How much is 400 tons of gold worth?

According to the current international gold market price, it is 3.4 billion U.S. dollars.

And this is the main source of 10 billion gold coins.

In order to save enough gold coins for two Donghua 3 ships, Chen Lidong first exchanged the various elemental elements he had recently recovered for gold coins. After calculating, he was still short of more than 8 billion.

After thinking about it and hesitating for a while, he was cruel and fed nearly 400 tons of gold stored in various gold companies under his command into the furnace.

400 tons of gold were put in, but 20% was deducted by the system, turning it into 320 tons. The gold element was exchanged by Chen Lidong into more than 9 billion gold coins, and an additional 80 mechanical servants were added.

Therefore, before the team led by Jia Zhaoan arrived at the North Pole, two Donghua 3 ships had already appeared in the sea east of Yamal Island.

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For a month, Jia Zhaoan's side divided their forces and worked intensively to install gas extraction equipment and lay pipelines. On two Donghua 3 ships, a guy named Chen Diren began to teach the "new" mechanical servants how to operate the steel behemoths. .

The Donghua 3 drilling platform is very intelligent and can even be unattended in theory.

But after all, this is the Arctic. There is a lot of work required to remove ice and rust, maintain equipment, and follow-up unloading and transportation.

A week later, the two Donghua 3 ships were put into operation and underwater pipeline installation work was carried out.

When those LNG transport ships arrive, they can already pick up and unload LNG from the production platform.

These LNG ships are first moored at the anchorage, and after they are turned off, they are pushed to the side of the platform by a tugboat.

These ships belong to Donghua Ocean Company and have already participated in the loading and unloading tasks of the platform in the Optu Sea, so all procedures are carried out in an orderly manner.

After the string is connected, the platform side and the transportation side must first jointly conduct safety inspections, and then start organizing the connection of the discharge arm. After the pipe wall is connected, an air tightness test must be performed.

At this time, another wave of people are responsible for information exchange and quantity measurement, including ship information, cargo hold information, etc., which need to be signed for confirmation.

Two hours later, representatives from both parties remotely conducted equipment tests in the monitoring room on the platform, and then pre-cooled the unloading arm. After the pre-cooling, both parties cooperated to conduct valve switch tests.

After confirming that there are no problems in all aspects, start unloading the platform.

In order to speed up loading and unloading transportation, the Donghua 3 that was realized this time was equipped with an unloading arm, which can fill two LNG ships with LNG at the same time. However, it will take 10 days to fill one platform with six ships.

The time seems very tight based on this calculation, but it doesn't matter, because these 12 LNG ships do not need to go to Vladivostok on their return trip, but to the gas storage station that has been built in Uvargin.

In this way, the transportation distance is shortened by nearly half, and the voyage only takes one week. A round trip plus loading and unloading takes less than a month.

These transport ships will be able to reach Uvarkin before the end of December.

The second transportation mission can be completed in late January. About three unloading missions can be completed before the end of the "Industrial Blood" mission.

Due to the limited depth of the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea straits, the 12 LNG transport ships used this time are all small ships, each with a full load of 120,000 cubic meters. The LNG transported at one time is equivalent to more than 60,000 tons of oil and gas equivalent.

Each time, the transportation volume of 700,000-800,000 tons of oil and gas equivalent can be completed. After three transportations, the target task can be completed.

During this period, Chen Lidong did nothing but kept a close eye on the production of various oil and gas fields.

I'm afraid there is a problem in some link, which affects the completion of the task.

In order to complete the "industrial blood" task, the funds, gold coins, manpower, and material resources invested have been beyond calculation.

Currently, there are as many as 25 large-scale offshore oil and gas fields exploited and processed using Donghua drilling and production platforms and floating production platforms. The production capacity of these oil and gas fields ranges from several million tons to 10 million tons. They are located around Sakhalin Island and in the Arctic.

oil and gas fields even have great potential to increase production.

It actually took less than two years to accomplish this goal.

Regardless of ownership, reserves, refining and sales capabilities, in terms of production volume alone, Far East Oil and Gas has ranked among the top 30 oil companies in Blue Star.

Ranking first is the Saudi National Oil Company, which produced 450 million tons of oil and 70 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2002, equivalent to 520 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

Ranked second is Maoxiong Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd., which produced 11 million tons of oil and 539.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2002, equivalent to 486 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

The third is the Persian National Oil Company, with an annual output of 192 million tons of oil and 79 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 270 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

The fourth is the merged Exxon-Mobil, with an annual output of 126 million tons of oil and 104.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 220 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

Fifth is Royal Shell, with an annual output of 116 million tons of oil and 91.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 198 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

Sixth is the Mexican National Petroleum Company, with an annual output of 186 million tons of oil and 1.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 187 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

Seventh is BP Company, with an annual output of 106 million tons of oil and 89 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 181 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

The eighth is Venezuela's National Petroleum Company, with an annual output of 125 million tons of oil and 41.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 162 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

The ninth is China Petroleum and Natural Gas Company, with an annual output of 106 million tons of oil and 24.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 128 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

Tenth is the Kwevit National Oil Company, with an annual output of 108 million tons of oil and 10.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 109 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

In 2002, Far East Petroleum and Natural Gas Co., Ltd. produced 42 million tons of oil and 32 billion cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to 70 million tons of oil and gas equivalent.

This output can probably rank among the top 23.

However, with the three Arctic oil and gas fields entering production, Far East Oil and Gas produced 4.6 million tons of oil and 9.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas in January 2003. Based on this calculation, the oil and gas equivalent produced by Far East Oil and Gas in 2003 can exceed 160 million tons, which can be squeezed into

Top ten in the world.

In February 2003, the Spring Festival had passed, and Chen Lidong stayed at the oil and gas storage station in Uvarkin without moving.

Entering the polar night, the rare and colorful Northern Lights enter the room through the window.

The indoor temperature is 20 degrees, and there is a 50-degree temperature difference from the outdoor temperature.

In this kind of season and environment, it is interesting to warm a glass of wine, watch the aurora and listen to music.

But Chen Lidong was very anxious at this time.

He came to Uvarkin to solve the problem of long-term oil and natural gas transportation here.

The pipeline from Uvarkin to Analde has a total oil and gas transportation capacity of 80 million tons. The pipeline construction took half a year, and the station construction only took 120 days, so various problems were inevitable.

With Chen Lidong here, he can coordinate all aspects. When it comes to matters that require money and decision-making, he can directly make decisions.

The reason why he was anxious was not because he was at the North Pole, but because he was far away in the sea near the equator.
Chapter completed!