Zhou Fei, who was directing disaster relief in the northwest, immediately started the transnational transportation business after receiving the instructions, and the Transnational Transportation Department officially entered operation.
After Zhou Fei arranged the disaster relief work, he led a capable advance team from the Karamay area and headed west, passing through Horgos Port to Almaty, and then to Atyrau Oblast via Kazakhstan’s road network.
Bemut Oilfield.
The route was selected repeatedly, but some roads in Kazakhstan have not been subject to on-site reconnaissance, so the specific time required is unknown.
But the approximate distance has been calculated. From the Karamay oil and gas storage facility to the Bemut Oil Field, the total distance is 3,700 kilometers, and a round trip is 7,400 kilometers!
What is this concept?
According to the standard that oil tankers and natural gas transport vehicles developed by Directional Machinery Special Vehicle Manufacturing Factory need to be overhauled after running 500,000 kilometers, one transport vehicle can only run 67 round trips!
There is no doubt that the transportation cost is high, but no matter how high it is, this transportation route must be built as soon as possible.
Whether this road can be run through depends on Zhou Fei's reconnaissance team.
For this expedition, Zhou Fei made full preparations and repeatedly adjusted the action plan and supply plan. The final plan consisted of 21 vehicles.
Emergency air rescue and supplies are handled by New Taipei General Aviation Kazakhstan Branch.
For this expedition, apart from the irreplaceable technical staff, the rest of the reconnaissance team are all retired military personnel. They are all selected for their excellent physical fitness, field survival ability, etc.
Communication and navigation equipment are the most important. In addition, translators who understand three foreign languages, namely Russian, English, and Kazakh, are required to be equipped with four to prevent personnel from getting sick.
All other positions are staffed according to three sets of teams, that is, each position has two backup personnel.
Among the 21 vehicles, there are four diesel BMW off-road vehicles, two communication vehicles, and the remaining two are passenger vehicles.
There are 5 tank trucks with a capacity of 30 cubic meters equipped with refueling equipment, that is, each tank truck can provide 25 tons of diesel. There are also 2 new semi-trailer heavy-duty tank trucks, each loaded with 40 tons of diesel.
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Seven tank trucks can provide 205 tons of diesel. These diesel are not only props for testing the actual operation of the route, but also fuel required by the reconnaissance team.
There are three liquefied natural gas transport vehicles owned by the Automotive Research Institute of the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences with all patented technologies and independent intellectual property rights. The standard load is 40 cubic meters, about 20 tons. These vehicles are all empty. The main purpose is to test whether this vehicle can be used on this long road.
A 21-vehicle reconnaissance detachment fleet was formed.
Customs declaration is very troublesome. Fortunately, the two countries have signed an agreement before. After Dongfang Petroleum won the oil and gas operating concession in Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan has greatly simplified the procedures for customs clearance. On the contrary, there are some problems in the domestic area.
It's not that someone is making things difficult, it's because China has always been very strict about entry and exit management, which is a good thing.
Fortunately, Xia Honghua was very helpful. This was for Kazakhstan's oil and gas resources, and it could also promote border trade between the two countries, which was a great thing.
Zhou Fei and the others were mentally prepared, but before they even arrived at the Horgos Port, they were put off by the harsh road conditions and weather.
During the day on the fifth day, five vehicles were stuck in front of and behind us. The vehicles had mechanical problems, the road conditions were too bad, and they were stuck. Various situations emerged one after another.
I had to call New Taipei General Aviation to dispatch a rescue helicopter for rescue. I wanted to send a repair shop to solve the problem of mechanical failure of the vehicles. All the vehicles were temporarily modified according to the specific road and climate conditions.
It took three days before we could start again.
When we arrived at the Horgos port, it was already the sixth day of departure. It took six days to travel more than 700 kilometers, and we could only advance more than 100 kilometers per day on average.
This transportation efficiency can be so low that Zhou Fei loses all his hair.
It took another day to declare and go through customs.
After moving on, Zhou Fei has been worried.
After passing the Kazakhstan port and entering the Almaty area, Zhou Fei was surprised to find that the road conditions here were much better. They were all paved and the terrain was flat. The convoy ran at a speed of more than 800 kilometers a day.
We ran to the north of Bishkek in one breath and continued westward along the border road after correcting and resupplying in the evening.
By daybreak, the road conditions were getting worse and worse.
Various problems came one after another. Seven vehicles broke down completely. Zhou Fei made a quick decision and the remaining vehicles continued to move forward, leaving the necessary personnel and the broken down vehicles to wait for rescue by New Taipei General Aviation before returning to Almat.
Try to rest and wait for the convoy to return before returning to the team.
I just walked and scouted all the way, and walked for another seven days with bumps and bumps, and finally completed the remaining two thousand kilometers and entered Apalao State.
At this time, Zhou Fei only had eight cars left at his disposal.
Fortunately, four BMW off-road vehicles and three liquefied natural gas transport vehicles with completely independent property rights all survived, as well as the Jiefang CA141 truck, which serves as a material vehicle.
Cruel facts have proven that the reliability of the domestic Jiefang truck is very excellent, and the reliability of the LNG transport truck jointly developed by the Automotive Research Institute of the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences and Direction Machinery is also very reliable.
Even the BMW off-road vehicle, which was improved after imitation of steering machinery, withstood the test of this 3,700-kilometer natural and dangerous road.
On the contrary, several other special vehicles produced using foreign heavy truck technology failed to survive, including the rescue vehicle modified from the platform of the famous Taituo heavy truck.
After half a month, the reconnaissance team finally arrived at the No. 1 oil area of Beimte Oil Field.
Yao Yuan led the crowd to greet them at the simple gate. When he saw the situation of the convoy, he couldn't help but be filled with emotion.
All the cars were badly damaged, not to mention dirty. Except for the front windshield, everything else was covered with thick mud. Many of the front gears had obvious impact marks and were simply tied up with wires.
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Looking at Zhou Fei walking towards him, Yao Yuan almost didn't dare to recognize him.
Zhou Fei was originally a person who didn't care much about his appearance. Except for the time when he was appointed as the chairman and general manager of Yuanda Group, he wore suits and ties at other times. It is said that this unmarried diamond king has not even bought a house.
I live in a dormitory of more than 60 square meters provided by the company.
At this time, Zhou Fei's beard was unkempt, the beard on his cheeks had grown out and connected to the end of his hair, his eye sockets were sunken, his complexion was dark, and his symptoms of severe and irregular work and rest were very obvious. There was nothing special about the clothes on his body. What?
Wear whatever you can to keep warm, even put on a short-sleeved vest, and look like someone who is fleeing for safety.
The brothers behind him were no better.
Yao Yuan went up to him, hugged Zhou Fei and patted his back hard, speechless.
Zhou Fei said ashamedly, "Boss, we are seriously late."
"Those who can walk down are all heroes, and those who have no choice but to return halfway are also heroes." Yao Yuan said solemnly, "Old Zhou, this road you have traveled will be a strategic highway for China's influence to radiate to Central Asia. You
We have made great contributions to the brothers of Headwind Logistics!"
Yao Yuan shook hands and hugged every brother of Niefeng Logistics. Many brothers were moved to tears by his true feelings.
This is not pretentious. Anyone who knows what they have experienced in the past half month will not think that they are pretentious.
These former steel warriors often persisted with just one breath. Not to mention encounters with wild animals, they also encountered several gangster attacks. These are not the most difficult. What is difficult is the road conditions. There is no such thing as the following section.
They just relied on maps and navigation to get there!
Several injured brothers were sent to the best hospital in Almaty by rescue helicopters for treatment. They are even more heroes!
Zhou Fei took out a thick briefcase and said, "Boss, this is the intelligence collected along the way, as well as the suggestions we made based on the specific situation. I think it is by no means impossible to open this route, at least
Our LNG carriers have stood the test."
This is business and important.
Yao Yuan motioned to Chen Chao to take the briefcase and said, "We'll talk about these things later. Take your brothers to take a good bath, have a good meal, and sleep well. We'll talk about other things after you have rested. I'll give it to you tomorrow."
You celebrate, and you also celebrate the brothers of the 7th Drilling Team."
He looked at Gu Peiqiang and said with a smile, "I have invited the Kazakh National Song and Dance Troupe for you. They are all top-notch Kazakh beauties. We will hold a battlefield party tomorrow."
Zhou Fei grinned, and Gu Peiqiang also grinned, showing his white teeth.
Zhou Fei asked his deputy and his brothers to follow the brothers of the drilling team to settle down. He looked around and found that the torches of five wells had flames, indicating that these five wells were all in production.
He asked curiously, "Boss, how much does the Bemut Oil Field produce in a day?"
He is not gossiping, but he must know the specific data, because in a short period of time, the crude oil and natural gas from the Bemut Oilfield must be transported by road. The Bemut Oilfield also needs to build a natural gas liquefaction station to compress the natural gas into liquid before it can be loaded.
Car transport.
Yao Yuan was in a good mood. In the past half month, the secondary exploitation of Beimte Oilfield has made breakthrough progress. He said with a smile, "The daily output of crude oil is 70,000 tons. The extraction of natural gas has been controlled. There should be 100,000 tons of natural gas per day."
About 30,000 to 40,000 cubic meters."
Zhou Fei quickly calculated and was shocked, "Boss, this, this will cost at least three thousand trains!"
He thought quickly and said, "We have analyzed that during the 3,700-kilometer journey, rest points and maintenance stations will be set up along the way, and some road sections will be repaired and reinforced. If people take breaks, it will take at least one person to run back and forth.
week time."
"To meet the transportation volume of the Bemut Oilfield, we have to prepare at least 18,000 oil tank trucks and LNG transport trucks. This, this volume is too large, and we have only received a few hundred vehicles."
Not counting natural gas, crude oil alone requires more than 2,000 tank trucks every day to transport the output. This is a large oil field with an annual output of 25 million tons of oil!
Who would have thought that an abandoned oil field would turn into a high-quality large oil field in just half a month?
Yao Yuan did not expect that, therefore, the preparations done before were far from enough.
There is a similarly abandoned special railway in the Bemut Oilfield, but it goes to Moscow in the opposite direction and is of no use at all. Yao Yuan also wants to use the opened highway route to force the Kazakh government to agree to build it.
The railway from China to Kazakhstan adopts the China standard gauge railway.
Next year, China will propose to build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
It can be seen that after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, China did not do anything, but it usually only acted and did not talk about it, and was very low-key.
However, Russia has always regarded Central Asia as its traditional sphere of influence and strongly opposed the construction of this railway, which is only more than 500 kilometers long. Considering the relationship with Russia, the project was shelved.
As a result, this important railway, which could shorten the transportation distance by 900 kilometers, was shelved for 25 years until the Russo-Ukrainian war broke out.
At that time, Mao was so confused that he still did not ignore Central Asia. It can be seen that this nation is indeed very extraordinary and its territorial ambitions are very large.
However, the situation in this life is very different.
The smooth start of the construction of the Buck Oil Pipeline illustrates many problems. First of all, Lu Sen can speak well in Moscow. The Forward Group he controls has tentacles in various fields in Russia. Then there are Hua Xia United Bank and Shenzhen Development Bank in Russian finance.
The final position in the system is Yongan Group.
By uniting all the forces that can be united, the influence from Moscow has been completely eliminated. In addition, this year is the most difficult year for Russia. After 1997, after the Asian financial crisis, oil prices soared, and Russia has a chance to survive.
There's a solution.
The most important thing is that in March 1997, Prince Vladimir Putin became the deputy director of the General Affairs Bureau of the Russian Presidential Administration.
This position seems to be in charge of logistics, general affairs, and miscellaneous affairs. In fact, Emperor Pu is in charge of legal and foreign economic relations issues. The most important thing is the second one, in charge of foreign economic relations issues!
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project was proposed in 1997 and was shelved that year!
How can there be such a coincidence in the world?
Yao Yuan didn't believe it.
Therefore, when considering Kazakhstan's oil and natural gas transportation issues, he considered railway transportation, which is a much more efficient method of transportation than car transportation. A heavy-duty train can transport 5,000 tons of crude oil or 3,000 tons of liquefied natural gas.
Only a dozen trains are needed to solve the problem of output transportation from the Bemut Oilfield.
But we cannot take the initiative to build railways. We must let the Kazakh government propose it first. When the Kazakh government knows that tens of thousands of tons of oil cannot be transported every day and 20,000 to 30,000 tons of natural gas are burned in vain, they will be the ones who are anxious.