Siheyuan: My Northeastern Farmhouse

Chapter 394 Do capitalists have good intentions?
The chemical industry area of ​​the Port of Rotterdam is very large, covering dozens of kilometers along the coast. The refineries of Shell and Royal DSM are located here.

In particular, Shell's petroleum refinery here is the largest in Europe, with an annual output of several million to tens of millions of tons.

Wearing safety helmets, the delegation visited the refinery with receptionists headed by Van der Linden from the Department of International Economics of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The chief engineer of Shell gave the main explanation.

To be honest, there really isn’t much to introduce about such a large refinery. The so-called insiders can only look at the door and laymen can only watch the excitement. The entire refinery is made up of large containers and pressure tanks with different thicknesses. of transportation pipelines.

The thickest pipe is taller than a person, and even a slightly thinner pipe cannot be held by an adult.

In Gu Weijun's view, the only thing worthy of praise is the cleanliness of the factory area and the surrounding greening, as well as the fact that it requires very little labor.

Listening to the chief engineer's proud introduction: "After our crude oil and natural gas are transported in through oil ships at the port, they are directly transported to the factory through pipelines, where they are decomposed and synthesized day and night."

"There are also different pipelines for gasoline and diesel. The nearest ones lead directly to the port and get on the ship directly, while the far ones are directly transported to other European countries."

"The remaining chemical products, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, EPDM rubber, ABS resin, SMA resin, etc., are also continuously extracted and synthesized separately to finally form products."

"What about synthetic ammonia?" Chief Fang asked without losing the opportunity.

"This process has a simple process, high gas lift efficiency in the synthesis section, and reduces the complexity of downstream processes. It is currently the only industrialized urea production process with only a single low-pressure recovery process."

"This is what I promised to do."

Constance and Catherine, who had received the news in advance, stood at the door wearing cheongsam to greet them, speaking unskilled Chinese, "Thank you for coming, Chief Fang."

After finally getting through it, I returned to the hotel. A female attendant of Constance who had been waiting in the lobby immediately stood up. At this time, the manager at the front desk immediately greeted the delegation and said, "Dear Mr. Fang, someone has left a message for you. got a message."

After the delegation went upstairs, the female attendant immediately walked to Chief Fang and Gu Weijun and invited them in French: "Dear gentlemen, the vehicles have been arranged."

"Oh," Team Leader Fang couldn't deny it. After taking the note, there were beautiful square characters: Inviting the respected leader Fang and Gu Weijun to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, "Okay, I understand, thank you. you."

However, Gu Weijun's attention was not on the other party's explanation. Instead, he was constantly analyzing the processing technology of these pressure tanks in his mind, considering the pressure, corrosion resistance and other parameters of the metal materials required for tank processing.

After getting off the car, the chief engineer continued to explain, especially his admiration for the synthetic technology.

"Old Dai, you and your comrades go back to your room first. Comrade Wei Jun and I have some things to go out for."

As the minibus drove on the asphalt road in the factory area, the chief engineer pointed to the current road, "It is precisely because of our continuous supply of oil that we have smooth traffic roads in Europe."

"Synthetic ammonia is over here. Please follow me." The chief engineer reached out to hail a minibus, and a group of people filed in.

The whole day was spent in Shell's refinery, and in the evening a welcome dinner was arranged. As a member of the delegation, Gu Weijun had to reluctantly attend, but his heart had already flown to Constance and Catherine, and also There are children around.

The hotel was very close. After Gu Weijun and Chief Fang got in the car, they arrived at the hotel in less than 10 minutes. This was originally a bank building and was later transformed into a hotel. The two went straight to the presidential suite on the top floor.

"In front is the ammonia synthesis plant. The mainstream technology now is to use natural gas, and the technology used is Farben's technology. Look at this, after the desulfurization tower-two-stage conversion-ammonia synthesis, the synthesis technology we use is that of our country's Slamikabang Carbon dioxide stripping production process.”

When they looked at Gu Weijun, the two women had bright smiles on their faces, and their voices were greasy, "My dear, you are here."

After entering the living room, Catherine helped pour the black tea before sitting next to Constance, who took out a stack of documents and handed them to Gu Weijun, while turning back to French, "Dear, time is very tight, I just asked someone to sort it out. Based on this information, the chemical industry in Europe is indeed the best developed in the Netherlands. "

"There are traces of Americans in this. Although Americans hold very few shares in the public shares, other holders are controlled by the United States, especially the refinery you are visiting this time." "The main thing is. The equipment is all produced in the United States. The ammonia synthesis equipment is directly from the American Kellogg Company. Although the urea synthesis process is based on the Stamicarbon process in the Netherlands, most of the processing equipment also relies on the United States. "

Gu Weijun frowned more and more as he listened. After handing the document to Chief Fang, he translated the contents simultaneously.

Chief Fang also frowned slightly, and then said, "If it weren't for the visit of Mr. Ni from the US imperialism last year, these would still be closed to us."

"This news is important."

After a few more brief conversations, Chief Fang stood up with a smile and said, "Send me back, so I won't disturb your gathering."

"Weijun, go back early tomorrow morning and don't let comrades from other delegations misunderstand."

"I understand, Chief Fang."

As soon as Chief Fang left, the three of them, Gu Weijun, immediately hugged each other and kissed each other. After a long time, they separated tightly. Gu Weijun hugged Constance and Catherine on the left and right, "Where are the children?"

"It's too late to wait, and I'm not sure whether you will come tonight, so I'll let them sleep first."

Gu Weijun relaxed his back on the sofa and pulled the two girls to his chest, "I just listened to you talking about Americans. It seems that you haven't finished speaking yet?"

"Well, the Americans are so greedy, I guess they may have reached Rotterdam."

"Well, it's not possible, it's certain."

"By the way, how are the talks going on about the building you were planning to take over last time?"

On the roof of a skyscraper near the canal in Rotterdam's New Town, two representatives from CF Industries and Kellogg's held up their red wine glasses and looked at the colorful Rotterdam night view at night, "How is the news coming from the Netherlands today? "

"The Chinese are still very cautious. They went to the ammonia synthesis plant halfway for the purpose of inspecting the refinery. The purpose of the ammonia synthesis and urea equipment and processes has not been fully exposed."

"Fortresses are always breached from within, aren't they?"

"Haha, yes, it seems that the news from Hong Kong is still very valuable."

"Well, if this project comes to fruition, it will be at least US$20 billion in scale. It will greatly increase the stock prices of our two companies, and the old people on the board of directors will probably laugh."

"Of course, so do we!"

The next day, after a night of intense exercise and only two hours of sleep, Gu Weijun was still full of energy. He first went to the suite to take a look at the sleeping children. After a gentle kiss, he returned before dawn. Arrive at the Savoy Hotel where the delegation is located.

It was another day of visiting. Although Royal DSM's refinery is slightly smaller than Shell, it also occupies a very large area.

DSM's advantage in crude oil refining lies in the synthesis of caprolactam and its products. These materials are widely used in automobile gears, bearings, and medical materials.

DSM's synthetic ammonia is mainly based on coal chemical industry technology, using technology from West Germany Farben (BASF).

The third day was the focus of this inspection, the production line of Stamicarbon.
After the visit, Van der Linden, who was in charge of reception in the Netherlands, suddenly made a suggestion, "Dear Fang, for the benefit of your country, I cannot hide that the production of these complete sets of equipment cannot be separated from the supply of the United States."

Hmm~~What does this mean?
Is there any promotion of business to other countries?
(End of this chapter)