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The oil development and output in the Caspian Sea can be described as full of twists and turns.

As early as the beginning of the century, that is, before World War I, the Caspian Sea region could produce tens of millions of tons of crude oil every year, and it reached its peak after World War II, with output equivalent to 70% of the total oil production of the Soviet Union.

Before the popularity of oil in the Middle East, the Caspian Sea region was a treasure land of world oil.

However, with the massive exploitation of the former Soviet Union, the oil in the Caspian Sea tended to be exhausted.Especially the onshore oil reserves in Chechnya and Azerbaijan have dropped very low, and the discovery of new oil fields in Siberia and the Urals has diverted the attention of the Soviet Union, making the Caspian Sea region a forgotten corner.

Until the end of the 80s, against the background of the sharp drop in oil production in the former Soviet Union, the Slavs made their last struggle and spent huge sums of money on large-scale exploration in the Caspian Sea area.

As a result, the Soviet Union declared its disintegration without even having time to study the materials obtained in exchange for a large amount of money.

The Caspian Sea oil continued to settle underground.

As one of the world's three major oil circles, the exploitation of oil in the Caspian Sea is more complicated than that in the Persian Gulf area, but the output is not a little bit.Especially after the world crude oil price rises, the difference in mining costs will not be that big.

The only restrictions on Caspian oil are two.The early stage is the estimation of reserves, and the later stage is the cost of transportation.

Here, the reserve is a prerequisite.

If there are no extremely high reserves, it will become uneconomical to build oil pipelines. The three countries around the Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan are all land-based countries. If they want to sell oil to the world, oil pipelines are indispensable. Less.

The railway and oil pipeline systems left over from the Soviet era are all facing Moscow and Eastern Europe. Against the backdrop of the collapse of the Russian economy and industry, they have lost their meaning to the Caspian countries, let alone meet the needs of foreign oil companies.

Therefore, although the Caspian Sea in the early 90s attracted the attention of many oil companies due to its past glory, not many companies were really willing to invest in exploration.

Compared with the large oil companies that spend tens of billions of dollars on exploration every year.Su Cheng saved the cost of spreading everywhere.From his point of view, if the Anda-Dalian pipeline is abandoned and the China-Kazakhstan pipeline is directly constructed, at China's construction speed, it can be completed in at most two to three years, when the oil field will just enter a period of high production, which is perfect.

And the oil reserves here are abundant.It will also make those companies that are reluctant to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in exploration funds regret it.

Since the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Mexico.The Caspian oil circle is probably the last hot spot for oil outside the Arctic.

Qi Meng's confidence was not so strong. Hearing from Sioux City that the oil in the Caspian Sea would not be exhausted in 50 years, he couldn't help asking, "Has Dahua Industrial done exploration?"

This is a difficult question to explain.Su Cheng said vaguely: "It can only be said that there is similar information."

"Intel from foreign companies?"

"I have some vague understanding."

Qi Meng chuckled, thinking that Su Cheng was hard to say, so he changed the question and asked, "Is there any big oil company in the Caspian Sea?"

Su Cheng thought about it, and said, "I remember British bp."

Qi Meng was even more surprised, and repeated: "In my impression?"

"Uh... I don't remember very clearly." Su Cheng still spoke the truth.However, his information comes from memory.

In another year, Azerbaijan will sign the A-Qi-Jiu Oilfield Contract, which was called the "Contract of the Century" by the press at the time, with the British bp company.The proven reserves of the three oil fields including Aceju, Chirag and Juneshli totaled 35 billion barrels, which made countless companies drool and directly attracted the attention of the US government.This also started the development wave of the Caspian Sea oil circle.

The proven reserves are 35 billion barrels, which is equivalent to three and a half Seitan oil fields. Moreover, such preliminary exploration and careful exploration in the future will definitely increase the reserves.

It can be said.Except for a few super oil fields that have long since fallen into the hands of "imperialists", the Aqijiu oil field is the largest unowned oil field in the world.

At least in 1993, it was an unowned field.

However, the prospects for Azerbaijan in 1993 were not clear.It is mainly due to the chaotic political situation that makes any contract lack of ability to perform.

There are many CIS countries like this, and it will take until the end of the 90s for many of them to turn around.

Even bp.At this time, it is impossible to tell the political situation in Azerbaijan, just squatting next to it, waiting for the final result?

Sioux Cheng thought to himself: Azerbaijan held its first presidential election in October this year. Probably only the winner will have the capital to negotiate contracts with foreign oil companies.

However, contacting now and investing in advance seems to be a good choice.

Su Cheng rubbed his chin, and really thought about it.

Dahua Shipbuilding has just grown, and it has already generated more than 00 million yuan in profits in the first half of the year, and it will only make more profits in the second half of the year.Based on the current situation, it can be inferred that the main investment of Dahua Shipbuilding can be recovered within three years at most.Dahua Industrial's cash flow will also reach a new peak.

Investing in new oil fields at this time seems to be a good choice.

It's just that the Aqijiu Oilfield is too big, and the investment period is too long.

Remember, the figure publicized by the media must always be in the billions of dollars, otherwise how could it be worthy of the title of "Contract of the Century".

Including the oil pipeline, it is not enough to fully develop the Aqijiu Oilfield without 70 billion yuan.

In China in 1993, if Dahua could get 70 billion US dollars and use all of them to invest in real estate, the income would not be small.

Su Cheng shook his head, throwing the thought away.

The fat sheep of private companies that have purchased $70 billion in real estate are simply waiting to be slaughtered.

Seeing his movements, Qi Meng asked, "What did Chairman Su think of?"

Su Cheng didn't answer the question, but said, "Well... you asked me earlier about oil development, do you have any new policies?"

"Where are we qualified to make policies." Qi Meng chuckled, actually quite useful.As the core cadres of the central department, these young middle-level cadres, like the imperial officials in the past, control the direction of policies in detail, and it is okay to say that policies are made by them.

After laughing, Qi Meng said: "You know, the current domestic policy is to encourage enterprises to go out. However, the Ministry of Energy has just canceled it. How the Petroleum Corporation, Petrochemical Corporation and Offshore Oil Corporation go out is up to them. They can only rely on their self-awareness...Why, Dahua Industrial, are you interested?"

"Dahua is an oil company. We pay more attention to the energy information of various countries." Sioux City has been a company for several years.Now the speech is also beginning to learn to be vague.

"It would be great if domestic companies could be like Dahua Industrial." Qi Meng sighed with emotion.Said: "The three oil companies have not taken any action. Even the oil pipeline mentioned just now is not particularly active."

Su Cheng smiled without saying a word.This is almost inevitable.How hard is it to develop foreign oil fields?There is no such thing as the joy of directly importing oil products from abroad, anyway, it is the same to make money.If it is a domestic oil field, Sanbarai may be interested, but foreign oil fields and pipelines are purely political decisions, and Qi Meng expects them to be positive.Almost impossible.

Qi Meng just complained, and smiled in a flash: "If Director Su is interested in opening up foreign markets, I will definitely support it."

"Is there any loan support?" Su Cheng's eyes lit up.

Qi Meng smiled wryly: "Where is there any loan now? The whole country is overheated, and it cannot be approved."

Su Cheng sighed regretfully, this situation was actually predictable. From 92 to 93, China's economic growth rate reached 13%, and the currency issuance increased by 34%.That's all.Let the leaders in charge of the economy be overwhelmed, and the problems of tackling inflation and soft landing are enough to consume all their energy.

Domestic affairs cannot be handled well, and the National Development and Reform Commission is really powerless to deal with foreign countries.Not to mention loans, the tightening of banks' money is rooted in it.Foreign exchange loans will only become more difficult.

If it were not for the help of CSSC to make some loans, Dahua Industrial's credit flow would be very low.

In comparison, Qi Meng has much less energy and much less responsibility.

He was able to focus on China's energy security, but in 1993, he was out of line.

The front line of visitors changed, and the reporters began to rush forward to take pictures.

Su Zhenguo greeted Su Cheng to come over.

Su Cheng waved his hand.Declined.

He didn't want to get too close to the Su family yet.

Several Soviet men couldn't help sighing in disappointment.

For Su Cheng, joining the family means getting the family's resources and cooperation.But for many people in the Su family, Dahua's joining the family means that the family has more resources and cooperation.

Qi Meng was a little anxious.

He couldn't bear it any longer, and chased after Su Cheng, "Will Dahua develop the oil in the Caspian Sea? What concerns does Dahua have now?"

Su Cheng smiled and said, "The countries around the Caspian Sea have relatively poor environments and conditions, but they should have good oil reserves. The main problems are probably government relations and transportation."

He didn't talk about the funding problem because Qi Meng couldn't solve the funding problem.

Qi Mengduo, a smart person, heard the words and said, "You want us to help you solve government relations and transportation?"

"I didn't say I wanted to do Caspian Oil." Su Cheng waved his hand and said, "This is not something that can be decided immediately."

"But if it can be solved, will Dahua Industrial consider it?"

"Of course I will."

"Then I'll give it a try." At this moment, Qi Meng is like a magistrate attracting investment.

In essence, the two identities are really the same.

It's just that Qi Meng, who is in the center, is trying to influence a larger scale.

Qi Meng's positivity somehow infected Su Cheng.

He thought for a while, and then said: "The basis for the development of Caspian Sea oil is not only to obtain oil fields, but also to build an oil pipeline. For China, the Anta Line and the Caspian Sea Oil Pipeline are actually somewhat in conflict."

Qi Meng naturally thought about it, and said directly: "If Chairman Su thinks that the Caspian Sea oil pipeline is more valuable, I will promote this oil pipeline."

"What about the Anda line?"

"Let others worry about it." Qi Meng grinned.

Su Cheng smiled and thought to himself: Boy, I have saved your life for 10 years.

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