Nian Haihong returned to China with three railway planning plans. He was transported by helicopter to Atyrau Airport, and Yao Yuan's A-320 special plane took him and others returning home directly to the country.
Zhan Chenggui stayed on and was responsible for the exploration work together with Qin Zhenjun.
The gathering of two major technology giants from the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences reflects the great importance attached to the development of the Kashagan Field.
Naturally, Yao Yuan will not leave. He will not leave until the g-spot of Kashagan Field is found. Now is the time to fight for time. Nazarev is waiting, and Yao Yuan is also waiting, waiting for a big piece of good news.
, a major economic benefit that is enough for Kazakhstan’s parliament to put the country’s railway gauge on the back burner.
And this major economic benefit can only be a world-class oil field. Otherwise, Yao Yuan can only throw away the 14 million tons of gold concentrate (which can mine 2,000 tons of gold).
Nian Haihong didn't know the existence of the gold mine. Yao Yuan said that building Kazakhstan's new capital for free was a guarantee of its invincibility. In fact, his most powerful back-up was the two thousand tons of gold, which was difficult for any country to resist.
Such temptation.
The exploration of Well No. 7 ended in failure. As expected, Gu Peiqiang suffered a moderate blow.
Offshore No. 5 was in place, and the main force of the 7th exploration team bid farewell to land exploration and officially moved to the platform to start offshore exploration. Dozens of elites boarded the platform and slowly sailed toward the distant sea under the tow of the tugboat.
This time Yao Yuan went against the norm and decided to start exploration from far to near.
His reason is very crude - within the entire territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of Kazakhstan, he can explore anytime and anywhere, why must he restrict the scope so tightly?
Of course, the more important reason is that after exploring the No. 7 exploration well, he and the technicians agreed - the probability of finding oil is highest in deeper waters.
So Offshore No. 5 offshore drilling platform was towed by the tugboat and stopped about 1 nautical mile on the Kazakh side of the territorial sea line. The seawater depth here is about 1,300 meters.
Now, the three young technicians in the underwater visual detection technology project team can come in handy.
It is difficult for Yao Yuan to be interested in this kind of video technology, but now in 1996, this is truly top-notch technology. It is related to optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic equipment, electronic technology and equipment, etc., as well as integrated circuits...
Any one of them is a very important technical field.
Yao Yuan intended to train young people and let them gain valuable practical experience, so he first asked them to operate a diving robot into the sea to detect the topography of the seabed, draw a topographic map of the seafloor, and then use the diving robot to grab seabed geological materials for research.
It is a relatively complete hydrological survey...
Gu Peiqiang was curious about the submersible robot, but what he thought was that if the submersible robot could inspect the drilling pipe and the underwater part of the platform, there would be no need to make blind guesses or let divers do such dangerous work.
However, judging from the actual situation, in the field of oil exploration, the visual detection technology project team can only play a limited role, unless it encounters a relatively rare situation like the No. 1 operation area.
Offshore No. 5 drilling platform is a third-generation offshore drilling platform designed by Chunfeng Academy of Sciences and built by Dongfeng Shipbuilding. It has the world's advanced level. Because it is equipped with an independent power system and has some functions of the fourth-generation platform, it is generally classified as a third-and-a-half-generation platform.
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However, the autonomous power system it is equipped with only has low-speed navigation and certain dynamic positioning capabilities in emergency situations, and its experimental nature is relatively outstanding.
In the vast Caspian Sea, apart from the occasional ship passing by, only Offshore No. 5 stood alone. After five days of operation, the commuter ship brought in daily necessities for replenishment, and also brought some consumables.
Late at night on May 28, Yao Yuan was sitting on the helicopter platform writing his diary. It was very cool above the Caspian Sea at this time, which was far better than the cold on land some time ago.
Just as he was about to go back to the cabin to rest, Chen Chao ran up and reported, "Boss, there's something going on."
Chen Chao's face showed excitement.
Is the good news coming?
Yao Yuan immediately rushed to the command and control room.
The atmosphere was indeed different. Everyone's expression was the same as that of Chen Chao, even the well-informed Qin Zhenjun and Zhan Chenggui.
"Mr. Yao, crude oil came out when pumping mud, and we are doing a pressure test." Qin Zhenjun reported briefly.
One sentence explains the situation.
When the drill bit goes down to the seabed, the mud must be continuously pumped up before it can continue to be drilled down. On land, it would be discharged nearby through pipelines, or simply sprayed on the side, but this is not possible at sea.
Due to strict environmental protection requirements, mud cannot be discharged directly into the sea. Of course, there is no such restriction in the Caspian Sea. With the exception of Iran, coastal countries are generally so poor that they have to wear pants, so no one cares about environmental protection issues.
However, in order to become internationally competitive, Dongfang Petroleum must meet international environmental protection requirements, and Yao Yuan's requirement is to exceed international standards.
He does not even discharge the mud into the sea, but uses a special mud transport ship to receive the mud and transport it back to the land.
When pumping mud, crude oil comes out, what does it mean?
It means that the oil layer has been hit, which means that this is a self-blowout well. If it is not handled well, it will be a self-blowout well. Self-blowout wells often mean danger.
Most people present have deep memories of how powerful the blowout was in Dongfang No. 5 Well of Sedan Oilfield.
They are very experienced, so they choose every step carefully.
Yao Yuan's sleepiness disappeared all of a sudden, and he said with a smile, "I am afraid that five days of hard work will pay off tonight. Uncle Qin, what are you going to do next?"
Qin Zhenjun said, "Cement the well first and then conduct well logging."
"Do you think this is the g-spot of Kashagan Field?" Yao Yuan asked.
Although Qin Zhenjun didn't understand why Yao Yuan always liked to say "g-spot", he understood the meaning. He pointed at Li Guangwu and said with a smile, "I think it is Comrade Guangwu who made great contributions. He analyzed that right here
The oil reserves in the sea below our feet are very likely to reach an astonishing 3 billion tons."
This is why everyone can't contain their excitement.
Yao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly recalled, with great surprise, "The second largest oil field in the world?"
"Yes." Li Guangwu replied, not overjoyed, "In terms of single oil fields, it is the second largest in the world."
A certain oil field is often the collective name for a group of oil fields in a region, such as the Tyumen Oil Field, such as the Ghavar Oil Field. From this concept, the recoverable reserves of the Kashagan Field of 3 billion tons can be ranked among the top ten in the world, and the Bisetan Oil Field
More.
But if ranked according to the concept of a single oil field, the Kashagan Field's recoverable reserves of 3 billion tons far exceed other oil fields and rank second. The first place is a certain oil field of the Yankees in Alaska.
Qin Zhenjun added, "We have collected some crude oil samples, and the oil analysis team is working overtime to analyze them."
Large recoverable reserves are the first important indicator, the second important indicator is oil products, and then transportation costs.
Undoubtedly, in terms of transportation costs, the Kashagan Oilfield is inferior to the Sedan Oilfield, and the cost of land transportation is much higher than that of sea transportation.
Yao Yuan knows very well that at this time, he needs to be calmer.
He thought for a moment and said decisively, "Uncle Qin, please let the well logging go and do detailed exploration first. Even if the well is abandoned, we must obtain as much exploration data and geological data as possible. I always feel stuck.
Shagan oil field is not that simple.”
"The Kazakh government has called again to inquire about the progress. If we do not conduct well logging, we will have no relevant data to report to them," Qin Zhenjun said in a deep voice.
For every barrel of oil that Oriental Petroleum mines, 40% of the revenue goes to the Kazakh government. Of course, the Kazakh government is very concerned about the progress of exploration here, and Oriental Petroleum should also report the situation to them in a timely manner.
Yao Yuan shook his head slightly and said, "I will communicate directly with the President's Office."
"Okay, let's do geological exploration first." Qin Zhenjun had no worries.
When the big boss takes up the pressure, everyone feels greater pressure. No one is so naive as to think that after the big boss takes off the pressure from the top, the people below can relax. Quite the contrary.
After determining the direction, various departments got busy in an orderly manner. Yao Yuan lost his sleep and simply stayed in the command and control room, carefully looking through the geological data.
He did not understand geology in his previous life, but in this life he has been involved in oil development and has been exposed to a large amount of geological data. He is surrounded by many great experts. Under the influence of his ears and eyes, he has become an expert with half a bucket of water.
He himself has technical concepts that are twenty years ahead of his time, and he is the age group with the strongest learning ability, so he naturally learns faster.
Without assistance, Yao Yuan had no trouble reading these geological data.
Seven exploration wells were drilled on land. These exploration wells are not invalidated. Personnel on duty are also left to collect data. After some exploration wells are confirmed to be no longer used, they will only be sealed and unsealed when needed.
That’s it.
The duty personnel of these exploration wells will report back new data every day, and the new data obtained by Offshore No. 5 every day will be summarized and analyzed. Following this process, Yao Yuan can see the latest conclusions every night before going to bed.
However, this is the first time I have seen the raw data like tonight.
After watching it for more than an hour, Yao Yuan gradually formed an outline in his mind, the outline of Kashagan Field.
He found that the basis for Li Guangwu's belief that there is a super oil field with recoverable reserves of more than 3 billion tons comes from two places. One is the exploration of offshore No. 5 in the past few days, and the other is the data collected from the No. 7 exploration well.
data.
Li Guangwu believes that the entire area from the advance camp to here is a super oil field. In other words, the investment in seven exploration wells has not been in vain. Theoretically, these seven wells can find oil, and a large amount of oil can be found.
of oil.
However, Li Guangwu believed that the situation in the Kashagan block was special. The easiest place to extract oil was not the land, but the Caspian Sea. Therefore, combined with the fact that crude oil came out when pumping mud, Li Guangwu naturally believed that the high-yield well is now
here.
Yao Yuan touched his chin and fell into deep thought.