China delivers domestically developed offshore fracturing vessel Haiyang Shiyou 696, largest of its kind in the world
China's first domestically developed large-scale offshore fracturing vessel, Haiyang Shiyou 696, sails in waters off Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province. Photo: Screenshot from CCTV's website China's first domestically designed and built integrated large-scale offshore fracturing vessel, Haiyang Shiyou 696, was delivered in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday, marking a breakthrough in the country's offshore oil and gas fracturing technology, state broadcaster CCTV News reported. The vessel, the world's largest of its kind, is designed to support large-scale offshore fracturing operations across China's seas, including batch fracturing of multiple wells as well as operations for gas wells and ultra-deep formations, the developer China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) said in a statement. The latest development is expected to enhance the country's offshore energy development and help safeguard national energy securi...