Chapter 144 Approaching step by step

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

Oil is often attributed to a political problem, but it is an economic problem after all. To exploit oil, you must be able to make money. If you don't count the cost of blood, you have to get oil. There are many better ways than losing money.

In terms of economy, the Middle East is so unique that it is enviable.

Even 20 years later, the cost of oil exploitation in the Middle East will not exceed $6. In well-equipped areas such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the cost of oil exploitation is only $2, as if it were $100 for nothing. In contrast, 20 years later, the production cost of onshore oil with complex geological conditions like Shengli Oilfield is more than $25, the cost of shallow-sea oil is more than $30, the cost of shale oil is more than $50, and the cost of deep-sea oil is more than $70. If Arctic oil is developed, its cost will exceed Over 100 dollars.

Therefore, in 1988, the Middle East oil countries are absolutely profitable. The onshore oil fields of other countries can only be said to be good profits. As for the crazy concept of deep-sea oil, shale petroleum gas and other later generations, until the 1990s, it was in the stage of technology accumulation. It was given to others for mining, and no I went blind to the exploration fee.

From an economic point of view, oil in the Middle East is the real oil that people understand.

Compared with it, resources such as Canadian oil sands were chicken ribs in 2000. In 1988, they were not even resources, and there was a lot of shale gas in China. It is less than 3,500 meters below, which is $20 more expensive than foreign ones, and it will also be accumulated by 2010. If Su Cheng spends money to buy a piece now, he can regret it by calculating the bank interest after 30 years.

If the Middle East oil fields are compared to high-yield paddy fields that are cooked three times a year, the Gulf of Mexico and other second-class areas belong to dry fields that are cooked twice a year. Onshore oil fields such as Daqing can only be regarded as subsistenced slopes, and it is not too much to evaluate shale gas and other oil fields as uncultimmed land.

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. Kuwait is small and has no room for exploration. Iraq and Iran have just ended the protracted Iran-Iraq war. It is not safe. The United Arab Emirates, composed of only seven emirates, has the most open environment and rich resources.

Su Cheng was weak and did not have the desire to pry into the oil fields in the Middle East.

However, when an oil field in the United Arab Emirates is in front of him and he has a slight advantage, Sucheng can't help it anymore.

This is the shallow sea oil field of the United Arab Emirates!

Although Sucheng doesn't remember which one it is, the oil fields in the United Arab Emirates do not cost more than $10 a barrel, and the daily output is excellent. Oil wells with a daily production of 1,000 tons are just idle, and it is not uncommon to produce 10,000 tons per day.

The 20,000 oil wells in Shengli Oilfield only produce 30 million tons of crude oil a year, with an average daily output of less than 100,000 tons, which is only equivalent to the output of a thousand-person oil area in the United Arab Emirates. There are more than 150,000 employees under its jurisdiction, and the production rate and profit are naturally completely different.

Sucheng estimates that if an oil field with 100 million tons of reserves can be explored, even if it has only 30 years of mining rights, it can make at least 1 billion dollars...

In this way, the enthusiasm of the Ministry of Industry and Ito Corporation can be understood.

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

Go back and open it, and there is indeed a miniature version of the tender obtained by Ichiro Ozawa in it.

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

This miniature document is not so much a tender as a notice, and it is obviously sorted out, that is to say, it is likely to be oral information.

In the tender, there is neither the address of the oil field nor the important information such as the mining time. The only explanation is three things: the official tender will be released at the end of December, and there is still nearly a month left. Relevant technical requirements and environmental protection requirements for the shallow sea where the oil field is located.

3 messages, $30,000, it's really not expensive.

This is the golden time.

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

If the official tender is released and is known all over the world, only the traditional super oil group can prepare for bidding. The members of the second and third echelon, including Japan and China, will definitely be too late. As for technical enterprises such as Dahua Laboratory, it is at most to transfer technology to earn another 30%...

If the bid is won by European and American enterprises, this 30% will be gone.

Su Cheng's heart was pounding, desperately recalling the Middle East oil fields developed in the late 1980s, and he couldn't think of any answer for a moment.

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

But this did not hinder his intention to bid. He finally called Liu Bing, said this matter from beginning to end, and said, "Mr. Liu, we have an advantage now. The main requirement of the United Arab Emirates is to ensure zero environmental pollution in shallow sea oil drilling, which is just in line with the "oil dripping into the sea" technology we developed for the Dao oilfield. Moreover, the shallow sea environment of the Persian Gulf region is also very similar to that of the island, with a water depth of no more than 90 feet, which is definitely within the working range of our shallow sea oil drilling platform. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Which countries know?" Liu Bing's voice was very heavy, but very serious.

Su Cheng thought for a moment and said, "I guess the UK must know, especially BP (British Petroleum Corporation), which is very strong in the Middle East and has developed the North Sea. France and the United States may also know, but they are not sure. The Japanese know that they accepted about 30% of the British oil field shares in the United Arab Emirates in the late 1970s, so they established some relationships in the Middle East, but they used British technology, and their shallow sea oil technology could not meet the environmental protection standards required by the United Arab Emirates. If we don't sell technology to Japanese companies, they can only cooperate with European and American companies. After the cost increases, the probability of winning the bid will be reduced a lot.

"So what do you think the winning amount will be?"

"More than 30 million US dollars. More than 100 million yuan. What Su Cheng said was just the right to explore. The mining rights behind will have to be bid separately. However, the latter will not be harvested until the oil well is explored. Funds can be recovered by selling crude oil. The main investment is the acquisition of exploration rights and the construction of marine drilling platforms. If it's like the oil field on the island of the island. If five exploration wells are opened, the cost in the United Arab Emirates will be 50 million yuan. If you are unlucky, you have to play the sixth. The seventh mouth...

Liu Bing breathed a sigh and said, "Such a large amount of money must be nodded by the chairman and the 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 Industry can also spend 40 million yuan. I hope you can take it into consideration.

He doesn't have 40 million yuan at all now, but if he sells all the domestic oil wells, it's no problem to raise 40 million yuan.

Compared with the oil fields in the United Arab Emirates. Those high-grade oil wells are not worth mentioning.

Liu Bing hung up the phone with a "no" sound.

Su Cheng did not expect a phone call to convince Liu Bing. While informing Lin Yonggui, he bought a ticket and went to Ichiro Ozawa at the same time. Ask him to collect more information in case he returns to China for use.

Japanese politicians took bribes, and the late 1980s were rampant. Not to mention the sale of news, it is not new to give free news to journalists.

One day later.

Sucheng set foot on China's land again.

Goro prepared a sea car, connected him to the car, and asked, "Chengzi. Is there something wrong?"

"Huh?"

"You came back from Japan alone and asked me to pick you up." Wu Lang smiled and said, "If it weren't for something urgent, you would have come back in a few days."

"Well, it's a good thing, and it may become a bad thing. You have been running with me these days. Su Cheng looked at the street scene of the capital, which was very different from Tokyo, and said in a low voice, "After the accounts of the shipping company are cleared, all the cash will be handed over to me. In addition, if someone buys a ship, it will be sold at about the same price."

Goro was shocked and asked, "The shipping company won't do it?"

"Do it. However, the first thing to do is to keep the main business. Almost all the cash accumulated by Su Cheng has been invested in Dahua Laboratory. Now if you want to raise liquidity, you will be overstretched.

" OK, I'll sort out the accounts later."

"Well, has Xiao Pang arrived yet?"

"Staying in a hotel, I don't move anything. In the past two days, I have cooked all the meals for him."

Su Cheng nodded and didn't say anything. He knew why.

Xiao Pang brought almost all his family's, almost 5 million. In 1988, this was even higher than the fiscal revenue of a county. He dared to get out of the hotel in Beijing, where he was not familiar with the place.

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

Before waiting long, he jumped the queue to see Liu Bing.

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

"This is the original information I bought." Su Cheng mainly brought these things back, and his briefcase was also poked with the diplomatic stamp of the embassy.

Liu Bing still looked like a white-headed eagle. After reading it carefully, he nodded and said, "This news is very important. However, the above is still under consideration..."

"What else do we need to consider about the oil fields in the Middle East?"

"Political influence, the attitude of other countries, in addition, it is a shallow sea oil field. In case we can't get oil, more than 30 million dollars of precious foreign exchange will be wasted."

"It is the dream of all countries in the world to break into the Middle East oil circle. As for whether the technology of the Tongdao 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 Industry can't wait to lie down and lick our foot hair

Liu Bing smiled and said, "I don't have foot hair, but we are different from Japan. The yen is rising. They can't wait to use all of it to buy overseas assets. China is still a crude oil exporter. If the investment in the United Arab Emirates is not successful, it will have a very bad impact.

"It's not good to do it." Su Cheng nodded clearly and said, "So, the key is whether the Chengdao oilfield technology meets the requirements?"

"That's right. The general manager will visit the Zhengdao oilfield recently, and the specific time has not been determined yet.

"Okay, I'll prepare it right away." Su Cheng left Liu Bing's office, thinking: It's not easy to get less than 30 days, and you have to wait for the schedule of the general manager... The upper level is still doubting the authenticity of the information, if there is no oilfield auction in the United Arab Emirates in the end, or the content of the tender is different. They are embarrassed. In this case, the investigation has no practical significance, and we need to find other ways.

It has never been easy to bid for foreign oil fields. With such huge interests involved, only at the beginning, Su City had already felt the cobwebs on his back.

Whether it is Liu Bing, the deputy general manager. Or the general manager of the head office, or the chairman, or Shengli Oilfield, or Japan's Ministry of Industry, or Japan's Ito Corporation, these are several times stronger and dozens of times bigger than him.

However, Su Cheng felt that his fighting spirit was high. He suddenly had a feeling that he had traveled through more than a year and done all the work he had done. They are all preparing for this moment.

"I may have only a few 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 already have a starting point..." Su Cheng shook his mind and said, "Goro. Go to Dongzhimen, China Youth Daily.

North * Beijing Street, which is free from traffic jams, is smooth and spacious.

When I got to the place, there was a drizzle in the sky.

Su Cheng shrank his neck, walked to the concierge and paging Liu Zi.

A while. The thin and dry Liuzi floated out like hanging noodles. Compared with the same dormitory period, Liuzi seemed to be thinner.

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

"The time for eating is not fixed. Every time I go to a place to interview, I have to drink first, and my stomach is going to die." Liuzi couldn't hide his joy and said, "Why do you have time to come to Beijing? I heard that you have done a big project in Shengli Oilfield, called Ocean Drilling Platform, right?"

"Since you heard about it, why didn't you come to visit?" Su Cheng pulled him with a smile and whispered, "I'm looking for you. Can you go out?"

"No, go to the small restaurant in front of you."

Liuzi said and took him to a small shop not far away. After asked for beer and peanuts, he sat in the inner seat and said with a smile, "What, do you have an inside story to tell? Or do you still have political achievements to publicize?

"All of them." Since Su Cheng came, he did not hide it. He described the whole thing, took out a copy and gave it to him, and said, "The original has been handed over to the above. Now I want to report the Chengdao oilfield and form a trend to offset the technical doubts above."

Liu Zi said puzzledly, "What's the use of this? Even if we report the success of your Chengdao oil field, it can't prove that you can produce oil in the United Arab Emirates.

The transformation of this logical relationship made Su Cheng amazed and said with a smile, "It's worthy of graduating from the Chinese Department of Peking University. Yes, the success of the shallow sea oil drilling technology in our Chengdao oilfield does not mean that we can produce oil in the United Arab Emirates, or even meet their needs. However, if we can form an understanding through the media that the technology of our island oilfield has reached the world's advanced level, then leaders don't have to worry about this. Isn't it better than visiting and inspecting?

"After visiting and checking, if there is something wrong 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 problem. You are helping the leader shirk the responsibility. Liuzi looked at Su Cheng and smiled, "No wonder you have become a senior official. I'm still a little reporter."

"If you want to be an official, I'm at the department level now." Su Cheng took a sip of beer and said, "You can't help the leader shirk responsibility. Otherwise, they have to consider their position first and drag it around. The head office has a lot of business, and I will lose it. Moreover, the technology of our island oilfield has indeed reached the standard. If it hadn't been for the urgency of time, we wouldn't have used this method.

Xiao Liu still believed in Su Cheng. He nod and said, "Give me the information, but I can't guarantee whether the editor-in-chief can pass."

Su Cheng coughed gently: "Do you have any hobbies?"

"Your boy is bold, and you still want to corrupt the national cadres?" Xiao Liu snorted and said, "The editor-in-chief doesn't love money and corrupts him. You don't have to think about it. You corrupt me first for today's meal, and I'll go back and feed him."

Su Cheng said hello with a smile and said, "There are a lot of information. Thank you for your hard work. Go to Chengdao to see it in person."

"Aren't you rushing for time?"

"I have booked a flight for you for the evening and will fly back tomorrow night. If you hurry up, you can also send a 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, and I haven't taken a plane yet, so I'm going to use it as a foreign meat. Come on, I'll go back and ask for leave to pack my things. Liu Zi knew it was urgent. He walked away, waved his hand behind his back, and trotted back to the newspaper.

The next few days. Su Cheng visited several classmates, seniors and teachers one after another. More than 10,000 yuan in cash was used to buy cigarettes, wine and red envelopes, and it was quickly spent.

November 6th.

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

Then, several newspapers and periodicals reprinted or tracked this article with a relatively eye-catching layout, but they made Liuzi happy.

The newspaper's attention to exclusive reports comes from the demand for the number of reprints. Invisibly, this formulaic article has become a hard condition for Liuzi's title evaluation.

Su Cheng didn't care about the newspaper. He bought several newspapers. I went to the oil head office again.

Because he had been waiting for a long time, Liu Bing had read the article. When he saw Su Cheng, he asked, "Did you send it?"

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

"This is a major decision. You should know that our country's foreign exchange reserves are only 3.37 billion yuan, and it costs 30 million US dollars to win the bid alone. Have you calculated it yet? Liu Bing waved his hand and said, "I know that the exploration cost of the oilfield is only tens of millions, but you are lucky."

Su Cheng laughed and said, "The infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates is very good. Although I don't know the specific location of the oil field, I calculate that if an exploration well costs 8 million US dollars, 8 wells will be 64 million US dollars, all of which add up to 94 million US dollars. If you are lucky, you can't use it.

"If you are unlucky, you have to spend one-thirty of the country's foreign exchange."

"As long as we can win the bid, we will definitely make money." Su Cheng affirmed, "Once the bid is won, if the country is unwilling to develop it, I can also develop the oil field with my own funds."

"Atmospheric." Liu Bing said it, but he believed it in his heart. Instead, he said, "The party committee does not oppose bidding, but there are still questions about what form of bidding is used."

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

"It hasn't been decided yet." Liu Bing shook his head, but said, "What do you think?"

"Dahua Industry, Shengli Oilfield, plus an entity company designated by the head office, the head office will take charge of the overall situation, and Shengli Oilfield is responsible for specific matters." This is the ideal model of Sucheng and the way he can get the most benefits. It is impossible to swallow such a large oil field alone. It is impossible not to involve politics when investing in oil fields abroad. British and American oil companies are deeply rooted, and the oil company is a national enterprise. These are advantages. If it is changed to Dahua Industry itself, no matter the capital, technology or background, it is not enough to eat such a big cake. .

Dahua Industry here has become a private enterprise in Suzhou City, including Dahua Laboratory. If it can be invested by technology, Sucheng can not only divide the oilfield capital, but also get a lot of mining costs. In the Persian Gulf region, the daily rent of a marine drilling platform is as high as tens of thousands of dollars, and mastering a large amount of oil can cause erosion to the upstream and downstream...

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

Liu Bing just said without saying anything: "I understand, but it is still difficult to determine how the superior will finally decide. Well, the delegation is about to end its visit. Lao Zeng has sued you twice. If you have nothing to do, you can go back again.

Su Cheng had no choice but to travel thousands of miles to Japan by plane.

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

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

Wei Kong was not in a low mood. He roughly asked Su Cheng a few words and suddenly said, "Mr. Zeng, I guess he will sign a contract with the Japanese."

Su Cheng suddenly sat up straight and said in surprise, "How can it be? Who allowed him to sign the contract?"

Wei Kong already knew about the oil fields in the United Arab Emirates and whispered, "Mr. Zeng insisted on talking about the price of $26 million. His original saying is that if the bidding is successful, we will not suffer losses. If the bidding fails, we will not suffer losses. Japan is not the only country of bidding. I estimate that he will report to the head office in the next two days, and then ask you to sell the patent through the head office..."

Su Cheng's originally angry eyes were about to bulge out. At this moment, he suddenly calmed down and said strangely, "He didn't report to the head office?"

"The attitude of the head office is relatively cold, and the head of the delegation should insist on talking about it."

Su Cheng couldn't help laughing and said, "This old man is really confused by his political achievements. Regardless of him, I have to rest for a while."

After saying that, Su Cheng really fell asleep.