COOEC has moved the Dongfang 1-1 CEPK platform as a single unit within its Qingdao International High-end Equipment Manufacturing Base. The company confirmed that the land transfer took place on 9 October 2026.
The platform weighs nearly 17,000 tonnes and has over 10,000 square metres of deck space. The move followed completion of the platform’s main structure on 4 October 2026.
Qingdao Daily’s Guanhai News reported on 16 October 2026 that departure for the South China Sea was planned for late October or early November 2026. At the time of that report, main equipment commissioning was expected to finish around 20 October 2026.
Earlier assembly work involved lifting two process skids onto the CEPK structure. An update supplied by CNOOC and published by China Energy News on 19 August 2026 described a combined operation using an 800-tonne gantry crane and two 750-tonne crawler cranes. The largest individual lift weighed 1,024 tonnes.
The equipment comprised a refrigeration skid and a low-temperature distillation skid for CO2 removal. The lifting team used three-dimensional simulation to check clearances and plan the movement path.
CEPK forms part of the Dongfang 1-1 carbon capture, utilisation and storage project. Its processing system combines membrane separation with low-temperature distillation to separate CO2 from natural gas. The captured CO2 is then pressurised for injection into geological formations.
After offshore positioning, the new platform is planned to connect to the gas field’s existing production system. The project is expected to store over 1 million tonnes of CO2 annually once in operation.
