With the theme "Building the Deep Blue Dream Together", the forum invites many renowned industry experts and frontline technical elites to conduct in-depth analysis and discussion on three major segments: future development trends of deepwater development, key technologies and equipment for offshore engineering development, and offshore market analysis and demand, in light of the current status of China's offshore engineering technology development.

    At that time, the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry will present "Current Status and Prospects of China's Deep Sea Development"; China Oilfield Services Limited will share with participants their thoughts on the current research and innovation of deepwater development equipment. World Fortune 500 company Baker Hughes, as well as BP, Kvaerner, Douglas-Westwood and other related offshore engineering enterprises, will exchange views with participants on new technologies and new equipment.

    In addition, two topics of this forum are particularly noteworthy. In the dialogue session moderated by Chen Weidong, Chief Energy Researcher of the Energy Economics Institute of CNOOC, guests including Jiang Huaiyou, an expert in tracking and research of world oil and gas exploration and development technology, and Wang Jinlian, Secretary-General of the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry, will present "Challenges and Opportunities of China's Deepwater Development". Liu Feng, Deputy Director of the Institute of Marine Science of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, will also deliver a speech on "New Opportunities Brought by China's South China Sea Development", which has attracted widespread attention from many offshore engineering enterprises.

    Industry insiders analyze that major countries in the world have accelerated the development of offshore engineering equipment manufacturing, and offshore engineering equipment technology has been advancing towards ultra-deepwater technology, high reliability, high performance, and underwater production systems. China has also elevated the development of the marine economy to a national strategic level, and the offshore engineering equipment manufacturing industry has been listed as a national strategic emerging industry. China's deep-sea equipment industry faces numerous challenges and opportunities, and it is crucial to break through core technologies and key equipment to achieve the transformation from large to strong.

    This forum will focus on key technologies and major equipment for deep-sea development engineering, centering on the research and development of mainstream products and systems and the development trends of the deep-sea market, release the latest research results in international deepwater frontier fields, and build an exchange platform for industry elites to discuss the path of breakthrough development of offshore engineering equipment. The 5th China International Offshore Oil & Gas Exhibition (ciooe) will be held concurrently.

    It is estimated that the global subsea christmas tree market will grow by 240% in 2015 compared to 2010, Asia's subsea production equipment budget expenditure will increase by 414% in 2015 compared to 2010, total global deepwater investment expenditure from 2012 to 2016 will reach 205 billion USD, and by 2030 the offshore engineering equipment market size in the North Sea of Europe, offshore Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, and Russia will expand to 500 billion USD. The global deep-sea engineering equipment manufacturing market will usher in a new growth period.