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Southeast Asia is the core overseas market with the most mature export and most stable demand of rotary drilling rigs in China. Relying on the dividend of RCPP policy and the regional infrastructure boom, the equipment penetration rate continues to lead the global emerging markets. At present, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh and other Southeast Asian countries are intensively promoting key projects such as intercity high-speed railway, river-crossing bridge, urban commercial and residential complex and port reconstruction and expansion, geological conditions dominated by shallow soft soil and sandy soil layer, highly suitable for construction characteristics of small and medium-sized rotary drilling rigs. Rotary excavation equipment of domestic mainstream engineering machinery brands have been delivered to Southeast Asia in batches, extensively participating in key scenes such as Vietnam Beining Bridge Project, Southern Commercial and Residential Pile Foundation Project and Bangladesh urban infrastructure. With the advantages of high construction efficiency, strong adaptability and convenient operation and maintenance, rotary excavation equipment has become the main equipment for local pile foundation construction. At present, a complete system of equipment bulk export, localized after-sales and normalized maintenance has been formed in the regional market. The equipment iteration speed is consistent with the industrial characteristics of dense small and medium-sized infrastructure projects and compact construction period in Southeast Asia, and the overall market tends to be saturated and the competition is standardized.
The infrastructure market in Africa is in a rapid rise stage. Rotary drilling rigs are mainly used in rigid and lightweight construction scenes, and the market potential continues to be released. Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and other East African countries rely on the dividend of China-Africa capacity cooperation, vigorously promote urban renewal, industrial park construction, new energy supporting infrastructure construction and traffic road network upgrading projects, and a large number of pile foundation construction demands continue to emerge. Limited by local construction cost, infrastructure budget and geological conditions, small and medium-sized economical rotary drilling rigs are more suitable for African market, mainly serving foundation works such as plant pile foundation, charging pile supporting, municipal roads and small bridges. Compared with other large pile foundation equipment, the rotary drilling rig is flexible, easy to operate and low in operation and maintenance cost, which is more suitable for local construction capacity and infrastructure demand in Africa. At present, the inventory of equipment in African market is steadily increased, but the overall scale is less than that in Southeast Asia. Most of them are phased project procurement, and the equipment leasing and second-hand equipment circulation modes are prevailing, which will be the core market of overseas incremental in the future.
The Middle East market relies on the national infrastructure strategy of various countries and becomes the core application scene of large-tonnage and high-end intelligent rotary drilling rigs. The construction standard and equipment threshold rank first in the three markets. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and other countries rely on the development planning of "Vision 2030" and continue to implement the super projects such as NEOM's future new city, large airport expansion, offshore infrastructure, wind power new energy, high-end resort, etc. The construction scenes are mostly desert gobi landforms, facing complex geological difficulties such as hard rock stratum, gobi pebble layer and complex deep foundation pit.g. The large-tonnage, high-stability and intelligent rotary drilling rigs suitable for extreme working conditions have become the mainstream in the market. The large-tonnage rotary drilling equipment in China has participated in the construction of super projects in the Middle East in batches, which can efficiently complete the construction tasks of large-diameter and ultra-deep pile foundations and greatly improve the construction efficiency of complex geology. The Middle East market has strict requirements on equipment performance, stability and intelligent level, abandons low-end economical equipment, and pays more attention to complete construction solutions and all-weather operation and maintenance guarantee. It is a benchmark market for China's high-end engineering machinery to go abroad.
The application of rotary drilling rigs in the three overseas markets of Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East presents distinctive differences, with the core derived from the differences in geological conditions, infrastructure levels and project models. Southeast Asia is dominated by soft soil and sand layer geology, with intensive infrastructure projects and high degree of standardization. It mainly focuses on general equipment of medium tonnage and pursues construction efficiency and cost performance; The geological conditions of African market are simple, the infrastructure construction is mainly based on basic livelihood projects, with emphasis on lightweight and economical equipment, and it is suitable for low cost and flexible construction requirements; In the Middle East, the geology is complex, the working condition is poor, and the super-engineering is concentrated, the demand for large tonnage, high wear resistance and intelligent high-end equipment is strong, and attention is paid to equipment stability and engineering adaptability. Overall, Southeast Asian market focuses on scale, African market focuses on cost performance, and Middle East market focuses on high-end performance, forming overseas application pattern with clear hierarchy.
With the continuous iteration of overseas infrastructure market, the application of rotary drilling rigs in the three core markets gradually shifts from simple equipment export to a new stage of localization, adaptability and complete service. For the high-density infrastructure construction scene in Southeast Asia, the equipment is upgraded to the direction of high efficiency, energy conservation and fast maintenance; For African market, lightweight, low-cost and easy to operate customized equipment has become the mainstream research and development; For the extreme working conditions in the Middle East, the special equipment with high and low temperature resistance and suitable for complex rock strata are continuously iterated. At the same time, the local service network establishment, localized operation and maintenance, and equipment leasing supporting systems are constantly improved, which completely adapt to the infrastructure construction pace and construction requirements of different regions, and promote the domestic rotary drilling rig from the product to the deep sea mode of technology, service, and scheme integration.
