Deepwater jacket set to create records

Asia's first deepwater jacket, designed and built independently by China National Offshore Oil Corp, completed construction of its main structure on Tuesday in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, the country's top offshore oil and gas producer said.

Industry experts said the successful construction of the Haiji-2 will help China in efficiently developing its deepwater oil and gas resources.

A jacket serves as the foundation of an offshore oil and gas platform. It supports the huge body and tonnage of an offshore platform, and is widely used across the world in offshore oil and gas development.