The 10,000-meter-deep well promotes the upgrading of Oil equipment manufacturing, and BaoSteel demonstrates the responsibility of central enterprises.
In the Spring Festival of the chinese lunar calendar in 2024, the drilling of the Tarim Deep Tower Science-1 Well in china National Petroleum Corporation reached a depth of 9,850 meters underground, setting a new Asian record for the deepest well. The BG155V high-strength and high-toughness Oil Casing provided by Baosteel will help the well achieve a depth of over 10,000 meters, becoming the second land well with a vertical depth exceeding 10,000 meters in the world. This marks a breakthrough in the research and development of high-strength and high-toughness oil casing by Baosteel and the iterative upgrade of Materials.
Lu Xiaqing, chief engineer of product design technology in the Tube & Bar Business Unit of Baosteel, said, “As the largest steel integrated enterprise in China, Baosteel participated in the well drilling plan demonstration, well structure design, and casing material selection from the beginning of this 10,000-meter well. Although Baosteel’s oil casing products have been successfully applied in more than 100 deep wells with a depth of less than 8,000 meters in the Tarim Basin and the Sichuan Basin, it is the first time to be used in a 10,000-meter deep well.”
With the increasing demand for economic development and energy security in China, deep underground Oil and Gas resources have gradually become the development targets. The Tarim Basin is the largest onshore oil and gas basin in China, with abundant ultra-deep oil and gas resources, but they are generally buried deep. The ultra-deep oil and gas resources account for about 19% of the global total, making it the main battlefield to ensure national energy security and strengthen scientific and technological innovation in the exploration and development of deep oil and gas.
Baosteel actively participated in the Construction of the Tarim Deep Tower Science-1 Well.
Lu Xiaqing said, “As the largest steel integrated enterprise in China, Baosteel has been involved in the drilling plan demonstration, well structure design, and casing material selection of this 10,000-meter well from the beginning. Although Baosteel’s oil casing products have been successfully applied in more than 100 deep wells with a depth of less than 8,000 meters in the Tarim Basin and the Sichuan Basin, it is the first time to be used in a 10,000-meter deep well.”
With the increase of China’s economic development and energy security needs, deep underground oil and gas resources have gradually become the development targets. The Tarim Deep Tower Science-1 Well of CNPC is the first 10,000-meter scientific exploration well in China, with a target depth of 11,100 meters. It bears the historical mission of deepening scientific exploration and finding oil and gas resources for national energy security. Baosteel feels a great sense of responsibility and has been actively involved in the design since the beginning of the project. They often communicate and discuss with the engineering design personnel of the oil field until o’clock in the morning, ultimately breaking the and developing four types of non-standard casings with High strength, high toughness, high crush resistance, high gas Sealability, and special clearance. They have fulfilled the mission and responsibility of large central enterprises in the country’s energy construction.
Baosteel gives full play to its advantages in R&D and manufacturing to develop and manufacture high-quality dedicated Pipes for the Tarim Deep Tower Science-1 Well, driving the iterative upgrade of oil equipment manufacturing.
The depth of an oil and gas well is closely related to the temperature and pressure of the environment. To achieve deep well drilling of 10,000 meters, the casing must withstand severe working conditions such as high temperature and high pressure. Therefore, it is necessary to upgrade and iterate the conventional casing and develop high-strength and high-toughness oil casing that can withstand high temperature and high pressure. “Exploring the sky, exploring the earth, exploring the sea, and climbing the pole” are the four great feats of human beings to understand and challenge nature. Continental scientific drilling is the only means to obtain physical information underground, and its difficulty is no less than that of space exploration.
Zhang Zhonghua, chief scientist of Baowu, and chief researcher of the Central Research Institute (Technology Center), said, “The ultra-high temperature and ultra-high pressure in the underground of the 10,000-meter deep well pose extremely requirements on the quality and performance of Steel Pipe products. There are no similar products available for reference internationally. Through cooperation with universities and other research institutions, Baosteel has developed the world’s first set of online controlled cooling equipment for Seamless Steel Pipes and key core technologies, ensuring the safe use of products under ultra-high temperature and high pressure as well as in complex geological conditions. At the same time, it has also greatly promoted the technological leadership and of green and efficient manufacturing of hot-rolled seamless steel pipes in China and the continuous iterative upgrade of products.”
Facing the extremely complex geological structure and casing service conditions of the Tarim Basin, below 10,000 meters underground, Baosteel has established a production, sales, research, and integration team and started the independent research and development of BG155V high-strength and high-toughness oil casing in 2020. They have overcome difficulties such as dimensional accuracy, physicochemical properties, and special joints, forming a stable and reliable production and manufacturing technology for the entire process. They have completed product trial production, on-site certification, product launches, and other work successively. Finally, on the basis of conducting hundreds of rigorous tests, they have developed the currently highest-strength and high-toughness non-standard casing in China.
To ensure the absolute safety of the use of 10,000-meter Well Casing, Baosteel has specifically established a leadership group, with the heads of production and quality in charge and the main leaders of each production line serving as deputy group leaders. At the same time, the team has formulated a special production process card, with 100% inspection of each parameter and 10% final product sampling. Each position’s production and inspection personnel sign and confirm, taking lifetime responsibility to ensure that domestic steel pipe products can stand up and work well in the stratum more than 10,000 meters underground!
Baosteel will contiNue to provide high-quality technical services on the basis of providing high-quality casing and actively cooperate with the Tarim Oilfield to complete the follow-up drilling work. They will show the responsibility and commitment of Baosteel in the national deep earth exploration and energy security construction.
In the next step, Baosteel will focus on the high-end, intelligent, and green needs of oil and gas field development, continuously enhance technological innovation capabilities, and strive to promote the research and development of high-end oil and gas well casings. By leveraging this world’s first platform technology, through the collaborative innovation of materials, equipment, and processes, they will develop products with higher strength, better Corrosion resistance, and better toughness to contribute more Baosteel solutions to the exploration of deep earth and the energy security of our country.
