Yao Yuan did not go to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Instead, he used a deceitful trick and took only four people, Lin Xiaohu, Jiang Yong, and Chen Chao, on a shabby Tu-154 of Turkmenistan Airlines, which had only been established for a few months.
The passenger plane arrived in Abu Dhabi.
Turkmenistan Airlines can be said to be one of the rubbish airlines in the world. At this time, there are only a few aircraft, all of which are Soviet heritage.
The rest were led by Lin Wei and Su Jianmin to Tashkent to continue contacting and negotiating with transit countries about the oil pipeline transit.
The reason why Yao Yuan did not go there in person is because Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan all hope to have economic cooperation with China, and their relations with China have always been stable.
The reason is actually very simple. The land is barren and there are no natural resources except oil and gas resources. The economy is backward and the population is not large. During the Soviet period, it was a fiscal transfer payment republic. Due to its geographical location, it was far away from the world economic circle and because of geopolitical issues.
Apart from China, there is no big country nearby that can carry out economic and trade cooperation.
At this time, Russia was too busy taking care of itself that it naturally could not take care of these former little brothers.
Especially Kyrgyzstan, which is the smallest country in Central Asia among the five countries in China, does not even have much oil and gas resources. The oil pipeline passes through their territory and passes through Tashkent, which they can only dream of.
Based on this, Yao Yuan decided to go to Abu Dhabi to preside over the bid for the Sedan Oilfield first, leaving the remaining negotiations to Lin Wei and others.
For security reasons, this news was kept confidential. The outside world thought that Yao Yuan went to Tashkent. After all, his special plane did go to Tashkent.
This point is Xinrihua's own sentimentality. Yao Yuan used the cover-up trick to hide from the killers hired by Wall Street, not to target Xinrihua.
In fact, from the moment that US$2.5 billion from Nippon Chemical entered the account of Turkmenneft, their fate was already doomed.
The absence of Alipov actually meant that there was an internal problem in Turkmenistan. Unfortunately, Qian CITIC claimed to be a think tank, but did not analyze the domestic situation in Turkmenistan, and just stepped into the trap set by Yao Yuan to take advantage of the situation.
But it was said that Yao Yuan was secretly stationed at the Kempinski Hotel in Abu Dhabi. For his safety, not only did Lu Sen, Yakov and others carry out security work according to the plan before his arrival, but Jiang Yong also stepped up efforts.
In order to strengthen the defense force, a plan was also formulated to keep Yao Yuan's actions secret.
Fortunately, Yao Yuan doesn't make many public appearances. Unless someone is thoughtful, they generally won't keep photos of him, and they don't have much impression of him.
But after all, Yao Yuan made a public appearance in the bidding for the Tyumen Oilfield, so risks still exist.
The Sedan Oilfield is known as the third largest shallow sea oil field in the world, with preliminary exploration recoverable reserves of up to 2 billion tons. This is the exploration data after 2015.
In other words, the land plots taken out by the UAE are unexplored, and no one knows how much oil or what kind of oil there is.
This is completely different from the situation in Baku Oilfield and Tyumen Oilfield.
In other words, after winning the oil field concession, everything has to start from scratch without any preliminary exploration data to support it. The development time is very long and the risk of loss is extremely high.
To put it bluntly, the area carved out by the United Arab Emirates from the Sedan area is a blank slate.
In view of this, the starting price offered by the UAE is not high, only US$30 million.
When mentioning the United Arab Emirates, most people will immediately think of two labels, Dubai, Petroleum and Emirates Airlines. The latter is the airline with the most large passenger aircraft in the world and is also an airline with a reputation for good service.
As for Dubai, it is recognized as a luxury tourism city in the world and a gold-selling den in the world.
There is definitely oil in the Sedan area, there is no doubt about it, but where exactly it is, how much it is, and what quality it is, the only reference can be made to other oil fields in the country, and that's it.
To this end, the UAE has issued temporary exploration licenses to all bidding companies, allowing each bidding company to conduct preliminary exploration in the Sedan area for a period of fifteen days. Bidding will take place for fifteen days at the same time, and the entire process will take one month. The results will be announced in December.
Announced on the 15th.
The day after Yao Yuan arrived was already the tenth day since the temporary exploration started.
He knew how much oil there was in the Sedan area, where it was located, and the quality of the oil.
But Oriental Petroleum Company still only has this advantage. Overall, it is in a completely disadvantageous position.
The reason is very simple. Oil is politics. Without a strong motherland behind it, it is difficult to move forward in the world's energy industry. There will never be a good thing like Azerbaijan. After all, there is only one Aliyev, and such a thing is rare in a century.
This is also the reason why Yao Yuan previously hesitated to participate in the bidding for Sedan Oilfield.
For several days in a row, Yao Yuan stayed in his hotel room watching the news and newspapers. Several oil giants invited senior government officials to pay lightning visits to the United Arab Emirates. The news reports did not mention oil, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was for their own country's oil.
For corporate websites.
At the same time, Qin Zhenjun led a geological exploration team into the Sedan area for preliminary exploration. He was dissatisfied with Yao Yuan's "hasty" decision because a full ten days had been missed, which meant that the final data obtained was far from the
Less than competitors, which is very detrimental to bidding.
However, Yao Yuan mainly focused his intelligence work on his opponents.
Lusen and Yakov continued to report the latest information.
On the last day of the temporary exploration, two uninvited guests wanted to see him. As soon as they entered the door, the two uninvited guests found that Yao Yuan was barbecuing beer with Lin Xiaohu and others on the balcony.
It was Wen Tiejun who strode forward at the head. He smiled and said, "Xiao Yao, you are really in good spirits."
Followed by Xiong Jinhua, which surprised Yao Yuan.
Yao Yuan greeted, "I'm not used to the food here. Fortunately, Abu Dhabi is not bad. As long as you can spare the money, you can still get some barbecue ingredients. Mr. Wen and Mr. Xiong, please sit down and have some barbecue on a hot day."
Order beer, and even a god wouldn’t change the taste.”
"Well, it smells good, and it feels like home." Wen Tiejun sat down generously.
Xiong Jinhua looked a little restrained and sat down as well.
Wen Tiejun looked at the room and said, "Xiao Yao, does it cost two to three hundred dollars to stay in this hotel for one night?"
When they just walked up from the lobby, the two of them were stunned by the luxury of the hotel. The gold decorations that were visible seemed to be real gold, and the various decorative paintings looked like authentic masterpieces. I don't know.
How many streets away are the three-star hotels they stayed in?
Yao Yuan said, "It's more than two thousand dollars, which is considered an upper-middle-class room in this hotel."
"More than two thousand!" Wen Tiejun and the other two gasped.
At this time, the leading cadres of state-owned enterprises have not yet developed the habit of enjoying life. Although they are two CEOs worth three barrels of oil and they are not short of foreign exchange, they still chose more than 100 yuan based on the principle of saving when they can.
USD per night in a three-star hotel.
From this aspect, the leading cadres of state-owned enterprises in this era are relatively cute.
Yao Yuan said, "You can't just look at the room rate. The Kempinski Hotel is a frequent place for executives of major oil companies and senior officials of the local government. Various meetings are held here every day. It is easier to obtain relevant information here."
Information. I suggest you change here as well."
Waving his hand, Wen Tiejun said with a wry smile, "Of course I know, but it seriously exceeds the standard and is inappropriate. The hotel we are staying in now is actually also beyond the standard, costing more than a hundred dollars."
After a pause, Wen Tiejun changed the topic, "Xiao Yao, let's talk while we eat. I'm here to ask for your help."
He ate a kebab and drank a sip of beer, looked at Xiong Jinhua, and said with a smile, "Offshore Oil Corporation has also participated in the bidding. You two will discuss the details, and I will have barbecue."
I see.
Xiong Jinhua's mentality is quite contradictory. Firstly, he looks down on private enterprises, and secondly, he hopes to leverage Dongfang Petroleum. In addition, he did not support Dongfang Petroleum in the East Coast petrochemical base project, which adds to the embarrassment.
After thinking for a while, Xiong Jinhua said, "Mr. Yao, we are all our own people, so I'll just say it straight. Our National Offshore Oil Corporation hopes to bid jointly with Dongfang Petroleum. What do you think?"
"I don't want to." Yao Yuan said with a smile.
Say no quickly and neatly.
Even Wen Tiejun couldn't keep the smile on his face and had no choice but to laugh along with him.
Xiong Jinhua looked at Wen Tiejun with difficulty.
There was also something about the Petroleum Corporation. Wen Tiejun thought he had some face in front of Yao Yuan, and immediately said, "Xiao Yao, the situation is like this. Our superiors asked us to participate in bidding for overseas oil fields and implement the company's courageous decision to go global.
The spirit of the instructions. This time, CNOOC is the main company, and our Petroleum Corporation is the subsidiary, forming a consortium to participate in the bidding for the Sedan Oilfield."
Petrochemical Corporation was busy with the East Coast Petrochemical Base project and did not participate.
Wen Tiejun paused briefly and said, "You have experience in overseas bidding, and Dongfang Petroleum has successful cases. It was my suggestion to seek cooperation with you, and it was approved by the superiors. We are all a family, Mr. Li also said, we are united.
If the ropes are aligned with the outside world, the success rate will be higher.”
"Did Mr. Li explicitly ask Dongfang Petroleum and CNOOC to bid jointly?" Yao Yuan asked.
Wen Tiejun quickly said, "That's not true. You are a private enterprise, so how can you ask for it?"
"That's good." Yao Yuan took a sip of beer and said, "Dongfang Petroleum will bid independently."
Wen Tiejun was surprised by his tough attitude. In his impression, Yao Yuan had always hoped to cooperate with Three Barrels Oil when it came to national energy security.
Wen Tiejun choked up and felt embarrassed.
Yao Yuan said, "Mr. Wen, I am a shareholder and independent director of Huaxia Petroleum Group Co., Ltd., why do I only know about the joint bidding with China National Offshore Oil Corporation now?"
This kind of thing should at least be reported. Normally, Yao Yuan should even be invited to participate in the board of directors, but Yao Yuan did not receive any notice or briefing.
Yao Yuan understood that it was the paternalistic style of the state-owned enterprises that was at work.
Wen Tiejun became even more embarrassed, "We didn't do this properly enough."
The top leader of Petroleum Corporation is the general manager, and the top leader is the chairman of Petroleum Group Co., Ltd. Wen Tiejun holds both positions. The latter was established for the purpose of joint-stock system and then listing.
Yao Yuan not only owns shares of Petroleum Group Co., Ltd. but is also an independent director. He should have been notified due to circumstances and reasons, but he did not.