Chapter 544 We Sell the Future

The strength of the national oil company has always been determined by the country's oil production. Saudi National Petroleum Corporation, Mexico National Petroleum Corporation and Petrobras can be regarded as the three grades of National Petroleum Corporation.

In terms of Azerbaijan's oilfield reserves, the strength of Azerbaijan's national oil company is between the Mexican national oil company and the Saudi national oil company, which is an extremely powerful national oil company.

At the same time, this will also be the most powerful force, purely in business terms. Although it cannot be said to be stronger than the seven oil sisters, it is much stronger than PetroChina. In later generations, Azerbaijan's annual output is more than 80 million tons of oil, which is twice the oil production of [China]. In addition, the international oil market is increasingly turning into a seller's market and monopoly market. Being the vice president of such an oil company is probably more nourishing than being an Azerbaijani deputy.

What's more exciting is that Azerbaijan is not a member of OPEC. That is to say, it is a national oil system independent of the world's most powerful oil organization, and has enough reserves to impress OPEC. In order to unify the pace in the oil market and obtain the maximum benefits, the cool OPEC has always communicated with these free national oil systems by means of buying and exchanging interests, which has enabled the managers of these national oil organizations to indirectly gain power from OPEC.

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

Now, in order to thank the Soviet city, Aliyev introduced the Soviet city into it - perhaps, Azerbaijan has not yet obtained the strength of OPEC authority, but its potential is unlimited. As Sucheng expected.

It can be said that no other positions in Azerbaijan can arouse the interest of Sucheng. After all, he is a Chinese, and he will stay in China whenever possible. On the other hand, Aliyev can't give a better position to the Soviet city, and the political division also has a bottom line. It is very ** to appoint a foreigner.

The position of vice president of Azerbaijan National Petroleum Corporation will not be so much trouble. First of all, it is a state-owned enterprise, that is, an enterprise under the government, which is neither conspicuous nor in line with the rules.

Not only that, this is also one of the few international positions in Azerbaijan.

What's more rare is Aliyev's intention. In order to arrange an appropriate position to give Su Cheng a reward, I'm afraid he has taken a lot of effort.

Su Cheng was soon stunned by this high-end and elegant work pie. He only used superficial words and said, "I'm afraid I'm too young to help much."

"If you can't do it in Sucheng, I can't do it. Please be sure to come forward and help me." Little Aliyev said more than his father said, "Azerbaijan's oil industry needs substantial changes. Oil is the most important resource in Azerbaijan, but we don't have real experience in oil. I believe your judgment more than the Baku faction.

Naturally, the former Soviet Union knows the best about oil is the Baku faction, but the Baku faction can't believe it. In their heyday, they even disobeyed the Soviet General [Book], and did things that they would not listen to the tune. Aliyev and his son can't give all their lives to them to take care of.

With the hiring of managers of Western companies, little Aliyev naturally trusts Sucheng more. The exchanges over the past two years have established trust for both sides. The development of Dahua Industry can also provide valuable samples for the reborn Azerbaijan National Petroleum Company.

Aliyev and his son said so, and Sucheng had no doubts. He sighed, "Thank you for Mr. Aliyev's appointment. I am willing to do my best to make profits for the Azerbaijan National Petroleum Corporation within my responsibilities."

"It's me and Ilham who want to thank you." Aliev is like an old man next door, full of charm and smile: "You can appoint your favorite managers, hire your favorite oil service company, and Dahua Industry. I hope you can become the Hammer of Azerbaijan.

The senior officials next to

listened to Aliyev's words and were moved.

Yamonhammer was the red capitalist of the Soviet Union. He was the first Western capitalist to cooperate with the Soviet Union after the Soviet Union in October**. For a long time, Yamonhammer was the exclusive agent of the Soviet Union's trade with the West, and was affectionately called "Comrade Hammer" by Lenin. He was also one of the founders of the Soviet oil industry and made great contributions to the development of Baku oil.

Azerbaijan's Hammer itself is a huge compliment.

Sucheng had to solemnly reiterate again, saying, "I will try my best to assist His Excellency Little Aliyev to complete the construction of the Azerbaijan National Petroleum Corporation."

"Great, our primary goal is to resume production in Baku. If we can reach 10 million tons of production in the middle of next year, it will be enough to cover government expenses." Little Aliyev sat up excitedly and said, "If... it can reach 15 million metric tons, the domestic finances will be greatly improved."

"15 million tons, there is still a chance." Su Cheng didn't say it casually. Not to mention today's technology, Baku's output was as much as 20 to 30 million tons 30 years ago. Even if the reserves have been reduced, Baku still has great potential.

He said so, and the finance minister trusted by Aliyev also smiled happily and said, "The current export price of 15 million tons of oil is more than 3 billion US dollars. Well, if there is this figure, not only government expenditure, but we may also be able to build some new cities in Baku..."

"There is a cost for oil exploration." Little Aliyev hasn't done much practice, but he still thinks about oil.

Like cities such as Kazakhstan and Venezuela, countries like Azerbaijan can only be based on oil if they want to modernize. Without oil, Central Asia is a poor and big country; with oil, it is a rich country with a high per capita GDP. Whether it is little Aliyev or big Aliyev, they need to know about oil.

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

Little Aliyev looked at the city of Su.

Su Cheng spread out his hand and said, "Baku is very large. If it is just pure equipment and technology costs, hundreds of millions of dollars will be enough. The cost of personnel is difficult to calculate and difficult to deal with. In addition, the management cost and the cost of oil exploitation are fixed, but the level is different. The cost of oil exploitation on land, as far as the current situation in Baku, may be more than ten dollars per barrel... The management cost is hard to say.

The state-owned enterprises in the Soviet Union are much more serious than those in China, especially in the oil industry. In the Khrushchev era, in the Brezhnev era, and in the Gorbachev era, oil workers enjoyed the highest salary in the country every year. They could enjoy a high level of free medical services in the hospital of the system, free education services of the system, and free elderly care services of the system. Working workers have more than 30 days of paid leave a year, and during the vacation, they can choose a nursing home anywhere in the country for free rest.

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

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

That is to say, oilmen in the Soviet Union can enjoy long-term high-end travel with only their documents.

This kind of life, not to mention [China] national workers, even American workers can only leave a mouthful. The planned travel of white-collar workers in later generations is even weaker. As for the so-called poor travel - every Soviet worker's travel is a poor travel, living in a nursing home without money, eating without money, drinking without money, or even buying souvenirs... A penniless trip for 30 days, and then bringing back a suitcase is the life that Soviet workers can't get used to. Yes. Of course, suitcases are also given away.

Some Soviet workers in weak industries may feel a little inconvenient during the travel period, but for the most luxurious oil system in the Soviet Union, there will never be any discomfort. If there is, any ordinary worker can raise it, and the sanatorium complained about will definitely be severely punished.

Naturally, such an enviable life, just imagine it and know that it is expensive.

Even as the world's largest oil exporter at that time, the Soviet Union exported more oil than Saudi Arabia every year. The Soviet Union's oil revenue could not maintain the enjoyment of such a universal nature...

However, although the Soviet Union collapsed, Baku is still there. It is also imainable how the Baku workers who once enjoyed a Soviet-style life would ask the Azerbaijani government.

The people in the room are all embarrassed.

They know the difficulties of the Baku faction.

Or little Aliyev asked calmly, "So, our oil profit may be lower than expected?"

"If the problem of management and production costs is not solved, it is not surprising that the oil profit is zero. Russia is not like this."

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

This question is not easy to answer. Su Cheng slightly turned to Aliyev and said, "If you want me to speculate, Baku should be able to maintain a stable production period at the beginning of investment, but with the increase of mining time, Baku's production costs and management costs will skyrocket, and the workers will naturally ask for better treatment. And even restore the previous treatment. Therefore, introducing foreign oil enterprises at the same time is an option to suppress rising costs. If possible, it is also an option to divert workers in Baku to foreign enterprises.

Introducing foreign oil companies is Aliyev's established strategy. Little Aliyev nod and said, "Dahua Industry has participated in several international bidding. What strategy do you have?"

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

Several people laughed.

Su Cheng took a sip of water, waited for the laughter to stop, thought about it and said, "I thought about it... Before Mr. Aliyev invited me to be the vice president of Azerbaijan National Petroleum Corporation, I considered how to restore Azerbaijan's oil industry. I know that there are two oil fields in Baku that have been out of production for a long time, and their output has dropped to no profit as early as 10 years ago. So, if His Excellency Aliyev has no objection, I hope Dahua Industry will contract these three oil fields... The names are Churbang and Sangia Oilfields respectively.

"Churbang and Sangia oil fields?" Little Aliyev thought about the oil fields he knew and said doubtfully, "What do you want to contract them?"

"I will adopt new technologies to make them re-oil. If the profit is generated, half of it belongs to Dahua Industry and half belongs to the Azerbaijani government. If it is a new oil field, the proportion must be too much, but as a waste oil field, the proportion is too small. Su Cheng stopped for a moment, looked at the reactions of several people, and then said, "The contract period is only three years. After three years, we can negotiate the next round of contract. I want to prove the strength of Dahua Industry in this way, and at the same time, I can also prove the value of Baku's waste oil field. I think that if Baku's own oil production can increase, attract more workers, and thus reduce the cost of oil development in Azerbaijan, then re-exploiting new oil fields and improving the bidding of old oil fields can attract more foreign oil enterprises and increase Azerbaijan's competitiveness.

Of course, if Dahua Industry can regenerate waste oil fields, it can naturally prove its competitiveness. In the face of the eye-catching international oil giants, Sucheng can only defend its ripe fruit in this way.

Aliyev was really interested and said, "Waste oil fields only need a three-year contract period? Do you think such a waste oil field can also generate profits?

"If you use new technology."

"New technology?"

"Three-time oil recovery technology." What Su Cheng said was loud. Dahua Industry has been grinding three oil production technology for more than five years, and the investment is more than ten times the international average, and it has achieved a lot of results.

For this country that has mined the world's first oil well in 1873. After 50 years of high yield, it has continued to exploit oil for 100 years, waste oil fields are almost everywhere.

If mining new oil fields is a realistic task of the Azerbaijani government, saving the old oil fields is to buy the future.

In the era of oil prices of $30, three-time oil extraction technology and biofuel technology are both future-oriented reserve technologies. Foreign investors do not care about its specific realization, but only about whether the patent fortress is strong.

Only Su Cheng and his Dahua Industry use two or three times the capital to reserve patented technology, while using five or six times the capital to develop and use technology.

Those oil giants with abundant oil fields are not in a hurry to develop old oil fields, and Azerbaijan can't care.

Aliev didn't say anything about the important personnel appointment. He first rubbed his eyebrows and said, "T tell me what's wrong with these three oil extraction techniques?"

... (To be continued.