China Petrochemical News reporter Gao Guoxue Yan Ruyu.
9432 meters! In the depths of the Northwest Desert, the "Shendi No. 1" Yuejin 3-3XC well completed drilling to a depth of 9,432 meters and a horizontal displacement of 3,439 meters, setting a new record for the horizontal displacement of the deepest well in Asia and ultra-deep drilling, marking that China's deep-ground series technology has entered the forefront of the world.
20,000 tons! At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, China's first 10,000-ton green hydrogen refining project has been fully completed and put into operation, and the green hydrogen produced is nearby Tahe Refining and Chemical, which is used to replace the natural gas used in oil refining and processing to produce hydrogen, and realize the coupling of modern oil processing and green hydrogen and low-carbon development.
2 minutes! In a corner of Changsha, Hunan, the intelligent refueling robot waved its robotic arm up and down to refuel the owner, and the whole operation took only 2 minutes ......
Revitalize petrochemical, rely on talents, and put science and technology first. In the past year, in the face of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation that has advanced by leaps and bounds, Sinopec has kept in mind the earnest entrustment of the general secretary when he inspected Shengli Oilfield and Jiujiang Petrochemical, conscientiously implemented the deployment of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on accelerating the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, actively integrated into the new first-class system, adhered to the "four aspects", made every effort to build the source of original technology, vigorously promoted the deep integration of the industrial chain innovation chain, and continued to forge the rapid transformation of scientific and technological achievements and the rapid iteration of technology. The key core technology innovation has been fruitful, the role of national strategic scientific and technological forces has been continuously highlighted, and the construction of important talent gathering centers in the field of energy and chemical industry has been accelerated, and efforts have been made to write a new chapter in Chinese-style modern petrochemical science and technology.
Bravely enter the no-man's land and forge the "trump card".
Key core technology innovations have yielded fruitful results
Open the well! "On November 15, 2023, during the ignition test of the Yuejin 3-3XC well deployed by Sinopec's "Shendi No. 1", an orange flame instantly rose in the sand pit 170 meters away from the wellhead. At 17 o'clock on the same day, good news came: Yuejin 3-3XC well obtained high-yield oil and gas flow, with an estimated daily output of **200 tons and 50,000 cubic meters of natural gas.
The Northwest Oilfield innovatively uses ultra-deep and long-reach technology to explore and exploit oil and gas resources under the poplar forest reserve 3,400 meters away, setting two records for the horizontal displacement of the deepest well in Asia and ultra-deep drilling, providing important technology and equipment reserves for entering the ultra-deep depth of 10,000 meters.
Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and innovation is the primary driving force. In the past year, Sinopec has closely integrated the "needs of the country" and "the capabilities of enterprises", promoted the research of national strategic scientific and technological tasks with high standards, systematically improved the "four capabilities" of original technology demand traction, source supply, resource allocation, and transformation and application, took the lead in undertaking more national strategic scientific and technological tasks, solved key technical problems from the source and bottom, strived to seize the "commanding heights" of science and technology, and made every effort to promote the construction of original technology source. In 2023, 5 patents won the 24th China Patent Award, ranking first in the patent quality ranking of central enterprises for 5 consecutive years, and maintaining the leading position of central enterprises in terms of comprehensive patent advantages.
In the face of major national needs, Sinopec strengthened its research on basic, cutting-edge and disruptive technologies, focused on key core technologies, and played a greater role in ensuring national energy security, building a modern petrochemical industry system and building a petrochemical power.
In the field of oil and gas exploration and development technology, we insist on putting the strategic basis of the energy job bowl on scientific and technological innovation, tackling key problems and forming a unique and advanced theory and technical system related to oil and gas exploration and development, and the exploration and development technology of marine oil and gas and shale gas has reached the world's leading level, creating the industry's first first-class processing software system integrating big data and artificial intelligence technology, providing strong scientific and technological support for ensuring national energy security.
In the field of oil refining technology, we continued to promote the research of "oil conversion" technology, and made positive progress in the application of "oil to special" products. The 3 million tons per year heavy oil high-efficiency catalytic cracking (RTC) unit was successfully started up at one time, providing a solution option for low-cost "oil conversion" production of low carbon olefins. The self-developed phase change materials have been successfully applied in the field of manned spaceflight for many times. The full range of bio-jet fuel units has successfully passed the three series of RSB certifications of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, and Sinopec has become the first company in Asia to pass the global RSB series certification for the full range of bio-jet fuel units.
In the field of chemical technology, the petrochemical technology system that leads the transformation and upgrading has made major breakthroughs, and has mastered a number of "trump card" technologies in subdivided fields. The 5,000-ton high-performance liquid rubber industrial plant was successfully started, producing qualified products, and realizing localization for the first time, providing key raw material support for the security of China's information industry. The performance of large tow carbon fiber products has reached the international level of similar products. The domestic aviation carbon fiber thermoplastic composite production line was put into operation and started, realizing the extension of carbon fiber composite material application to the market terminal.
Improve the innovation model of internal coordination and external collaboration
The role of national strategic scientific and technological forces has become increasingly prominent
On December 21, 2023, Sinopec held the "Ten Dragons" Scientific and Technological Research Conference, during which 8 projects were completed and successfully "emerged", a number of projects under research made positive progress, and 7 projects "entered the dragon".
The "Ten Dragons" is the main carrier for Sinopec to practice the first-class system for a long time under the leadership of the party and concentrate on doing great things, and it is a vivid practice of opening up the "last mile" of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and promoting scientific and technological innovation with organizational innovation.
Sinopec's scientific research, design, equipment manufacturing, engineering construction, production and sales units work together to focus on the needs of national strategy and industrial development, and jointly tackle key problems in accordance with a goal, forming a "China Dragon" with enterprises as the leader, key projects as the dragon body, and gathering innovative elements in one.
In the past year, Sinopec strengthened its responsibility, accelerated the improvement of the innovation model of internal and external collaboration, made good use of the "Ten Dragons" and "Big Corps" and other research mechanisms, formed an integrated innovation system with close connection between industry, university and research, risk sharing and benefit sharing, built an upgraded version of the innovation consortium, and promoted the innovation of the whole chain from basic research to industrialization, and the role of national strategic scientific and technological forces has been continuously highlighted.
Actively integrate into the national scientific and technological innovation system, and accelerate the construction of national innovation platforms. Actively participated in the optimization and reorganization of national key laboratories, took the lead in the construction of 4 national key laboratories, and newly participated in the construction of 2 national key laboratories of high-end compressor and system technology and deep oil and gas, ranking first in the field of energy and chemical industry. Led the construction of the National Energy R&D and Innovation Platform, and the National Energy Key Laboratory of Carbonate Oil and Gas was approved, becoming one of the first six leading construction units of the National Energy R&D and Innovation Platform in the "14th Five-Year Plan", and promoting the continuous construction of three R&D institutions included in the "Horse Race" track. The Key Laboratory of "Safety Risk Early Warning and Intelligent Control Technology for Hazardous Chemicals" was approved for construction. Establish and improve the evaluation system of the key laboratories of the group company, complete the assessment and evaluation, and create more and stronger "reserve teams". At present, Sinopec has formed a R&D platform with 26 national R&D institutions, 8 directly affiliated research institutes and 2 overseas R&D centers as the main body.
We will continue to deepen and improve the new scientific and technological research mechanism. The first batch of "seed plan" projects will be launched to tackle key problems, and the project guidelines will be issued to universities and institutes around the new fields, new processes and new technologies involved in the chemical and new materials industry, so as to gather innovative ideas and cutting-edge ideas and support the best projects. Launched the second phase of the "Unveiling the Leader" project, focusing on high-end petroleum engineering equipment, molecular refining, high-end new materials, safety and environmental protection and other fields, and released the 2023 "Unveiling the Leader" project guide list for universities, scientific research institutes, enterprises and social forces, and completed the project review and team screening. We have carried out in-depth international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, achieved a number of high-quality and high-level international scientific and technological cooperation results, and nearly 40 projects have been smoothly promoted.
The scientific reform continues to deepen, and the innovation ecology is vibrant
Accelerate the construction of an important talent gathering center in the field of energy and chemical industry
We are willing to work with the young people of Sinopec to create the sword of the times and create the future of science and technology" ......and "practice the oath of youth and bravely climb the peak of science and technology".On December 6, 2023, at the final site of the 3rd Sinopec Youth Science and Technology Elite Competition, 10 contestants from directly affiliated scientific research institutes and enterprise research institutes made a sonorous oath to show their youthful demeanor in the vivid practice of building first-class innovation capabilities. They will be included in the "Sinopec Future Scientists" program for training.
Young scientific and technological talents are an important force and a new force for achieving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance. From "building a nest to attract phoenixes" to "fixing a nest and retaining phoenixes", Sinopec has made great efforts to build a "strong magnetic field" for attracting talents, extensively built a platform for attracting and gathering talents, accelerated the construction of national strategic scientific and technological talents, and strived to become a fertile ground for gathering all kinds of outstanding scientific and technological talents to work together and struggle.
In the past year, Sinopec has continuously deepened the reform of the scientific and technological system and mechanism, further improved the evaluation system for scientific and technological talents, and the incentive and guarantee system for scientific and technological innovation, and made "addition" in direct scientific research activities, "subtraction" in indirect scientific research activities, "multiplication" in support and guarantee mechanisms, and "division" in institutional constraints, so as to continue to reduce the burden on scientific researchers, vigorously create a vibrant and healthy innovation ecosystem, and create a scientific research environment conducive to unleashing innovation vitality.
In-depth implementation of the "Science and Technology Reform Demonstration Action". Three "scientific and technological reform enterprises", including Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Catalyst Company, and Continental Shelf Company, were rated as benchmarking enterprises of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission; Jingwei Company was newly shortlisted for the list of "Science and Technology Reform Enterprises" of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
Establish an incentive and guarantee system for scientific and technological innovation. 22 measures have been formulated from five aspects, including performance appraisal, to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of scientific research personnel by doubling the rewards and remuneration of basic research projects and tilting the salary amount.
Actively broaden the growth channel of scientific research talents. Accelerate the construction of important talent gathering centers and innovation highlands in the field of energy and chemical industry, vigorously implement the "head goose project", "sword casting project" and "strong foundation project", and form a rich and reasonable strategic talent echelon. The first batch of 76 "Sinopec Skilled Talent Innovation Studios" were named. At present, there are more than 20,000 scientific research and design personnel, nearly 50% of whom are under the age of 40, forming a scientific and technological innovation army composed of thousands of scientific research experts, 10,000 young scientific and technological talents, and 100 scientific and technological innovation teams, providing strategic talent support for the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance.
Vigorously promote the spirit of scientists. Create a relaxed and free academic environment, encourage and support more scientific researchers to challenge the most basic and cutting-edge "no man's land", with the tenacity of "ten years of sharpening a sword" and the persistence of "doing one thing in a lifetime", tackle key high-tech technologies, and establish and improve the fault-tolerant and error-correcting mechanism, so as to escort the first trial in the process of scientific and technological innovation.