After pondering for a moment, Yao Yuan said, "I'll think about it first and move forward according to the original plan before making a decision. You can come back tomorrow and finish the things on the Turkmen side first."
"Okay, I'll rush back to Ashgabat early tomorrow morning."
The next day, Su Jianmin returned to Ashgabat. As soon as he returned to the Turkmen Hotel, the news went out - a petroleum professional media released a message:
According to sources, oil giant Standard Oil will establish a joint venture with petrochemical newcomer Oriental Petroleum Company and Halliburton, the world's largest oilfield service provider, with the purpose of jointly developing oil and gas resources in Central Asia.
As soon as the news came out, the stock market reacted first. The stock prices of Standard Oil and Halliburton rose accordingly. When everyone wanted to buy Oriental Petroleum shares, they were surprised to find that they were not listed on the market.
A large number of reporters found Hans and Jason in Abu Dhabi for interviews and asked about the authenticity of the news. As agreed, Hans and Jason made vague statements, neither admitting nor denying.
Such a statement was interpreted as acquiescence by the outside world.
The news quickly spread to Xinrihua, and it was brought by Sherdar.
Still in the same reception room, Shinichi Miyazaki and Dairo Miyamoto fell into a deep silence after hearing the news brought by Sherdar.
"Central Asia..." Qianzhong Xinyi mused, "That's Turkmenistan. They are targeting Turkmenistan's oil and gas fields."
Dairo Miyamoto never imagined that this would be such a situation.
Oriental Petroleum alone is already quite difficult for Nippon Chemical to cope with, and now there are Standard Oil and Halliburton. Both are industry giants, and Halliburton is the world's largest oilfield service provider.
The three companies united, both in technology and capital, far surpassed Nippon Chemical, even though Nippon Chemical was backed by the three chaebols and had the endorsement of the Japanese government.
"Is the news reliable?" Miyamoto asked, looking at Sherdar.
Sherdar said, "Judging from what Kamil revealed, it should be true. The strange thing is that Kamil mentioned four cooperation companies, and now the French oil company Total is missing."
At this time, a man walked in and handed Miyamoto a piece of paper.
Dairo Miyamoto read it quickly, handed it to Shinichi Senzhong, and said in a deep voice, "Total Petroleum has just expressed its position and hopes to further cooperate with Oriental Petroleum Company."
"All three companies have made a statement, and that means it's true," Sherdahl said.
Logically speaking, Miyamoto Dairo should have asked Sherdar to leave first before discussing it, but he was a little confused. At this time, the opinions of officials like Sherdar were very much needed.
Qianzhong Xinyi said, "Mr. Vice Mayor, how credible do you think the detailed investment plan mentioned by Kamil is?"
Sherdar thought for a while and said, "The credibility should be very high. Kamil said that Dongfang Petroleum will make all-round investments in oil and gas field development, oil pipelines, refining, etc., and will also build gas pipelines.
President Alipov must be very interested."
"According to this scale, it can bring huge financial revenue to Turkmenistan, which is very important to President Alipov."
Qian Zhongxin nodded slightly, "In other words, according to this detailed investment plan, it is difficult for Dongfang Petroleum to complete it on its own strength, so it has joined forces with Standard Oil, Total Petroleum and Halliburton."
"Yes." Sherdar raised his wrist and looked at his watch.
Dairo Miyamoto came back to his senses and said, "Okay, Mr. Sherdar, I'll leave it to you from the government."
Sherdar smiled and stood up, picked up the lockbox and left.
He only values his own interests, provides information, and collects money. He must first ensure that his own interests are obtained. As for whether he can obtain long-term benefits from Xinrihua, that will be considered later.
To put it bluntly, Sherdar regarded himself as an intelligence broker.
"President Miyamoto, if this is the case, our plan will no longer be very attractive." Shinichi Qianzhong said in a deep voice, "Other than increasing investment, there is no better way."
Dairo Miyamoto said hesitantly, "We have to leave sufficient funds to participate in the bid for the Sedan Oilfield. There is basically no room for change in Turkmenistan's plan."
"Yes, if we continue to compete with Oriental Petroleum as it is now, our funds will be a big problem. There are also Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan behind us. As far as I know, these three countries have a friendly attitude towards China.
, we don’t have a big advantage." Qianzhong Xinyi said.
According to their plan, as long as they win the support of one of the four countries that the Pakistan-Bakistan oil pipeline passes through, they can sabotage the construction of this oil pipeline. Even if it doesn't work, they can make the pipeline bypass.
In the future, the capital investment required by Dongfang Petroleum will increase significantly.
Turkmenistan was the country they chose because of Alipov's neutral attitude.
Some people say that war is a continuation of politics. In fact, in peaceful times, energy security is an important part of international political relations and is another kind of continuation.
This is also the reason why the Japanese government did not hesitate to send its Minister of Industry and Industry to visit Azerbaijan to endorse Xinnihua.
Although Shinichi Mianzhong's position is not high, he is a think-tank type figure and is an agent recognized by all three major chaebols.
He said, "President Miyamoto, I suggest financing domestically and at the same time persuading the government to increase interest-free loans to Turkmenistan. 100 billion yen cannot attract Aliyev, and it probably cannot attract Alipov. Maybe we should provide Turkmenistan with
Offering USD loans.”
Dairo Miyamoto was silent for a moment, "We have raised US$1 billion for Azerbaijan's Western Pipeline. If we apply for financing again, I am worried that there will be problems."
"As long as we can defeat Oriental Petroleum, everything will be worth it. We have already lost the opportunity. If Oriental Petroleum is allowed to take over Turkmenistan's oil and gas resources, not to mention oil pipelines, we will fall far behind in terms of crude oil reserves alone.
." Qianzhong Xin said in a deep voice.
Undoubtedly, moving to China is very far-sighted. Oil is a non-renewable energy source, and there are fewer and fewer unowned oil and gas resources that can be exploited. This is disastrous for Japan, which is completely dependent on imports.
Some research institutions once analyzed that if Japan only needs to cut off its maritime oil transportation routes, the island country will raise the white flag within three months.
For the sake of energy security, the Japanese government is willing to do whatever it takes.
Miyamoto Dairo said, "Perhaps we should adjust our plan and choose between oil pipelines and oil and gas fields."
"My opinion is that we should strive to win them all." Qianzhong Xinyi said in a deep voice, "Increase investment in Turkmenistan, provide more US dollar loans, and require Turkmenistan and Xinrihua to sign a unique cooperation agreement."
Miyamoto Dairo felt very uncomfortable with the ambitious ambitions of Qianzhongxin and his wife, because that meant that the entire Xinrihua was involved.
"It's better to be on the safe side. There's an old saying in China that you won't become fat if you eat one bite, but you will last forever." Dairo Miyamoto said.
Qianzhong Xinyi felt helpless at Miyamoto Dairo's conservative attitude. He spread his hands and said, "Either give up Turkmenistan, give up competing with Dongfang Petroleum for oil pipelines, and increase investment in the Tyumen oil field."
Dairo Miyamoto suddenly asked, "Oriental Petroleum has not acquired any oil fields in Russia, not even an oil well. This phenomenon is very strange."
"It's very strange. They only provide oil field services in Russia, and they are competitors with Halliburton. Azerbaijan State Oil Company introduced Halliburton as a strategic partner, which is said to be a compensation for Halliburton from Oriental Petroleum."
Along with Qian Zhongxin, he knew the situation best. When Sinil Chemical and Hyundai Petroleum jointly bid, he was specifically responsible for Sinil Chemical on behalf of Sinil Chemical.
Oriental Petroleum gave up the huge Saha Oilfield to Hyundai Petroleum, and Hyundai Petroleum invested almost all of its wealth in it. But in the short term, most of the profits within ten years were given to Oriental Petroleum, because Oriental Petroleum is the only oil field service provider.
.
Like Japan, South Korea will do whatever it takes to obtain oil fields. When faced with the huge Saha oil field, they did not hesitate at all, even if it required a continuous investment of ten years.
If they knew that within seven or eight years, Emperor Pu would nationalize all the oil fields in the country, they would probably faint in the toilet.
Hyundai Petroleum is expected to lose tens of billions of dollars, which is very likely to drag down Hyundai Group.
"President Miyamoto, the best way is to raise funds domestically and persuade the government to provide more dollar loans. This is a basic requirement, otherwise it will be difficult for us to compete with Oriental Petroleum. I suggest that you ask the three major chaebols to increase investment.
"Qianzhong Xinyi said.
Dairo Miyamoto nodded slowly, "Qianzhong Xinyi is right, these are the basic requirements."
He said, "Let Sherdar arrange a meeting with Alipov as soon as possible. Before that, I will return to China and personally explain the situation to the three major chaebols and ask them for additional investment."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on the situation in Turkmenistan." Qianzhong Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief.
They never imagined that their entire conversation had been eavesdropped.
When Yao Yuan listened to the recording, he showed a serious smile, which made people familiar with him realize that Xinrihua was going to suffer.
Lin Wei couldn't understand it, so he asked, "But what can we do to make Xinrihua retreat? We are acting, they are serious, and Turkmenistan will definitely cooperate with them."
Not only him, but others can't understand it either.
All this is done to induce Nippon Chemical to increase its investment in Turkmenistan, which is not a good thing for Dongfang Petroleum.
Yao Yuan talked about other things. He said, "Alipov was originally the top leader of the Soviet Communist Party of Turkmenistan. He was a standard senior cadre of the Soviet Communist Party. After Russia's comprehensive privatization, many former Soviet Union countries followed suit, except Azerbaijan.
and Turkmenistan basically followed the Soviet economic model.”
"Huh? Does this have anything to do with what's happening now?" Lin Wei asked confused.
Yao Yuan said, "Why am I determined not to buy oil fields in Russia?"
"Yes, why? Such a good opportunity." Lin Wei shook his head and said.
These questions have been in everyone's mind for a long time, but Yao Yuan has never explained them.
Yao Yuan glanced at everyone and said, "Because there is a risk of being nationalized, and the probability is very high. Think about it, it took ten years to achieve high oil field production, and when it was time to make profits, the host country suddenly announced that it would nationalize all the oil fields.
If it becomes state-owned, all the investment will be in vain. You don’t think that the host country’s government will invest in buying it back in accordance with market practices, do you?”
Everyone was shocked, if this is really the case...
Lin Wei's eyes widened, "Then, wouldn't modern oil..."