After the meeting, everyone on the Blue Whale was mobilized. All positions were in dual positions. All responsible persons were seated in the consultation room. The walkie-talkies in their hands directly contacted their respective positions and reported to Sun Wentong at any time.
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The various sounds in the consultation room were intertwined, and they were unable to cover up the huge sound coming from the stormy waves outside, as well as the heart-stopping roar brought by the strong wind passing by the Blue Whale.
"According to the forecast, severe tropical storm Miaobai has further strengthened. The wind force near the center of the storm can reach level 11 and will reach the Shenhu Sea area in an hour!"
This warning from the meteorological team made everyone nervous. Although the Blue Whale was designed to withstand a Category 12 typhoon, this was the only one among all the tests that had not been actually operated.
Now the Blue Whale is about to experience the greatest danger in history.
Feng Chenyi was still very calm on the surface, but the fingers tightly holding the carbon pen betrayed him. He couldn't even write a complete handwriting now.
"Power system, please report your situation!" Feng Chenyi calmed down his nervous mood and asked in a low voice about the systems of the Blue Whale.
"Everything in the power system is normal and nothing happened!"
This is definitely good news. As long as the power system is normal, the Blue Whale can ensure safety. Coupled with the powerful closed-loop power system, even if an accident occurs, it can return to normal in a very short time. This is also
The most extreme case, I just hope this situation will not happen.
"Drilling system?" Feng Chenyi was most worried about the drilling system.
"Everything in the drilling system is normal, there are no abnormalities for the time being!"
All systems on the Blue Whale are normal, which gives many people here reassurance. Everyone is silently praying that this storm will leave quickly.
Time passed little by little, and Miao Bai came quickly in the midst of a storm, just like an uninvited social cow, unscrupulously turning around the Blue Whale, as if he wanted to bring everything underwater to the surface.
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Strong winds mixed with heavy rain swept across the sea, beating randomly on the Blue Whale. The more than 40,000-ton Blue Whale was like a helpless island at this time. It was allowed to be attacked by Miao Bai, and the surging waves even fell directly on it.
On the platform of the Blue Whale, which was more than ten meters high, many people had seen such a big storm for the first time and stared with wide eyes.
According to the order of the headquarters, everyone on the Blue Whale has put on life jackets. However, in such bad weather, only the gods in the sky can know how effective the life jackets can be.
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the wind force has been detected to have reached Level 12 at an instant!" The meteorological team's report turned everyone's attention to Feng Chenyi.
This is the maximum wind force that the Blue Whale can withstand. Once this wind force is exceeded, what it will bring to the Blue Whale and the entire flammable ice trial mining plan is something that no one dares to imagine.
Feng Chenyi didn't know what would happen, so he could only pray silently that the Blue Whale would have a special performance.
The instantaneous wind speed has reached level 12, which is definitely an extraordinary test for an offshore drilling platform.
The night still shrouded the sea. Faced with the sudden change, even Sun Wentong, the most calm commander of the Blue Whale, could not help but start to worry. He had worked at sea for decades and had visited more than a dozen large and small scientific research ships.
I have even experienced the roaring westerly belt and seen countless wind and waves.
But this is the first time that we have faced a severe tropical storm with winds that instantly reached Category 12.
Sun Wentong turned his head and looked at the operator in the main control room. The operator seemed to have never seen such a scene, but at this time he also placed all his hopes on the dp3 dynamic positioning system in front of him.
"The Blue Whale has deviated from its original position by three meters!" the main operator issued an early warning.
"It's already over five meters!"
"Six meters!" "Seven meters!" "Eight meters"
"It's nearly nine meters now!" The voice of the operator has changed, and the alarm sounds continuously.
If the Blue Whale deviates further, the drilling pipeline leading to the seabed test production well will break, which will not only cause the loss of the drilling rig and equipment, but also cause a huge natural gas leak or even an explosion.
Everyone looked at the emergency release button. As long as it was pressed, the danger would be resolved.
Sun Wentong paced back and forth in the small space of the main control room. He could not make up his mind. After all, if he pressed the button, the test well would be declared scrapped.
However, if the Blue Whale strays so far from the jurisdiction, the final consequences will be even more serious.
Sun Wentong raised his hand and stared at the flashing numbers on the screen, preparing to give the final order. Everyone was silent. How many people have spent so much energy and sweat for this well. No one is willing to give up like this.
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"Wait a little longer!" someone whispered.
At this moment, with a monotonous "beep" sound, a special signal seemed to be transmitted, occupying the main position of the entire screen, and everyone's eyes fell on it.
When strong winds and huge waves hit the Blue Whale, all the sensors located around the Blue Whale's hull immediately sent out warning signals, and these signals were quickly transmitted to the main control computer through cables throughout the ship.
The main control computer immediately began to perform rapid calculations based on the digital model. In less than thirty seconds, the eight 360-degree full-rotation propellers at the bottom of the Blue Whale received operation signals. The huge propellers were based on
The data calculated by the main control computer began to automatically adjust the direction and power output, and fully resisted the impact of the twelve-level wind.
"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the dp3 dynamic positioning system has started operating at full speed, and the platform is now back to a stable state!"
The operator stared at the data on the big screen in front of him and preached excitedly.
"Very good, pay attention to monitor the status of the platform and report the situation at any time!"
The smooth startup of the dp3 dynamic positioning system gave Sun Wentong a little peace of mind.
"How is the mining situation of combustible ice?" Sun Wentong quickly came to Lu Jiaxiang and asked in a low voice.
"Everything is normal now, but for safety reasons, I have reduced the mining volume to prevent accidents!" Lu Jiaxiang is still more cautious.
Time passed little by little, and everyone could clearly feel the Blue Whale shaking in the twelve-level strong wind. Although the Blue Whale weighed 40,000 tons, it also had an area of tens of thousands of square meters, plus it would be more than 100 meters tall.
Height, in such a violent wave, he had to bow to nature.
The wind and waves kept beating against the huge body of the Blue Whale, and the propellers at the bottom of the Blue Whale were also rotating rapidly, trying their best to maintain the position of the Blue Whale.
A full three hours passed, and Miao Bai walked away without any trace of dust, running quickly towards the land, without paying any attention to the battered Blue Whale behind him.
The people on board the Blue Whale stayed up all night. Even after the severe tropical storm left, everyone was still worried about it, for fear that this guy would try to kill him again.
However, people were no longer so frightened at this time. Although the Blue Whale experienced the baptism of twelve strong winds, the maximum displacement of the Blue Whale was only eleven meters under the full protection of the dp3 dynamic positioning system, and the mining work of flammable ice has never been completed.
Intermittently, the flame on the torch arm still shines brightly in the storm.
Until Miao Bai finally left and never returned, heading straight into the embrace of the land, and finally disappeared at a very fast speed, as if he had suddenly appeared.
It can be said that it came in a hurry and left in a hurry, leaving behind a place of sadness.
After seeing off the severe tropical storm Miaobai, the Blue Whale has regained its former joy and laughter. After experiencing such a powerful storm, everyone has more confidence in the Blue Whale. Even if there are some storms, it will be safe.
Without seeing anything, they know that the Blue Whale will bring them the safest guarantee at the critical moment.
The two-month trial mining ended in the blink of an eye. With the close cooperation of the Blue Whale, the natural gas hydrate trial mining headquarters carried out trial mining activities for the natural gas hydrate resources in the Shenhu Sea Area through scientific and rigorous planning.
In a total of 60 days, the Blue Whale mined nearly 310,000 cubic meters of natural gas, once again setting two world records for the duration and total amount of gas production. The methane content reached a maximum of 99.5%, and 6.47 million cubic meters of scientific test data were obtained.
The team has accumulated a large amount of detailed and reliable data for subsequent scientific research.
So far, my country's first trial production of natural gas hydrate in sea areas has been a complete success.
Through this trial mining, China has achieved a major breakthrough in the core technology of the entire process of trial mining of combustible ice, forming an internationally leading new trial mining process.
It provides technical reserves for my country's commercial development and utilization of natural gas hydrates, and provides strategic guarantee for ensuring national energy security and optimizing my country's energy structure.
The "Blue Whale" has become a successful leap forward for China's marine heavy industry equipment, demonstrating the wisdom and indomitable research spirit of the Chinese people, as well as China's ambitions for ocean development. The Blue Whale is also China's move toward "building a clean and low-cost
A solid step towards a carbon-safe and efficient energy system.
The Blue Whale is a starting point and the beginning of the great Chinese dream for Chinese offshore workers.
The whale dream is not just a dream, but a belief, an indomitable and unwilling to lag behind. Encouraged by this belief, Chinese offshore workers will bring greater surprises and endless hope to the world.
In the future, more "blue whales" will be born in the hands of Chinese sea workers, swimming in the vast blue ocean, and becoming part of the dreamlike rise of the Chinese nation.