Wokers check newly-built deep-sea engineering equipment in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 3, 2013. With four sets of buoys and 16 sets of foundations, the deep-sea engineering equipment, the world's largest of this kind, was built and delivered by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. to Petrobras as part of the Sapinhoa-Lula NE BSR Buoys & Foundations Project, which will be installed in an offshore oilfield in Brazil to work for a period of 27 years. The equipment is able to fit in deeper and more complicated marine environment and has extensively enlarged the scope of offshore oil exploitation, said Victor Bomfim, senior vice president of the project contractor Subsea 7 S.A. Photo: Xinhua

World's largest deep-sea engineering equipment built by a Chinese company was delivered on Wednesday to its Brazilian client.

Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. delivered four sets of buoys and 16 sets of foundations to Petrobras as part of the Sapinhoa-Lula NE BSR Buoys & Foundations Project, which will be installed in an offshore oilfield in Brazil to work for a period of 27 years.

The equipment is able to fit in deeper and more complicated marine environment and has extensively enlarged the scope of offshore oil exploitation, said Victor Bomfim, senior vice president of the project contractor Subsea 7 S.A.

Peter Wang, managing director of Eastern Horizon Consultant, said the delivery indicates that China is now capable of building high-end deep-sea engineering equipment.

Photo taken on July 3, 2013 shows buoys of the newly-built deep-sea engineering equipment in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. With four sets of buoys and 16 sets of foundations, the deep-sea engineering equipment, the world's largest of this kind, was built and delivered by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. to Petrobras as part of the Sapinhoa-Lula NE BSR Buoys & Foundations Project, which will be installed in an offshore oilfield in Brazil to work for a period of 27 years. The equipment is able to fit in deeper and more complicated marine environment and has extensively enlarged the scope of offshore oil exploitation, said Victor Bomfim, senior vice president of the project contractor Subsea 7 S.A. Photo: Xinhua

 

A worker operates a crane to lift the newly-built deep-sea engineering equipment in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 3, 2013. With four sets of buoys and 16 sets of foundations, the deep-sea engineering equipment, the world's largest of this kind, was built and delivered by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. to Petrobras as part of the Sapinhoa-Lula NE BSR Buoys & Foundations Project, which will be installed in an offshore oilfield in Brazil to work for a period of 27 years. The equipment is able to fit in deeper and more complicated marine environment and has extensively enlarged the scope of offshore oil exploitation, said Victor Bomfim, senior vice president of the project contractor Subsea 7 S.A. Photo: Xinhua

Photo taken on July 3, 2013 shows a buoy of the newly-built deep-sea engineering equipment in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. With four sets of buoys and 16 sets of foundations, the deep-sea engineering equipment, the world's largest of this kind, was built and delivered by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. to Petrobras as part of the Sapinhoa-Lula NE BSR Buoys & Foundations Project, which will be installed in an offshore oilfield in Brazil to work for a period of 27 years. The equipment is able to fit in deeper and more complicated marine environment and has extensively enlarged the scope of offshore oil exploitation, said Victor Bomfim, senior vice president of the project contractor Subsea 7 S.A. Photo: Xinhua 

Photo taken on July 3, 2013 shows buoys of the newly-built deep-sea engineering equipment in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. With four sets of buoys and 16 sets of foundations, the deep-sea engineering equipment, the world's largest of this kind, was built and delivered by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. to Petrobras as part of the Sapinhoa-Lula NE BSR Buoys & Foundations Project, which will be installed in an offshore oilfield in Brazil to work for a period of 27 years. The equipment is able to fit in deeper and more complicated marine environment and has extensively enlarged the scope of offshore oil exploitation, said Victor Bomfim, senior vice president of the project contractor Subsea 7 S.A. Photo: Xinhua 

A worker checks a buoy of the newly-built deep-sea engineering equipment in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 3, 2013. With four sets of buoys and 16 sets of foundations, the deep-sea engineering equipment, the world's largest of this kind, was built and delivered by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. to Petrobras as part of the Sapinhoa-Lula NE BSR Buoys & Foundations Project, which will be installed in an offshore oilfield in Brazil to work for a period of 27 years. The equipment is able to fit in deeper and more complicated marine environment and has extensively enlarged the scope of offshore oil exploitation, said Victor Bomfim, senior vice president of the project contractor Subsea 7 S.A. Photo: Xinhua