As time goes by, the climate in the Kashagan region is changing for the better. After more than a month, the temperature difference between day and night in the region will become normal, and then the hot summer will enter, which is also difficult to endure.
But compared to the four-season weather in one day, it’s just hot, so it’s not that difficult to overcome.
The rear camp has been built as a rear base, and will be treated as the base camp of the Kashagan Field Branch in the future. Various material resources transported by air continue to arrive, and the labor force from several nearby towns has basically been absorbed here for work.
According to the plan, an oil city will be built here, with living, office, production, and leisure. It is a city. Therefore, the construction of infrastructure is the first priority.
Centenary Construction Company mobilized a group of elites from the construction site of Kazakhstan's new capital and immediately carried out the construction of three levels and one tunnel according to the drawings of the Urban Planning and Design Institute of the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences.
This move also signifies that Yao Yuan is determined to find oil here, otherwise such a large investment will be in vain.
More than a month has passed, and several exploration wells have been drilled, but only one oil well with a daily output of several thousand tons has been drilled. It does not look like it can find the g-spot of the oil field. Yao Yuan is under great pressure.
No one puts pressure on him. In this world, the only one who can put pressure on him is himself.
What puts pressure on him is time.
From the perspective of this century, history left Yao Yuan and the Chinese people with only more than two years to manage Central Asia. By 1999, Vladimir Putin announced to the world the second Chechen War - the Chechen War.
The new owner of the Lymposium will be him.
This future president, who has strong ties to the Russian Empire, will not allow any force to enter Central Asia, whether it is economic or anything else.
In fact, Pu Dadi's influence will begin to be reflected in late 1996 and early 1997, and the time left for Yao Yuan is extremely tight.
Not long ago, Nazarev sent a telegram to Yao Yuan in his personal capacity, asking whether the production of the Bemut oil field could be increased in a short time, otherwise it would be difficult for him to persuade the parliament to approve the railway plan.
In other words, just based on the current oil production of about 20 million tons of Bemut Oilfield, the parliament will not approve the government's participation in this more than 2,000 kilometers long cross-border railway plan.
Of course, Oriental Petroleum can independently fund the construction. As long as Nazaryev supports it, the parliament will definitely not stop it. But if you do this, Oriental Petroleum can't expect to make money. It is basically working for the Kazakh government.
Starting from Karamay, passing through Almaty, heading west across the entire country of Kazakhstan, and finally reaching the coastal areas of the Caspian Sea, it needs to pass through a variety of complex terrains, and the cost of road construction is more than three times that of plain areas.
The Beijing-Kowloon Railway with a total length of 2,350 kilometers is being built with a total investment of 40 billion Chinese dollars, and the average cost per kilometer is about 17 million Chinese dollars.
Judging from this data, the total cost of the Hua-Haha Railway, which has a similar total length, is more than 120 billion Chinese dollars!
Converted into U.S. dollars, that’s nearly 17 billion U.S. dollars!
It is impossible for Yao Yuan to spend such a huge amount of money to build such a trunk freight railway for Kazakhstan from east to west for free!
Building a new capital for Kazakhstan for free is because it is profitable, and the cost can be recovered within a few years. However, for such a railway that is basically for self-use, if Oriental Petroleum bears it independently, all the money will be converted into oil.
In terms of cost, it will be a very high price...
The Kazakh government must bear the burden according to the share ratio. Yao Yuan made it very clear that this railway is a dedicated freight railway. More specifically, it is a dedicated freight railway mainly used to transport oil and serve oil exports.
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The nature of restricted railways was facilitated by parliamentary approval.
Even so, Nazaryev still demands that production capacity be increased as soon as possible, because with an annual output of only 20 million tons, the parliament believes that there is no need to build a dedicated freight railway for this purpose.
The Bemut Oilfield can no longer increase production. Yao Yuan is not only considering the production of oil and gas, but also the 2,000 tons of gold underground in the adjacent No. 1 operating area.
Therefore, Yao Yuan has only one way, to find a high-yield oil well in the Kashagan area as soon as possible, extend the railway line here, and follow the Caspian Sea coastal area to the junction of Kazakhstan and Russia.
Once here, the end of the railway line is only 700 to 800 kilometers away from Eastern Europe. This is an intercontinental railway line that can replace the Trans-Siberian Railway (the first Eurasian continental bridge, with a total length of 9,288 kilometers, the longest in the world).
When he thought about the strategic significance of this railway, Yao Yuan became even more anxious. In the hot weather, his lips were bubbling, his throat was inflamed, and he successfully caught a cold.
On the contrary, it was someone as old as Nian Haihong who withstood the harsh weather.
Nian Haihong sipped the green tea to relieve the heat and said with a smile, "Xiao Yao, I think you should go back to the camp to recuperate. Xiao Gu and Xiao Zhan are here, so you can rest assured."
On a hot day, Yao Yuan was wrapped in a blanket, and soon he was covered in sweat. Chen Chao quickly handed over a towel. Yao Yuan took off his clothes and dried the sweat on his body. While changing into clean clothes, he said, "What's going on with Kashagan?"
It’s complicated, and they may not necessarily be able to make accurate judgments. I have a hunch that we are approaching the G-point of the oil field, and we cannot leave at this time.”
Not only was he unable to leave, he also sent a report to Qin Zhenjun asking him to arrange the affairs of the No. 1 operation area and come here to support the exploration work.
Zhan Chenggui's area of expertise is in machinery, and oil exploration is relatively unfamiliar to him. Yao Yuan can rest assured only when Qin Zhenjun is here.
Nian Haihong said, "Then you don't have to focus on the front line all the time. Take good care of your health first."
"I need to take a nap, I can't keep my eyelids open." Yao Yuan wrapped himself in a blanket and lay down on the camp bed. He closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.
The reason why you are tired when you are sick is because your body's cells have to fight viruses or repair damaged cells, so that daily activities can make people feel tired.
After breaking out in sweat, he felt much relieved and Yao Yuan slept soundly.
Chen Chao stood aside, drinking tea slowly with Nian Haihong, and chatting in low voices from time to time. The temperature outside the simple board house was as high as 39 degrees. The workers worked in this kind of weather.
Get indoor rest after three hours.
Yao Yuan slept for less than an hour. Gu Peiqiang, who was covered in mud, strode in with a report. As soon as he entered the door, he said loudly, "Mr. Yao, some oily flowers were found at 715 meters. We are going to do something."
A well logging..."
Suddenly seeing Yao Yuan lying on the camp bed, and seeing Nian Haihong and Chen Chao shaking their heads, Gu Peiqiang came back to his senses and shut his mouth suddenly.
"He just broke out in a sweat and lay down. Let him sleep a little longer," Nian Haihong said.
Gu Peiqiang nodded repeatedly and whispered, "But Mr. Yao has explained that if you want to do well logging, you must report to him, and you can only do well logging after getting permission."
Nian Haihong smiled helplessly, "After the secondary exploitation of the Beimte abandoned oil field, the daily output reached 70,000 tons, which is 500,000 barrels per day, and the annual output is about 20 million tons. This is truly the world's largest oil field.
Already."
Sighing, he said, "With such a large oil field, the Kazakh government is not satisfied, and the same goes for Xiao Yao. He has a big appetite and puts too much pressure on himself. This is not a good thing."
He was qualified to express his feelings and criticize Yao Yuan, but Gu Peiqiang did not dare to agree with him.
Perhaps an oil field with an annual output of 20 million tons is an excellent achievement for other oil companies, and it is an abandoned oil field that has undergone secondary mining. However, here at Dongfang Petroleum, an annual output of 20 million tons is really not enough.
Nothing.
The reason is very simple. There is an oil well in the Sedan Oilfield with an annual output of 30 million tons. It is just an oil well!
Under such a blazing light, the annual output of such a large oil field is only 20 million tons, which is naturally not an achievement to be proud of, even if it is an old oil field that has been resurrected after using secondary mining technology.
Gu Peiqiang had no way to explain, so he could only respond with a helpless smile, which also showed an anxious look.
Yao Yuan woke up slowly and vaguely heard the sound just now. It took him a long time before he opened his eyelids with strong perseverance and sat up on the camp bed.
Chen Chao quickly stepped forward to help him.
Yao Yuan shook his head and said, "Sickness comes like a mountain. This is true. You usually have a strong body, but once you get sick, your body no longer belongs to you. Captain Gu, tell me, what's going on now?"
Chen Chao quickly went to get a basin of warm water and asked Yao Yuan to wash his face.
Gu Peiqiang came over and said, "Oil blooms were found at 715 meters in Well No. 7. According to the geological report analysis, it may have hit an oil layer. I want to do a well logging."
Each well costs millions of dollars a day. After the reinforcements arrived, Yao Yuan started working on three wells at the same time, which cost three million a day.
Four wells have been destroyed, and tens of millions of Chinese dollars have been lost. This is the price of oil exploration.
Yao Yuan washed his face and walked to his desk to sit down. Nian Haihong also got up and walked over, standing beside him and watching.
Yao Yuan looked at the map and found the location of Well No. 7. After carefully reading the report that Gu Peiqiang brought over, he fell into deep thought.
After a while, Yao Yuan said, "The location of Well No. 7 has reached the shore of the Caspian Sea. The probability of oil production at this location is low. How is the installation progress of the No. 5 offshore platform?"
"The sea trial has been completed and the equipment is being debugged." Gu Peiqiang replied immediately.
The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world and is a saltwater lake. It can be regarded as an inland sea. It used to be connected with the Black Sea. Later, after the continental plates moved and separated, the Caspian Sea became an inland sea, with a maximum depth of one thousand meters.
After Oriental Petroleum took over the Baku oil field, it focused on the exploration of the Baku shallow sea area. It has drilled three offshore oil wells and has three offshore production platforms in operation.
For offshore oil exploration and production operations in the Caspian Sea, Oriental Petroleum built a shipyard in Baku and produced offshore drilling platforms by shipping components from China and assembling them in Baku.
To develop the Kashagan Field, it is necessary to use an offshore drilling platform. Previously, because the offshore drilling platform No. 5 had not been completed, and Yao Yuan did not know where the G-point of the Kashagan Field was specifically, he adopted a deep drilling platform from the inland.
Plan for shallow water exploration into the Caspian Sea.
Well No. 7 has now been drilled in the offshore area of the Caspian Sea.
Gu Peiqiang didn't understand why Yao Yuan made such a far-fetched judgment, because according to the latest geological material analysis, the probability of discovering oil layers in the offshore area of the Caspian Sea is very high. The depth is only 715 meters, which is nothing.
Yao Yuan naturally had his own basis, and he began to think deeply again.
After a while, he said, "Well logging can be done. Also, hurry up and bring offshore No. 5 over."
"Are we going to do offshore exploration?" Gu Peiqiang asked.
Yao Yuan nodded slowly, "We can't wait any longer."
The cost of offshore exploration is much higher than that of land exploration! The cost of mining and production is also much higher!
If oil can be found in Well No. 7, there will be no need for offshore exploration.