Yao Yuan stretched out his hand and spoke in proficient English.
Senior officials in the UAE generally study in Europe, with the UK being their main destination. They all speak fluent English, and Ruiz is no exception.
"Oriental Petroleum, is it Oriental Petroleum of the Azerbaijan State Oil Company?" Ruiz shook hands with Yao Yuan.
Yao Yuandao, "Yes, Mr. Minister."
"Hello, Mr. Yao." Ruiz was very polite, but he didn't mean to invite Yao Yuan to his home. Obviously, despite the company's famous name, Ruiz didn't care.
The world knows Oriental Petroleum because it has become the second largest shareholder of the Azerbaijan State Oil Company and is the operator. Yao Yuan believes that this is a good thing. Chinese companies generally suffer from cold treatment and discrimination overseas. It is easier to wear this coat.
act.
When Yao Yuan saw Ruiz standing still, he immediately said bluntly, "Mr. Minister, I may have a solution to the biggest problem facing His Royal Highness Khalifa. Do you have the honor of meeting His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Ruiz was stunned, stared at Yao Yuan for a while, and asked, "What can I do?"
"Sorry, I have to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yao Yuan politely but firmly refused.
Ruiz looked at Yao Yuan again, nodded expressionlessly, turned around and walked in without saying anything.
Yao Yuan smiled, turned around and walked back to his villa.
After entering the house, Ruiz said to his assistant, "Go and check this Chinese guy."
The assistant took the order and left.
In the afternoon of the same day, the assistant came back with the information, "He is indeed the owner here. The villa originally belonged to a certain royal family member, and was later sold to a British shipping boss. Six months ago, the shipping boss
After going bankrupt, the villa was transferred through auction to the name of a financial company in Abu Dhabi, which belongs to a Hong Kong company. Mr. Minister, it is basically certain that this Hong Kong company belongs to Mr. Yao."
He paused and said, "Also, this Hong Kong company bought several oil tankers from the bankrupt British shipping company, mainly for the Abu Dhabi-Hong Kong route. We judge that Oriental Petroleum may have already cooperated with us
The oil trade started."
Ruiz took the information investigated by his assistant and looked at it carefully. He waved the assistant away and slowly looked through the information and began to think.
After returning to the villa, Qin Zhenjun was already waiting in the living room.
Yao Yuan took out the plan he wanted to submit to Khalifa and handed it to Qin Zhenjun for review.
After reading a few pages, Qin Zhenjun raised his head and looked at Yao Yuan in shock. When he saw Yao Yuan calmly sitting down to make tea and drink, he immediately continued to read down seriously.
After reading it twice, Qin Zhenjun confirmed that Yao Yuan had not taken the wrong plan and said in an unbelieving tone, "Xiao Yao, this is too risky. Although I am a technical person, I also know what the domestic natural gas market is like. You
Doing this is equivalent to filling in Dongfang Petroleum’s profits for the next five years.”
Among Dongfeng executives, the only one who dared to call Yao Yuan Xiao Yao, besides Yu Yongan, was Qin Zhenjun. Yu Yongan was about the same age as Yao Yuan's father, and he was one of the first old people to cooperate with Yao Yuan. As for Qin Zhenjun,
On the one hand, it is because of his age, and on the other hand, it is because he is an authority in technology and has the integrity and emotional intelligence of a technical master.
Yao Yuan said helplessly, "Uncle Qin, I can't help it. Take a look at these materials, they can all come up with ExxonMobil's, France's Total, Shell's, Nippon Chemical's, and BP's.
I can’t come up with a series of economic cooperation plans and aid packages.”
"Why can't we get it out? Isn't it the same thing in Azerbaijan? We also support them in infrastructure construction and organize domestic construction engineering companies. We have a cost advantage, and they will definitely be interested." Qin Zhenjun said.
Yao Yuan had to explain, "The situation is different. The UAE's oil is mainly concentrated in Abu Dhabi. Look at how big Abu Dhabi is, and in terms of infrastructure construction, they are superstitious about Western companies. The most important thing is that
, we bet on victory in Azerbaijan, the risk is greater, it’s just good luck.”
"Not to mention agricultural cooperation and trade in agricultural products, people don't care about it at all. To put it bluntly, the UAE lives by selling oil, and they won't pay attention to anything that has nothing to do with oil."
Qin Zhenjun was stunned. He really hadn't considered the difference in this aspect.
Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates have similar land areas and populations, but their national conditions, geographical location, geopolitics, etc. are completely different. After all, Azerbaijan is a former republic of the Soviet Union and a socialist country in the past. At least there is some sympathy.
Not to mention that the UAE does not give China face, even Saudi Arabia, which bought the Dongfeng brand second kick from China, gives priority to the West when it comes to oil and energy cooperation.
After Qin Zhenjun calmed down, he said dejectedly, "That can't be done like this..."
"Uncle Qin, you should give me confidence instead of attacking me. How is the preliminary exploration going?" Yao Yuan asked.
Qin Zhenjun held back his anger and said, "You should have organized the exploration earlier. When we entered the site, they were almost closing up. Alas, there must be oil in the Sedan area. In fact, the entire Abu Dhabi land can produce oil. The key is
The reserves are difficult to determine. If you give me another month, I should be able to issue a preliminary reserves exploration report."
"That's enough." Yao Yuan said nonchalantly, "As long as there is oil, there is hope. When I was in the Tyumen Oil Field, I said that those who do oil, whether it is bidding or exploration and production, are gambling. Bet to win.
Everyone is happy, and if you lose the bet, you can start from scratch."
He said, "Why would Total be willing to lose the initiative and a large part of its profits to force its way into the Baku oil field in Azerbaijan? Because they suffered heavy losses in the exploration of the North Sea in the past few years, not our North Sea, but over the Atlantic.
North Sea. But BP was lucky enough to drill two high-yield deep-sea oil wells and earned tens of millions of dollars from its stocks alone."
"But...but..." Qin Zhenjun was still opposed, but he couldn't find a reason.
Yao Yuan smiled and said, "Uncle Qin, there is a saying in southern Fujian that only those who love to fight will win. If you don't fight, you will have no chance of winning."
Qin Zhenjun shook his head helplessly, "Then what should I do?"
"Prepare the exploration team, transfer the Dongfang 3 platform to start debugging work, and be ready to enter the site for exploration at any time." Yao Yuan said.
Qin Zhenjun smiled bitterly and said, "It costs a lot of money to go back and forth."
"It won't be wasted, believe me." Yao Yuan said confidently.
He has little confidence, but he has to show confidence in front of others. If he shows his timidity, the people below him will have even less confidence.
Dongfang 3 is an offshore drilling platform with independent property rights developed by Directional Shipyard on the basis of the second-generation offshore drilling platform transferred from Halliburton. From a technical standard point of view, it is considered a second and a half generation, which is relatively high in the world.
Advanced.
Directional Shipyard is building Dongfang 5, which is a third-generation offshore drilling platform. If everything goes well, it will be put into use after the Spring Festival of 1993. At the same time, Dongfang 4 is being built, which is the sister platform of Dongfang 3.
, like Dongfang 3, are prepared for the Sedan Oilfield.
It can be seen that Yao Yuan has already made sufficient preparations to participate in the bidding for Sedan Oilfield.
Qin Zhenjun said disappointedly, "You said you had a trick, but I thought it was something..."