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Chapter 68 Refinery

July 7st, south of Xiangjiang, Lamma Island.

Su Cheng, Zhang Qizheng and ten bodyguards were on a yacht, and the yacht finally docked at the west pier of Lamma Island.

The dock is very simple, and outside the dock is a crude oil refinery.

This is a rare piece of flat land on Lamma Island. If nothing goes wrong, the crude oil refinery will close down in a few years, and then the original site will be reclaimed and expanded, and a power plant will eventually be built here.

However, now with the intervention of Sioux City, all this has changed.

Lamma Island, located southwest of Xiangjiang Island, was formerly known as Lamma Island, covering an area of ​​about 13.55 square kilometers. It is the third largest island in Xiangjiang, second only to Lantau Island and Xiangjiang Island.

Since the economic boom in Hong Kong in the 70s, many young Lamma Island residents have moved out of the island to make a living. Lamma Island has developed like other rural areas, leaving the older generation on the island.

Two days ago, Zhang Qizheng, on behalf of Tianyuan Company, had signed transfer contracts with two oil companies. In other words, the oil refinery in front of him was completely owned by Su City.

Tall chimneys, iron towers, oil storage tanks and steel pipes extending everywhere make this place full of industrial style.

"Boss, the director of the oil plant is in the office building in front." Stepping off the pier, Zhang Qizheng pointed to a four-story white building not far ahead and said.

"Well, let's go." Su Cheng nodded. He was still curious about the oil refinery in front of him.

Along the way, Sioux City saw many employees wearing blue work clothes and safety helmets.

When they saw Su Cheng and others, they were also a little curious.

After all, Lamma Island is a very remote place in Xiangjiang. Usually there are no such well-dressed people coming to their place. At most, some local villagers come here occasionally to work as part-time workers.

Soon, they arrived in front of the white building.

Zhang Qizheng had obviously been here before, so he was very familiar with this place. He took Su Cheng directly to the third floor of the building and then to an office.

There were not many people in the office, just a few people. There was also a small independent room with the name Factory Director's Office on it.

When I walked into the factory director's office, I saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses writing something. When he heard a sound at the door, he raised his head.

"Mr. Zhang, why didn't you tell me when you came over so I could go greet you." The middle-aged man stood up immediately and said with a smile.

"Don't bother me. Let me introduce you. This is our boss, Mr. Su Cheng." Zhang Qizheng said to the middle-aged man.

"Ah, it turns out to be the boss. I'm so sorry. It's the first time we met and I didn't recognize him. Boss, please have a seat." The middle-aged man stood up with a smile and moved a chair to Su Cheng, and then moved another chair. To Zhang Qizheng.After Su Cheng sat down, the middle-aged man said again: "Boss, this is our first meeting. Let me introduce myself briefly. My name is Zhou Zhou. I am the director of Nanyang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. I used to work at Beautiful Country Standard In an oil company, one starts from technicians and reaches the highest level of branch factory director. During the world oil crisis in 1973, due to the company's production reduction, a few branch factories were closed down. It happened that my branch factory was also closed down. I happened to be in Hong Kong. A friend of mine built an oil refinery here on Lamma Island and invited me to come over and be the director, and I have been working here since 1974 until now."

Su Cheng nodded. To be able to hold the position of branch director in Standard Oil Company, he must have good abilities.

You know, in this era, Standard Oil was the largest oil company in the world.

"Boss, I checked the information of Nanyang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. In the four years since the establishment of the factory, the production performance of the factory has been very good. There has not been a single accident. However, the original boss's strength was relatively low and the oil sales channels were relatively small. It has been difficult to develop new products. market, so I came up with the idea of ​​selling this factory." Zhang Qizheng said with a smile.

"People who have the ability, under my command, are not afraid of not having room to develop. Since Director Zhou has good abilities, I don't have to think about finding a new director. I hope Director Zhou will do a good job. Next, Our factory is going to expand production. I hope Director Zhou will continue to work hard and help me manage this factory. The salary will be improved to a certain extent. In short, I will not treat you badly!" Su Cheng said.

"Boss, please rest assured that I will do my job well. I have worked here for 4 years and I have a deep affection for it. Although the place is remote, the environment is good. Compared with the beautiful country, I feel more comfortable working in Xiangjiang." Go ahead, boss, how about I take you to visit our factory?" Zhou Zhou said.

"Okay, I just wanted to visit." Su Cheng nodded.

Afterwards, everyone put on their safety helmets and Zhou Zhou led the team to visit the factory.

The entire plant area is almost composed of towering oil refining towers, numerous oil tanks of different sizes and criss-crossing pipelines.

“Our factory mainly produces petroleum fuels such as gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, and fuel oil as its main products. The main processing method is atmospheric distillation. In order to increase the yield of light oil products and meet the needs of further processing, we also have a reduction facility. If the entire plant is fully committed to refining crude oil, the annual oil refinery can reach 100 million tons. This tonnage can also be ranked among the top three in the entire Xiangjiang." Director Zhou led Su Cheng and others on a tour. introduced.

Su Cheng nodded while visiting, even though he looked confused and didn't understand it at all.

"If the oil tank here is expanded, how much crude oil can it hold at most?" Su Cheng asked.

"Boss, since our Lamma Island is mainly mountainous, if we just increase the number of oil tanks, it should be able to hold about 80 tons at most. If we add more, we can only expand to the mountains. However, the cost is too high and it is not cost-effective. , and our current oil tank storage capacity is only about 10 tons." Although Director Zhou didn't know what Su Cheng meant by asking, he still gave the answer after thinking about it in his mind.

Su Cheng nodded.

In fact, when he arrived on the island, he knew that it was not suitable for building a crude oil storage warehouse.

Although Lamma Island is not small, with an area of ​​nearly 14 square kilometers, there is too little flat land. It is basically mountainous. If you want to develop it, almost the entire island's mountains will have to be bulldozed. Such a situation , not only requires a lot of funds, but also consumes a lot of time, which is completely unrealistic.

Therefore, if you want to build a storage warehouse, you can only choose another location.

"Boss, I have checked the information on Hutchison Whampoa's properties. Over in Tuen Mun, Hutchison not only owns a land area of ​​700 million square meters, but also a wharf that can dock [-] tons. If The boss wants to build oil tanks to store crude oil, and that’s a good place to go.” At this time, Zhang Qizheng reminded from the side.

700 million square meters, equivalent to 7 square kilometers. This area is already half the size of Lamma Island. It is indeed a good place. After hearing this, Su Cheng immediately had a goal.

(End of this chapter)