PetroChina launched the first unmanned offshore platform

An offshore platform of PetroChina Dagang Oilfield Company, a subsidiary of Chinese oil giant PetroChina, carried out unmanned operations during a trial run in the Tianjin municipality in northern China.

According to the company, building and operating a digitally controlled platform can save nearly 30 percent in costs compared to traditional offshore drilling platforms. Gao Zhiyong of PetroChina Dagang Oilfield Company said this is the company’s first digital offshore platform.

The platform was installed at the Zhaodong oil field, where oil has been produced for almost 30 years. Thanks to the constant improvement of technology, daily production from the old field has not decreased in recent years.