The temperature in Abu Dhabi in December is not very high. The maximum temperature during the day is only 26 degrees Celsius, and it drops to 16 degrees Celsius at night. However, there is almost no rain, the air humidity is very low, and it is unbearably dry outside.
The day for closing the bid was getting closer, and Yao Yuan couldn't help but become impatient.
I thought Ruiz would have feedback soon, but I didn't expect that the wait would take more than half a month.
Yao Yuan simply stayed at home and stayed in the villa. He also didn't go to the Kempinski Hotel. In the eyes of outsiders, he seemed to have mysteriously disappeared again.
On the contrary, Lin Wei's side made rapid progress. On December 20, they actually reached preliminary agreements with the other three countries of Stan, which means that except for Turkmenistan, the routes of other transit pipelines can basically be determined.
This development was beyond Yao Yuan's expectation, and it fully reflects that the situation in several countries in Central Asia after the collapse of the Soviet Union was very bad. Especially in the past two years, the leaders have just come to power and are in urgent need of making some substantive decisions.
to explain the work to the people.
When Lin Wei and Su Jianmin walked into the villa, they smelled the strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol. Jiang Yong stood with his arms folded at the stairway leading to the second floor, unshaven.
"How much wine did you drink last night? This smells like this." Lin Wei said, rubbing his nose.
Jiang Yong said, "For many days, Ayuan has been drinking every night, until midnight."
"Where are they?" Lin Wei asked.
Jiang Yong said, "Still sleeping."
"It's almost noon and I'm still sleeping." Lin Wei walked upstairs.
Su Jianmin thought for a while and stayed in the living room.
Lin Xiaohu was guarding the door of the master bedroom. When he saw Lin Wei coming, he said unexpectedly, "Awei? Didn't he say he would be arriving tomorrow?"
"The agreement is signed. I think everything is fine. Kazakhstan can coordinate the route. After discussing with Mr. Su, we simply came over a day early." Lin Wei said, pointing to the master bedroom, "Ayuan is still sleeping?"
"Well, I drank a lot last night." Lin Xiaohu said.
Lin Wei opened the door and walked in. He looked up and saw that Yao Yuan was soundly asleep with his head in his arms.
He walked over and lifted the quilt, "Ayuan, Ayuan? Wake up, it's noon and you still haven't gotten up."
Yao Yuan was shaken awake, rubbed his eyes and got up, and took a look, "Why are you here?"
"Oh my, look at you like this, you're just an oil field, what's the big deal? Looking at you looking decadent, it's not, not, not," Lin Wei said with a smile.
Yao Yuan got up, rubbed his face, frowned and looked at Lin Wei, "Why do I think you are mocking me?"
"No, no." Lin Wei couldn't help laughing.
Yao Yuan glared at him, got up and went to the bathroom.
In less than ten minutes, he came out in high spirits, changed his clothes, and asked, "Where is Su Jianmin?"
"Downstairs."
Lin Wei followed Yao Yuan down and said with small steps, "A Yuan, let me tell you, this trip is much smoother than expected, especially Kyrgyzstan. They seem to be looking forward to our pipeline crossing. That's called enthusiasm.
. They also offered to give us the right to explore and exploit oil and gas for twenty years, and I initialed the agreement."
"Oh." Yao Yuan nodded, looking absentminded.
Lin Wei was unhappy, "You're the only one. Did I complete this mission okay?"
Yao Yuan said again, "Well, not bad."
The appearance of neither salty nor bland disappointed Lin Wei.
Arriving in the living room on the first floor, Yao Yuan asked, "Mr. Su, what does Kazakhstan think of the gas pipeline?"
Su Jianmin stood up and replied, "We are very interested. They also agreed to take the initiative and agreed to designate Dongfang Petroleum as the main company to carry out gas field exploration and production and pipeline construction and operation."
"Well, so the matter in Central Asia has come to an end." Yao Yuan nodded slightly, sat down and took a sip of tea.
Lin Wei originally wanted to get praise from Yao Yuan, but when he saw Yao Yuan's haggard look, he couldn't bear to say anything. Instead, he said with relief, "A Yuan, Central Asia is waiting for Turkmen's action. Everything is going well.
If you can’t win the Sedan Oilfield, you can’t win it. In business, failure is normal.”
Yao Yuan asked, "Who told you that it failed?"
"It's not... you... you're just drinking to drown your sorrows." Lin Wei pointed at Yao Yuan and said.
Yao Yuan stared at Lin Wei for a while. He stopped pretending and sighed deeply, "It's really slim. There are only five days until the bid closing date, and there is no news from Ruiz at all."
"Some time ago, I pretended to be taking a walk and passed by his house. I wanted to talk to him, but he didn't give me a chance at all. Judging from this, there is basically no chance of meeting Khalifa."
Regarding the situation here, Yao Yuan has maintained communication with Lin Wei and Su Jianmin. Lin Wei and Su Jianmin are very aware of the difficulties Oriental Petroleum has encountered in Abu Dhabi.
Su Jianmin expressed relief, "Offshore Oil Corporation has withdrawn from the bidding. I received news that Xiong Jinhua and ExxonMobil have talked twice. The two parties have the intention to cooperate, with the purpose of developing oil and gas fields in the western South China Sea."
"I hope their cooperation will fail." Yao Yuan shook his head and said.
Su Jianmin said, "Lao Xiong is quite extreme in his actions. He may give up the initiative to the joint venture, depending on whether the superiors will approve it."
"Whoever approves this is a sinner of the Chinese nation." Yao Yuan said sharply.
In other words, no one with a clear mind will approve their cooperation unless China National Offshore Oil Corporation has absolute controlling rights in the joint venture. This is the bottom line. The same will be true for Sino-foreign joint ventures in important fields in the future. The most obvious one is Sino-foreign joint ventures in automobiles.
enterprise.
Su Jianmin thought for a while and said, "Then what should we do next? Submit the bid as planned or withdraw? Starting from US$30 million, we have sufficient funds, or give a high price?"
"The Sedan area is not yet called the Sedan oil field. Early exploration requires hundreds of millions of dollars. Unless you are very lucky and hit a thick oil layer. I estimate that the bidding price ranges from 30 million to 70 million U.S. dollars. Most of them should
Around $40 million."
Yao Yuan analyzed and said, "However, even if we give 70 million US dollars, we can't get it because there are no conditions attached. The key is the conditions attached. Without the chance to meet Khalifa, nothing can be discussed."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
It would be surprising if it was really that simple to raise the bid to get the oil field.
The struggle for the ownership of every large oil field in the world is accompanied by competition between countries. The key lies in what kind of benefits can be provided - the attached conditions determine everything.
Yao Yuan waved his hand and said, "I don't want to think so much anymore. I have done what I have to do and obey fate. I am here now. Let's take this opportunity to go shopping. By the way, Abu Dhabi will hold an event in February next year.
The venue for the first defense exhibition is already being prepared. It is estimated that some defense equipment and other equipment from some defense companies have already entered the exhibition, let's go and take a look."
"Okay, let's go for a walk and relax." Lin Wei raised his hands in support.