super energy power

The strength of national oil companies has always been determined by the country's oil production. .Saudi National Petroleum Corporation, Pemex and Petrobras are three, which can be regarded as the three levels of national oil companies.

Judging from Azerbaijan's oil field reserves, the strength of Azerbaijan's national oil company should be between Pemex and Saudi Arabian oil companies, and it is an extremely powerful national oil company.

At the same time, this will also be a powerful force. From a purely commercial perspective, although it cannot be said to be stronger than the Seven Petroleum Sisters, it is much stronger than PetroChina.Azerbaijan's annual output of more than 8000 million tons of oil is twice that of China, and the international oil market is increasingly becoming a seller's market and a monopoly market. To be the vice president of such an oil company is like being the deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan Also moisturise.

What is even more exciting is that Azerbaijan is not a member of OPEC.That is to say, it is a national oil system outside the world's most powerful oil organization, and it has reserves enough to make OPEC feel moved.In order to unify the pace in the oil market and obtain the maximum benefit, OPEC, which is so cool and overbearing, has always adopted the method of buying and exchanging interests to communicate with these dissociated national oil systems, which also makes the managers of these national oil organizations Obtained power indirectly from OPEC.

This is an inevitable power play in the world oil market.

Now, in order to thank Sioux City, Aliyev brought Sioux City into it—maybe Azerbaijan does not yet have the strength to obtain OPEC authority, but its potential is unlimited.Just as Sioux City expected.

It can be said that other positions in Azerbaijan cannot arouse Sioux City's interest. He is a Chinese after all, and he will stay in the country as long as possible.On the other hand, Aliyev cannot hand over a better position to Sioux City. There is also a bottom line for political distribution. Appointing a foreigner is a very sensitive matter.

The Azerbaijan State Oil Company's vice-president position is less troublesome.First of all, it is a state-owned enterprise, that is, an enterprise under the government, which is neither conspicuous nor conforms to the rules.

Not only that, but this is one of the few positions in Azerbaijan with international standards.

Even more rare is Aliyev's heart.In order to arrange a suitable position to reward Sioux City, he probably took a lot of trouble.

Su Cheng was quickly dazzled by this high-end and high-end job pie, and only said in superficially evasive words: "I'm afraid I'm too young to help much."

"If you can't do it in Sioux City, I can't do it. Please come forward and help me." Little Aliyev was more honest than his father said, and said: "Azerbaijan's oil industry needs substantial changes. Oil is the most important industry in Azerbaijan. Important resources, but we have no real experience in oil, I trust your judgment in Sioux City more than the Baku faction.”

In the former Soviet Union, the Baku faction knew the most about oil, but the Baku faction could not be trusted.In their heyday, they even obeyed the general secretary of the Soviet Union, and did things that were listened to and not listened to.Aliyev and his son cannot entrust all their wealth to them.

Instead of hiring managers from Western companies, Aliyev Jr. naturally trusted Sioux City more. The exchanges over the past two years have established trust for both parties.The development of Dahua Industry can also provide a valuable sample for the reborn Azerbaijan National Oil Company.

Both Aliyev and his son said this, Su Cheng no longer had any doubts, and said with emotion: "Thank you Mr. Aliyev for the appointment. I am willing to do my best to benefit Azerbaijan State Oil Company within the scope of my duties."

"It's me and Ilham who want to thank you." Aliyev was full of charm and smiled like a gentleman next door: "You can appoint the managers you like, and you can hire the oil service companies you like , Dahua Industrial can also. I hope that you can become the Hamer of Azerbaijan."

The senior officials next to him were all moved when they heard Aliyev's words.

Yamon Hamer is a red capitalist in the Soviet Union. He was the first Western capitalist to cooperate with the Soviet Union after the October Revolution in the Soviet Union. Lenin affectionately called him "Comrade Hamer".He is also one of the founders of the Soviet oil industry and made great contributions to the development of Baku oil.

Azerbaijan's Hamer is a huge compliment in itself.

Sioux City had to solemnly reiterate again, saying: "I will try my best to assist His Excellency Aliyev Jr. to complete the construction of the Azerbaijan National Oil Company."

"Great. Our primary goal is to resume production in Baku. In the middle of next year, if we can reach 1000 million tons of production, it will be enough to cover the government's expenditure." Little Aliyev sat up straight excitedly and said : "If... if it can reach 1500 million metric tons, domestic finances will be greatly improved."

"1500 million tons, there is still a chance." Su Cheng didn't just say it casually.Not to mention the current technology, the output of Baku 30 years ago was as much as 3000 to [-] million tons.Even if the reserves are reduced, the potential of Baku is still great.

When he said this, Aliyev's trusted finance minister also smiled and said: "The export price of 1500 million tons of oil is now more than 30 billion U.S. dollars. Well, if there is such a figure, it is not only government spending. We Maybe some new city building for Baku..."

"Petroleum extraction is costly." Aliyev Jr. has not done much practical work, but he still has a lot of thoughts on oil.

Like Kazakhstan, Venezuela and other cities, countries like Azerbaijan can only be built on the basis of oil if they want to modernize.Without oil, Central Asia would be a poor and big country; with oil, here would be a rich country with high GDP per capita. Whether it is Little Aliyev or Big Aliyev, everyone needs to understand oil.

The Minister of Finance frowned impatiently and said, "How much will it cost to restart Baku?"

Little Aliyev looked at Su Cheng.

Su Cheng spread his hands and said, "Baku is huge. If it's just the pure equipment and technology costs, hundreds of millions of dollars is enough. The cost of personnel is difficult to calculate and deal with. In addition, management costs and oil exploration The cost of production is fixed, but it varies from level to level. The cost of onshore oil extraction, as far as Baku’s current situation is concerned, may be more than ten dollars per barrel...the management cost is hard to say.”

The disease of state-owned enterprises in the Soviet Union was much more serious than that in China, especially in the oil industry.In the Khrushchev era, the Brezhnev era, and the Gorbachev era, oil workers enjoyed the highest wages in the country every year, and they could enjoy high-level free medical services in the hospitals of this system and enjoy the benefits of this system. The system provides free education services and enjoys the system's free pension services.On-the-job workers have more than 30 days of paid vacation per year, and during the vacation, they can freely choose a nursing home anywhere in the country for free recuperation.

Due to the vast territory of the Soviet Union, any part of the so-called country can be the Black Sea coast of Ukraine, the three Baltic countries, or other Eastern European countries. It is common for Soviet workers to travel tens of thousands of miles.For workers in the oil system, they can enjoy higher-quality travel, and occasionally even travel to countries such as Turkey and Egypt.

During the recuperation period, these sanatoriums, which are at least equivalent to three-star standards or above, will provide three meals a day and travel needs for free, including clothing and toiletries suitable for the local temperature.

In other words, Soviet oilmen can enjoy long-term high-end travel with only their documents.

This kind of life, not to mention Chinese workers, even American workers can only leave their mouths.The planned travel of Chinese white-collar workers in later generations is even weaker.As for the so-called poor tour - every Soviet worker's tour is a poor tour, living in a sanatorium does not cost money, food does not cost money, drinks do not cost money, even buying souvenirs does not cost money... 30 days of penniless travel, and then Bringing back a suitcase is a life that Soviet workers are all too accustomed to.Of course, the suitcase is also sent.

Soviet workers in certain weak industries may feel a little inconvenient during their travels, but for the most luxurious oil system in the Soviet Union, there will never be any discomfort. If there is, any ordinary worker can provide Come out, and the nursing home that receives complaints will definitely be severely punished.

Naturally, such an enviable life, just by imagining it, you will know that it is expensive.

Even as the largest oil exporter in the world at the time, the Soviet Union exported more oil per year than Saudi Arabia.The oil revenue of the Soviet Union cannot maintain the enjoyment of this universal nature...

However, although the Soviet Union collapsed, Baku is still there.It is also conceivable how the Baku workers who once enjoyed the Soviet-style life will demand the Azerbaijani government.

Everyone in the room looked embarrassed.

Do they know how difficult the Baku faction is.

It was Aliyev, who asked calmly: "So, our oil profit may be lower than expected?"

"If the management and production costs are not resolved, it is not surprising that oil profits are zero. Isn't that the case in Russia."

"So, what is Dong Su's suggestion?"

This question is not easy to answer.Su Cheng turned his body slightly, turned to Aliyev, and said, "If I had to speculate, Baku should be able to maintain a stable production period for a period of time when it was first invested, but as the mining time increases, Baku's production Costs and management costs will rise in a straight line, and workers will naturally demand better treatment, or even restore the previous treatment. Therefore, introducing foreign oil companies at the same time is an option to suppress rising costs. If possible, workers in Baku Diversion to foreign companies is also an option.”

The introduction of foreign oil companies is Aliyev's established strategy. Aliyev Jr. nodded and said, "Dahua Industrial has participated in several international biddings. What strategy do you have?"

Su Cheng shook his head with a smile and said, "What I want to talk about is not international bidding. In fact, I have thought about how to bid and how to design the bidding. Before today, I really didn't think about it..."

Several people laughed.

Sioux City took a sip of water, waited for the laughter to stop, thought about it and said: "I have considered... Before Mr. Aliyev invited me to be the vice president of Azerbaijan National Oil Company, I considered how to restore Azerbaijan's oil industry I know that there are currently two oil fields in Baku that have been out of production for a long time, and their production has dropped to the point that they cannot generate profits as early as 10 years ago. So, if His Excellency Aliyev has no objection, I hope that Dahua Industrial will contract these three The oil fields...namely, Churbang and Sangia oil fields."

"Churbang and Sangia oil fields?" Little Aliyev thought about the oil fields he knew in his mind, and asked doubtfully, "You want to contract them, how should you do it?"

"I will adopt new technologies to make them produce oil again. If profits are generated, half will go to Dahua Industry and half to the Azerbaijani government." If it is a new oil field, this share ratio must be too much, but As a waste oil field, this proportion is too small.Su Cheng stopped for a while, looked at the reactions of several people, and then said: "The contracting period is only three years. After three years, we can negotiate the next round of contracting. I want to use this method to prove the strength of Dahua Industry , At the same time, I can also prove the value of the waste oil fields in Baku. I think that if the oil production in Baku itself can be increased, attracting more workers, and thus reducing the cost of oil development in Azerbaijan, then new oil fields can be exploited and old oil fields can be improved. Bidding for oil fields can attract more foreign oil companies and increase Azerbaijan’s competitiveness.”

Of course, if Dahua Industrial can bring the waste oil field back to life, it will naturally prove its competitiveness.Facing the eye-catching international oil giants, Sioux City can only use this method to defend the fruits that are about to ripen.

Sure enough, Aliyev became interested, and said, "The waste oil field only needs a three-year contract period? Do you think such a waste oil field can also generate profits?"

"If you use new technology."

"new technology?"

"Tertiary oil recovery technology." Sioux City said resoundingly.Dahua Industry has honed the tertiary oil recovery technology for more than five years, and the investment in it is more than ten times the international average level, and the results obtained are indeed quite a lot.

For this country, which drilled the world's first oil well in 1873 and continued to exploit oil for 50 years after 100 years of high production, there are almost everywhere abandoned oil fields.

If exploiting new oil fields is a realistic task for the Azerbaijani government, then saving old oil fields is buying the future.

In an era when the price of oil is $30, tertiary oil recovery technology, like biofuel technology, is a future-oriented reserve technology. Foreign investors do not care about its specific implementation method, but only care about whether the patent fortress is strong.

Only Sioux City and his Dahua Industrial used two or three times the funds to reserve patented technology, and at the same time used five or six times the funds to develop and use the technology.

Those oil giants with abundant oil fields are not in a hurry to develop old oil fields, and Azerbaijan cannot but care.

Aliyev did not mention the important personnel appointment, rubbed the corners of his brows first, and said, "Tell me about this EOR technology, what is it about?"

... (To be continued.) q