue Whale would make history, he never expected to receive such an honor.