Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 200-210.doi: 10.11978/2024058CSTR: 32234.14.2024058

• Marine Geology • Previous Articles    

Challenges and case analysis of deepwater engineering investigation in the South China Sea

FENG Xiangzi1(), Li Yufei1, Wang Weiwei2, Wang Dawei3,4()   

  1. 1. Geophysical, China Oilfield Services Limited, Tianjin 300451, China
    2. School of Control Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266071, China
    3. Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Deep Sea Geophysics and Resources Research Office, Sanya 572000, China
    4. Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Provincial Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China
  • Received:2024-03-14 Revised:2024-04-27 Online:2025-01-10 Published:2025-02-10
  • Contact: Wang Dawei
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program Project(2022YFC2805503); China National Offshore Oil and Gas Corporation Project (Detailed Survey of Lingshui 17-2 Gas Field Group Development Project Site)

Abstract:

The marine engineering survey focuses on the geological hazards that threaten the marine engineering. In the process of moving towards the deep water, it has also been found that several unique geological phenomena, distinct from shallow water areas, have a certain impact on the positioning of drilling platforms, the design of jacket platforms and floating platforms, and the optimization of submarine pipeline and cable routes. Based on the results of many deepwater well site surveys and deep-water oil and gas field development project surveys, this paper expounds the characteristics of deep-water geological hazards, the methods of research and evaluation and the impact on marine engineering through the results of engineering geophysical survey, engineering geological survey and marine environmental survey, and provides a better idea for the investigation and design of deep-water marine engineering. The researches show that the deep water is widely developed with sand waves, scarps, hard seabed, faults, submarine canyons, mass transport deposits and other geological disaster phenomena. When conducting engineering geophysical survey, the use of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and other survey methods to obtain centimeter resolution survey results can effectively reduce the observation period of seabed sand wave movement rate, and obtain more accurate water depth topographic data to support the marine engineering design. Combined with the shallow soil sample results and shallow profile results of the engineering geological survey, the seabed strata can be effectively divided and the slope stability analysis can be carried out, providing the design basis for the offshore engineering construction.

Key words: deepwater, submarine topography and landforms, shallow geological hazards, oil and gas field development, submarine pipeline routing

CLC Number: 

  • P714+.6