super energy power

The oil resources in the Middle East are irreplaceable.Many people who are not familiar with weeping oil may think that as long as they find oil, everything will be fine.

Oil is therefore often attributed to a political issue, but it is ultimately an economic issue.To extract oil, you must be able to make money.If you want to get oil regardless of blood, there are many better ways than mining at a loss.

In terms of economics, the Middle East is truly enviably blessed.

Even after the end of the year, the cost of oil extraction in the Middle East will not exceed $6, and in areas with well-established infrastructure such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the cost of oil extraction will only be $2, which seems to be $100 for nothing.Correspondingly, the cost of onshore oil production with complex geological conditions like the Shengli Oilfield will exceed US$25, the cost of shallow-sea oil will exceed US$30, the cost of shale oil will exceed US$50, and the cost of deep-sea oil will exceed US$70. If the Arctic oil is developed, its cost exceeds 100 US dollars.

Therefore, at the moment in 1988, the oil countries in the Middle East were absolutely making money, and the onshore oil fields in other countries could only be said to be profitable. As for the crazy concepts of deep sea oil, shale oil and gas, etc., they were all technologies until the 90s In the accumulation stage, if you give it to others for mining, no one will take it, and the exploration fee will be wasted.

From an economic point of view, Zhongkan's oil is the real oil that people understand.

In contrast, resources such as Canadian oil sands were useless in 00, and they were not even considered resources in 1988. China also has a lot of shale gas, which penetrates below 3500 meters and is more expensive than foreign ones. The US dollar is also accumulating up to 10 years.If Su Cheng spends money to buy a slice now, after 30 years, the bank interest will be calculated, and his intestines will be regretted.

If the oil fields in the Middle East are compared to high-yield paddy fields with three crops a year, the second-class areas such as the Gulf of Mexico are dry fields with two crops a year. Evaluating uncultivated raw land is nothing more than oil fields.

In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran are the countries with the best conditions.Among them, Saudi Arabia does not allow other countries to invest, and Kuwait has no room for exploration due to its small territory.Iraq and Iran have just ended the protracted Iran-Iraq war and are not safe. Only the United Arab Emirates, composed of seven emirates, has the most open environment and rich resources.

Su Cheng is small and weak, so he didn't have the intelligence to spy on the oil fields in the Middle East.

However, when an UAE oil field was in front of him and he had a slight advantage, Sioux City couldn't bear it anymore.

This is the shallow sea oil field in the UAE!

Although Sioux City doesn’t remember which one it is, none of the oil fields in the United Arab Emirates have been exploited to exceed a barrel of old dollars, and the daily output is extremely high. An oil well with a daily output of [-] tons is just common, and a daily output of [-] tons is not uncommon.

There are 2 oil wells in Shengli Oilfield, which only produce 3000 million tons of crude oil a year, with an average daily output of less than 10 tons, which is only equivalent to the output of a 15-person oil area in the United Arab Emirates. There are more than [-] employees under its jurisdiction. The production rate and profits are natural completely different.

Sioux City reckons that if an oil field with a reserve of 30 million tons can be discovered, even if it only has a [-]-year mining right, it can earn at least one billion U.S. dollars...

Thinking about it this way, the enthusiasm of the Ministry of Japan, Trade and Industry and Ito can be understood.

Two days later, when Su Cheng came back from the negotiation venue, when he passed the hotel lobby, someone suddenly handed him a book.

I went back and opened it, and there was indeed a miniature version of the bidding document obtained by Ichiro Kozawa.

Su Cheng was overjoyed.Because he and Wei Kong lived in the same room, he simply pretended to take a bath, turned on the shower, hid in the bathroom, read the full text of the bid, and then fell into deep thought.

This miniature document is not so much a bidding document as it is a notice, and it is obviously sorted out, that is to say, it is likely to be information passed on orally.

In the bidding document, there is neither the address of the oilfield nor the time of exploitation and other important information.The only explanation is three things: the official tender will be released at the end of the month, and there will be another month to go.Relevant technical requirements and environmental protection requirements required for the shallow sea where the oil field is located. 3 messages, 3 US dollars, really not expensive.

This is prime time.

Su Cheng stood up abruptly and went straight to the embassy.

If the official bid is released and the world knows about it, then only the traditional super oil groups can prepare for the bid.Members of the second and third echelons, including Japan and China, will definitely be too late by then.As for a technical enterprise like Dahua Laboratory, the most they can do is to transfer technology and earn 30% more...

If the winning bidders are European and American companies, the 30% will be lost.

Sioux Cheng's heart was pounding, desperately recalling the oil fields in the Middle East developed in the late 80s, but he couldn't think of any answers for a while.

For Chinese college students, that piece of land is really too far away.

But this did not hinder his willingness to bid. After finally getting through to Liu Bing, he talked about the matter from the beginning to the end, and said: "Mr. Liu, we have an advantage now. The main requirement of the UAE is the shallow sea. During oil drilling, we must ensure zero pollution to the environment, which is exactly in line with the technology of "no drop of oil goes into the sea" developed by our Nie Dao Oilfield. Moreover, the shallow sea environment in the Persian Gulf area is also very similar to Nie Island, and the water depth does not exceed 90 feet. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity within the working range of our shallow offshore oil rig."

"How many countries know?" Liu Bing's voice was deep but serious.

Sioux City thought for a while, and said: "I guess the UK must know, especially Shao (BP). They are very powerful in the Middle East and have developed the North Sea. France and the United States may also know, but they are not sure. The Japanese know it because they accepted Britain's share in an oil field in the United Arab Emirates in the late 70s, about 30%, so they established some relations in the Middle East, but they used British technology and their own shallow sea oil The technology cannot meet the environmental protection standards required by the UAE. If we don’t sell technology to Japanese companies, they can only find cooperation with European and American companies. After the cost increases, the chances of winning the bid will decrease a lot.”

"Then what do you estimate the winning bid amount will be?"

"More than 3000 million U.S. dollars. More than 1 million yuan." Sioux City was only talking about exploration rights.Subsequent mining rights will have to be bid separately.However, the latter will only be collected after the oil well is explored, and the funds can be withdrawn through the sale of crude oil.The main investment is the acquisition of exploration rights and the construction of offshore drilling platforms.If five exploration wells are opened like in the Nedao Oilfield, the cost in the UAE will be another 5000 million yuan.If you're unlucky, you'll have to take the sixth, seventh...

Liu Bing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Such a large sum of money must be approved by the chairman and general manager.

Su Cheng also knew this, and said solemnly: "Mr. Liu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In addition to technology investment, Dahua Industrial can also provide 40000 million RMB. I hope to consider it."

He doesn't have 40000 million yuan at all now, but if he sells all the domestic oil wells, it will be no problem to raise 40000 million yuan.

Compared with the oil fields in the United Arab Emirates, those high-grade oil wells are not worth one.

Liu Bing hung up the phone with a "huh".

Su Cheng didn't expect Liu Bing to be persuaded by a single phone call. He notified Lin Yonggui and bought a plane ticket. At the same time, he went to find Ichiro Xiaoluze and asked him to collect more information for his return to China.

Bribery among Japanese politicians was rampant in the late 80s.Not to mention selling news, it is not new to give news to journalists for free.

after one day.

Sioux City once again set foot on the land of China.

Wu Lang prepared a Shanggui car, picked him up and asked, "Chengzi, is something wrong?"

"Ok?"

"You came back from Japan alone and asked me to pick you up." Wu Lang smiled and said, "If it wasn't urgent, you should be back in a few days."

"Well, it's a good thing, and it might turn out to be a bad thing. You run the department with me these few days." Looking at the street scene of the capital which is very different from Tokyo, Su Cheng said in a deep voice: "After the shipping company's accounts are sorted out, All the cash should be handed over to me. Also, if someone buys a ship, sell it for a similar price.”

Goro was startled and asked, "The shipping company isn't doing it anymore?"

Boss

"Do it. But first, we must keep our main business." Almost all of the cash accumulated in Sioux City has been invested in Dahua Laboratory. Now, if they want to raise working capital, they will become stretched.

"Okay, I'll go back and sort out the accounts."

"Well, is Fatty here yet?"

"Living in a hotel, he doesn't say anything and doesn't move. In the past two days, I have ordered meals for him."

Su Cheng nodded and said nothing, what did he know.

Xiaopang brought almost all his belongings, almost 500 million.In 1988, this was higher than the fiscal revenue of a county, and he was in Beijing, where he was not familiar, so how could he dare to leave the hotel.

The car drove all the way to the Petroleum Corporation, and Su Cheng went straight to Liu Bing's deputy manager's office.

Without waiting for long, he jumped in line to meet Liu Bing.

"I'm back." Liu Bing seemed to know that he was coming back.

"This is the original intelligence document I bought." Su Cheng mainly brought these things back, and the diplomatic stamp of the embassy was stamped on the outside of his briefcase.

Liu Bing still looked like a bald eagle. After reading it carefully, he nodded and said, "This news is very important. However, the higher authorities are still considering it..."

"Oil fields in the Middle East, what else needs to be considered?"

"Political influence, the attitude of other countries, and in addition, it is a shallow sea oil field. If we fail to produce oil, the precious foreign exchange of more than 3 US dollars will be wasted."

"It is the dream of all countries in the world to be able to break into the oil circle of the Middle East. As for whether the technology of the Nieshima Oilfield can be used, if you see the attitude of the Japanese, you will understand. As long as you give them the technology, the officials of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry want to lie down and lick it. Our feet."

Liu Bing smiled and said: "I don't have hairy feet, but we are different from Japan. The yen is on an upward path, and they can't wait to use it all to buy overseas assets. China is still an exporter of crude oil. If investing in the UAE fails , will have a very bad effect.

"It's not bad if you don't do it." Su Cheng nodded knowingly, and said, "So, whether Chengdao Oilfield's technology meets the requirements is the key?"

"That's right, the general manager will visit the Niedao Oilfield recently, and the specific time has not been set yet." "Okay, I'll prepare immediately." Su Cheng left Liu Bing's office, thinking in his heart: It's been hard work for 30 days In less time, we still have to wait for the general manager's schedule... The upper management is probably still doubting the authenticity of the information. If there is no oilfield auction in the UAE in the end, or if the content of the bidding document is different, they will be embarrassed.In this case, the investigation has no practical significance, and other methods must be found.

Bidding for foreign oil fields has never been an easy task. With such huge interests involved, it is just the beginning, and Sioux City has already felt the spider sticking on its back.

Whether it is Liu Bing, the deputy general manager, or the general manager of the Petroleum Corporation, or the chairman, or the Shengli Oilfield, or the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, or the Japan Ito Corporation, these are behemoths that are several times, dozens of times stronger than him.

However, Su Cheng felt that his fighting spirit was high.He suddenly had a feeling, as if he had traveled for more than a year, and all the work he had done was prepared at this moment.

"I may only have tens of millions of assets, not even enough for the cost of exploration and bidding, let alone the cost of exploration and drilling, but after all, I have already had a starting point..." A thought flashed across Su Cheng, and said: "Wu Lang, go to Dongzhimen, China Youth newspaper."

There is no traffic jam in Beijing Street, which is carefree and spacious.

When we got to the place, there was a drizzle of rain in the sky.

Su Cheng shrank his neck, went to the gatehouse and called the six sons.

After a while, the skinny Liuzi floated out like dried noodles. Compared with when he was in the same dormitory, Liuzi seemed to be thinner.

"Is the food at the newspaper not good?" Su Cheng stepped forward and hugged Liu Zi deeply.

"The eating time is not fixed. Every time I go to a place for interviews, I have to drink first, and my stomach is going to die." The six sons couldn't hide their joy, and said, "Why do you come to Beijing when you have time? I heard that you have a big job in Shengli Oil Field Is the project called an ocean drilling platform?"

"Since you heard about it, why didn't you come to visit?" Su Cheng pulled him with a smile, and then whispered: "I have something to do with you, can I go out?"

"Yes, let's go to the small restaurant in front."

The six sons said that they took him to a small shop not far away to order beer and peanuts, then sat in the inner seat and said with a smile, "Why, do you have inside stories to reveal? Or do you have political achievements to publicize?"

"All of them." Since Su Cheng came, he didn't hide anything. He described the whole thing, took out a copy and gave him a copy, and said, "The original has been handed over to the higher authorities. I want to report on Chengdao Oilfield now. Form a trend to offset the above technical questions."

The six sons were puzzled and said: "What's the use of this? Even if we report the success of your Niedao Oilfield, it still can't prove that you can produce oil in the UAE."

Sioux Chengda was amazed by the transformation of this logical relationship, and said with a smile: "As expected of a graduate from the Chinese Department of Peking University. That's right, the success of our shallow sea oil drilling technology in the Niedao Oilfield does not mean that we can produce oil in the UAE. It even meets their needs. However, if we can form an understanding through the media that the technology of our Chengdao Oilfield has reached the world's advanced level, then the leaders don't have to worry about this, isn't it better than visiting and inspecting?"

"After the inspection, if there is a problem with your technology, it is the responsibility of the leader. However, if the media reports that your technology is excellent and there is a problem, it is the media's problem. You are helping the leader to shirk responsibility." Looking at Su Cheng, he said with a smile, "No wonder you've become a high-ranking official, and I'm still a small reporter."

"If you want to talk about officials, I'm at the department level now." Su Cheng took a sip of beer and said, "It's okay if you don't help the leaders shirk their responsibilities. Otherwise, they will have to consider their own positions first, and drag them around. Well, the head office has a big business, and I am the one to lose. Moreover, the technology of our Niedao Oilfield has indeed reached the standard, and we would not have used this method if the time was not urgent."

Xiao Liu still believed in Su Cheng quite a bit, and said, "You give me the information, but I can't guarantee whether the editor-in-chief can pass it."

Su Cheng coughed lightly: "Does your editor-in-chief have any hobbies?"

"You brat is fat, and you still want to corrupt state officials?" Xiao Liu snorted, and said: "The editor-in-chief doesn't like money, so corrupt him, you don't have to think about it, you corrupt me first for today's meal, and I will go back and feed him back." .”

Su Cheng smiled and said yes, and said: "There are a lot of materials, thank you for your trouble, go to Chengdao to see for yourself."

"Are you rushing for time?"

"I have booked a plane for you at night, and I will fly back tomorrow night. If you are in a hurry, you can also fax in the middle."

"You want to use me as a mule. It just so happens that I've been a reporter for more than a year. I haven't been on a plane yet, so I'm just a foreigner. Okay, I'll go back and ask for leave to pack my things." He just left, turned his back and waved, and trotted back to the newspaper office.

In the next few days, Su Cheng visited several classmates, seniors and teachers one after another. More than 1 yuan in cash was used to buy cigarettes and wine to plug red envelopes, and it was quickly spent.

11 month 6 day.

The article "China's First Shallow Sea Oil Drilling Technology" finally appeared on the second page of "China Youth Daily".

Then, several newspapers and magazines reprinted or followed up this article with a relatively eye-catching layout, but Liu Zi was very happy.

The newspaper's emphasis on exclusive reports comes from the demand for the number of reprints. Invisibly, this formulaic article has become a hard condition for the six sons to evaluate their titles.

However, Su Cheng could no longer take care of the newspaper office. He bought a few newspapers and went to the Petroleum Corporation again.

Yu deliberately waited for a long time, Liu Bing had already read the article, and when he saw Su Cheng, he asked, "You asked me to post it?"

Sioux Cheng did not deny it, saying: "Although the bottom-mounted drilling platform developed by our Dahua Laboratory is not the world's top technology, it is very suitable for use in the Persian Gulf region. The report is true."

"This is an important decision. You must know that our country's foreign exchange reserves are only over 7 million yuan. Just winning the bid requires an exchange of [-] U.S. dollars. Have you calculated the exploration cost between the winning bids?" Liu Bing said, posing He waved his hand and said, "I know that the exploration cost of Niedao Oilfield is only tens of millions, but you are lucky."

Su Cheng laughed and said: "The infrastructure in the UAE is very good. Although I don't know the specific location of the oil field, I calculated that if one exploration well costs 800 million US dollars, 8 wells will cost 6400 million US dollars. Add them all up. $9400 million. If you're lucky, you won't be able to use it."

"If you are unlucky, you will use up one-thirtieth of the country's foreign exchange."

"As long as we can win the bid, we will definitely make a profit." Su Cheng said affirmatively, "Once we win the bid, if the country refuses to open it properly, I can raise the funds myself to develop the oil field."

"Take a breath."

Liu Bing said, but he believed it in his heart, and said instead: "There is no objection to bidding within the party committee, but there are still doubts about the form of bidding."

This is the inside news of Xinxin. Su Cheng took a deep breath and asked, "What do you think the final bidding form will be like?"

"It hasn't been decided yet." Liu Bing shook his head, but said, "What's your idea?"

"Dahua Industry, Shengli Oilfield, plus an entity company designated by the head office. The head office takes care of the overall situation, and Shengli Oilfield is responsible for specific matters." This is Sioux City's ideal model, and it is also the way he can get the most benefits.It is impossible to monopolize such a large oil field. It is impossible to invest in foreign oil fields without involving politics. Anglo-American oil companies are deeply rooted, and the National Petroleum Corporation is a state-owned enterprise. These are all advantages. If it is replaced by Dahua Industrial , regardless of capital, technology or background, are not enough to eat such a big cake.

The Dahua Industry here has already become a private enterprise in Sioux City, including Dahua Laboratory.If technology can be used as a shareholding, Sioux City can not only benefit from the oil field capital, but also obtain a large amount of production costs.In the Persian Gulf region, the daily rent of an offshore drilling platform is as high as tens of thousands of dollars, and the possession of a large amount of oil can cause erosion to the upstream and downstream...

In addition, although Dahua Industrial is not qualified to take the lead, Shengli Oilfield takes the lead, and Sioux City can still play a considerable role through Lin Yonggui...

But Liu Bing just said noncommittally: "I understand, but it is still difficult to determine how the superior will make the final decision. Well, the delegation is about to end its visit, and Lao Zeng has already sued you twice. If there is nothing wrong, you Just go back again."

Su Cheng had no choice but to travel thousands of miles to Japan with a recycled plane.

This trip took another 5 hours, and the bumps on the road could almost shake people's bones.

Fortunately, Wei Kong came to pick up the plane, so that Su Cheng could have a good rest.

Wei Kong was not in a high mood, and asked Su Cheng a few general questions, then suddenly said: "Leader Zeng, it is estimated that he will sign a contract with the Japanese."

Su Cheng immediately sat up straight, and said in surprise: "How is it possible, who allowed him to sign the contract?"

Wei Kong already knew about the oil field in the United Arab Emirates, and said in a soft voice: "Head Zeng insisted on negotiating the price at [-] U.S. dollars. His exact words, we will not suffer if the bid is successful, and we will not suffer if the bid fails. The country that bid , more than once a day. I estimate that he will report to the head office in the past two days, and then find you to sell patents through the head office..."

Su Cheng Yuanqi's eyes were about to bulge out, and he suddenly calmed down at this moment, and asked strangely: "He didn't report to the head office?"

"The attitude of the head office is relatively cold, and the head Zeng must insist on continuing the negotiation."

Su Cheng couldn't help laughing, and said: "This old man is really dazzled by his achievements, I don't care about him, I have to rest for a while."

After speaking, Su Cheng really fell asleep.