[CNOOC Bozhong 26-3 oilfield expansion project was put into operation]According to the relevant person in charge of CNOOC, the Bozhong 26-3 oilfield expansion project is located in the southern waters of the Bohai Sea, with an average water depth of about 21 meters. It mainly relies on existing facilities for development, and a new unmanned wellhead platform and a power platform are built. The development well is planned to be put into production. There are 8 wells, including 5 production wells, 2 water injection wells and 1 development evaluation well. The expansion project is expected to achieve a peak output of approximately 2,670 barrels of crude oil per day in 2021. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
On April 3, 2026, the domestically developed maximum diameter 13.2-meter hard rock TBM by CCCC Tianhe started construction in Changshu. The machine is equipped with 7600 domestically produced rare earth special steel main bearings developed by the Institute of Metals, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with a rated life of over 15000 hours and performance exceeding imports. This move marks China Communications Construction Corporation's first achievement of 100% localization of core components for ultra large diameter tunneling machines, completely bridging the last mile of national production of major underground engineering equipment in China.Editor/Cheng Liting
At the Export to China SCO Choice Forum, Kazakh companies signed a $125 million agricultural export agreement with Chinese partners. Changsha Kaliev, the Minister of Trade of Kazakhstan, led a delegation to visit Shandong to deepen industrial and logistics cooperation. As the largest trading partner, the bilateral trade volume between China and Kazakhstan is expected to increase from 41 billion US dollars in 2023 to 48.7 billion US dollars in 2025, with Shandong's trade volume reaching 2.2 billion US dollars. Both sides are shifting from scale expansion to quality and efficiency improvement, with a focus on promoting the export of high value-added, non resource, and green technology products to ensure supply chain stability.Editor/Cheng Liting