China begins terrifying deep sea drilling
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China Puts Its First Deep-Water Drilling Ship into Service
👉 In its pursuit of accessing deep-sea resources, China has put its first deep-water drilling ship into service at a shipyard in Guangzhou. The large drilling vessel, Meng Xiang ("Dream"), marks a significant milestone in China’s ambition to explore the ocean depths, including mineral resource studies.
👉 The drilling ship was developed by the China Geological Survey under the Ministry of Natural Resources in close collaboration with the China Shipbuilding Research Institute, which designed the vessel. It was constructed by the Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard, part of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). Construction began in November 2021, was completed last December, and the ship has since undergone trials and commissioning. Its maiden voyage is scheduled for later this year.
👉 Measuring 180 meters in length and 33 meters in width, the Meng Xiang is now the largest Chinese research vessel. It has a displacement of 42,600 tons, a range of 15,000 nautical miles, and can accommodate 180 people. According to the shipyard, it is designed to operate in rough seas (level 6) and safely withstand a super typhoon.
👉 The China Geological Survey (CGS) highlights that the Meng Xiang is the only deep-water drilling ship in the world capable of conducting ultra-deep-water drilling at depths of 11,000 meters. Analysts believe that the ultra-large drilling vessel, equipped with state-of-the-art drilling systems, will help China reduce expedition costs for deep-water studies and surveys.
👉 Notably, the ship is also the first in the world to integrate functions such as deep-water scientific drilling, oil and gas exploration, and test extraction of natural gas hydrates.
👉 The shipyard emphasizes that the vessel has achieved "breakthroughs" in 50 key technologies, addressing challenges such as integrating multiple functions, including oceanic scientific drilling, deep-water oil and gas exploration, and natural gas exploration, all on a single platform. The vessel features a DP-3 dynamic positioning system powered by a closed-loop energy storage system. It is equipped with onboard laboratories for real-time research across all marine disciplines and has a comprehensive information system capable of collecting and analyzing data in real time from more than 20,000 monitoring points.
…meanwhile The Law of the Sea states :
ARTICLES 136
“The Area and its resources are the common heritage of mankind.”
ARTICLES 137
“No State shall claim or exercise sovereignty or sovereign rights over any part of the Area or its resources [and that] all rights in the resources of the Area are vested in mankind as a whole, on whose behalf the Authority shall act.”
Yet, an area of the seafloor the size of India has been allocated for deep seabed mining, benefiting only a few.
Is the UN only fancy words? It’s time to
CAN STILL CLAIM OUR SEABED BACK and get a piece of the seabed represented in an NFT
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