China News Service, Jinan, October 11th. Title: Across thousands of miles to the Tianshan Mountains: Shandong geologists take root in the frontier to protect the energy arteries.
Author Liu Chiyuan Sun Fanxing Du Xiaowen
From the Gobi in southern Xinjiang to the grasslands in northern Xinjiang, the scientific research team of the Shandong Provincial Coalfield Geological Planning and Survey Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as the "scientific research team") has continued to form a geological exploration curve spanning thousands of miles. In recent years, the scientific research team has been deeply engaged in mineral resource exploration and mine safety management in Xinjiang. Using the geological hammer as a pen and the mines and grasslands as paper, they have written a heavy answer sheet for geological aid to Xinjiang in the new era in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.
Using science and technology as a ruler, establishing the “geological backbone” of the energy landscape
Xinjiang is rich in mineral resources and is an important position in ensuring national energy security. However, Xinjiang has complex geological structures and variable coal seam conditions, making energy exploration like searching for treasure in the dark.
Faced with the above problems, the scientific research team chose to "go deep" and use seismic, drilling, logging and three-dimensional geological modeling technologies for collaborative exploration to achieve accurate "visualization" of underground resources.
The picture shows the Xinjiang coal supplementary exploration project site. Photo by Sun Fanxing
In Hami's Danan Lake, the scientific research team used "seismic + drilling + logging + three-dimensional modeling" technology to support the construction of a large-scale open-pit coal mine with an annual output of 10 million tons, and promoted the completion of the "West-to-East Power Transmission" South Hami-Zhengzhou 800 kV UHV DC power transmission project. In the Tacheng Shajihai mining area, faced with the problem of kilometers-level deep stratigraphic detection, the scientific research team established a multi-dimensional geological database covering coal quality, rock mass, and gas components to fill the gap in regional deep geological data and provide key technical support for the registration of billion-ton mineral resources and energy development.
Strictly weaving the net, Shandong plans to protect the safety of mines
Mine safety is the top priority of safe production. In the Jungnan Mining Area, faced with hundreds of old kilns and complex disaster risks, 34 mines once pressed the "pause button." The scientific research team dispatched more than 70 geology, hydrology and mining experts to the front line to carry out safety inspections.
Through the implementation of the "one mine, one policy" expert consultation mechanism, the scientific research team launched precise investigations and tackled problems one by one in areas such as delineating water inrush areas and targeting gas anomalies, helping to promote the implementation of the country's first government-led comprehensive safety assessment of mining areas, the "Changji Model", promoting the transformation of local mine safety management from empirical treatment to scientific and precise prevention and control, and building a solid "protective shield" for safe production in border mines.
A blend of true feelings watering the "flower of happiness" of national unity
In the eyes of Shandong geologists, aid to Xinjiang is not only a technical output, but also a two-way emotional connection. While providing geological and technical services, the scientific research team always puts national unity in an important position and extends its work to grassroots people's livelihood areas.
"Geological services must be closely linked with the improvement of people's livelihood." In Tacheng, the scientific research team has built more than 60 kilometers of convenient roads for herdsmen, built drinking water wells for pastures to solve irrigation problems, and established a "geological services + employment assistance" model, attracting hundreds of local ethnic minority people to work on site every year to increase their income and become rich.
Touching stories are often hidden in ordinary perseverance. In the Dananhu mining area, the scientific research team successfully rescued three Uyghur compatriots and vehicles and supplies who were trapped for more than 20 hours in the Gobi Desert; in the pastoral area, the scientific research team opened a "yurt classroom" to teach legal knowledge in easy-to-understand language. The practical deeds that benefit the people and the heart-warming assistance time and time again make people of all ethnic groups hug each other tightly like pomegranate seeds.
Standing at a new starting point, Shandong geologists keep walking. In the future, the scientific research team will continue to deepen Xinjiang's mineral exploration, mine safety research and people's livelihood assistance, empower high-quality development in the border area with scientific and technological innovation, and contribute to ensuring national energy security and building a united and harmonious Xinjiang. (over)
