1. Semi-submersible Semi-submersibles are relatively high-end. The first domestic company with semi-submersible production capabilities was Yantai Raffles. Now it has been fully acquired by CIMC, which is CIMC Yantai Raffles.

Unfortunately, Raffles's boss at the time, Brian Chang, had first-class marketing capabilities but poor management skills. He repeatedly delayed delivery, so Raffles was overshadowed by the later state-owned shipyards.

(But the last time I met Brian Chang, who is in his 70s, at the OTC dinner, after hearing so many industry legends from him, I couldn’t help but look up to him!) Now, there are truly semi-submersible drilling platforms in China.

There are still only a handful of manufacturers with production capacity. Raffles, COSCO Nantong, and Dalian Heavy Industry (DSIC) can be said to be recognized by mainstream international operators/oil companies.

Of course you will say Shanghai Waigaoqiao. Isn’t 981 the light of the nation? It took six years to build (normally 3 years) and applied for hundreds of millions of dollars in national scientific research funds (that is, pure subsidies. Correction: This is the industry standard).

Rumor has it, I don’t know the specific figures ~ but the market cost of such a platform is about 600 million US dollars, with a 3-year construction period). It has finally been launched into the sea and still needs various repairs. It is such a national light.

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It will become in the field of commercialization.

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Frog in the well.

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So you see, apart from the national orders, Shanghai Waigaoqiao has not received any decent international orders yet, and it is now focusing on business.

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Jack-up type.

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However, COSCO and Dalian Heavy Industry have already received orders from top international operators such as Seadrill. Raffles' customers are almost none of the state-owned enterprises, and all of them are orders from international companies.

In addition, you will also talk about Zhenhua Heavy Industry, Guangzhou Shipyard International, Yangzijiang Shipyard, and even the recently dying Rongsheng Heavy Industry.

But they may be able to build semi-submersible living platforms, which are offshore hotels, but they are really not the same thing as drilling platforms and offshore factories.

2. Self-elevating platform I personally think that the best manufacturer of self-elevating platform at present is China Merchants Heavy Industry.

Although all shipyards want to enter the jack-up platform market, China Merchants Heavy Industries has the congenital climate conditions in Guangdong (no freezing period), sufficient human resources, and sufficient management capabilities (this is also the business in the south).

Determined by the environment), so although it does not deliver as many platforms as shipyards such as Raffles and COSCO, it currently has the largest number of orders.

And according to research reports from research institutions, China Merchants Heavy Industry is also the most promising shipyard.

The rest are just to name a few. It is absolutely no problem for shipyards that produce semi-submersibles to increase their production. In addition, there are Zhenhua Heavy Industry, Guangzhou Shipyard International, Yangzijiang Shipyard, Rongsheng Heavy Industry, etc. just mentioned.

Recently, I have paid attention to a company called Quanzhou Shipyard because it hired the most professional Keppel team from Singapore to manage it, and it has no historical baggage. For shipyards, management and hardware are actually the most outstanding.