Champa checks a crude oil sample at the "Bohai Century" Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit in the Qinhuangdao 32-6 Oilfield, north China's Hebei Province, March 7, 2024.
Champa, 29, hails from Zho'nyin Town, Nyima County, Nagqu City of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, which is a pastoral area deep in the Changtang Grassland with an altitude of more than 4,700 meters.
In 2020, Champa learned that China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) was recruiting college graduates in Xizang and signed up for the job. In September of that year, Champa became an offshore oilfield worker and has been working in the Qinhuangdao 32-6 Oilfield ever since.
As a production operator, he focuses on the safe production and stable operation of the crude oil processing and sewage treatment systems.
Offshore work is rotated on a 28-day shift. During breaks, Champa traveled around the country, but more often he returned to his hometown to reunite with his family.
"When I'm back at home, not only people at my age like to talk with me, but also kids like to stay with me, listening to my stories at sea and learning about the outside world," he said.
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