Or one-half of the Dongfang No. 5 well, which has a daily production of 50,000 tons, making it the second largest oil well in the world in terms of daily production.
Yao Yuan has never been an optimistic person, as is usually the case with people who worry about the country and the people.
The first thing he considers when doing things is the consequences of failure. Only after he confirms that he can bear it and is mentally prepared to bear it, he will do it. Just like several major things he has done in his short political career.
Then think about what success will bring.
But he is always confident and optimistic in front of everyone, which is the basic quality of a great leader and can always support the confidence of the entire group.
The scale of the Kashagan Field and its estimated production capacity are directly related to the railway plan. In other words, transnational railways reflect the relationship between countries. In other words, the results of the Kashagan Field will indirectly affect international politics.
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It is far from comparable to the Sedan Oilfield.
Although the competition in the Sedan Oilfield cannot be separated from the background of governments of various countries, as far as the UAE government is concerned, it is ultimately about economic interests.
Otherwise, Crown Prince Alifa would not have chosen Oriental Petroleum because Yao Yuan underwrote the natural gas in the United Arab Emirates.
Yao Yuan has already undertaken the construction of the new capital of Kazakhstan for free. Under such circumstances, Nazarev still has doubts about building a large transnational railway. It can be seen that in this transaction, political factors are far more important than economic factors.
The only way to resolve the situation is to make the value of the Kashagan field significantly outweigh Nazarev's political concerns.
The recoverable reserves of 3 billion tons are not enough.
The concept of recoverable reserves is very broad, including economically recoverable reserves, technically recoverable reserves, and also includes primary oil recovery, secondary oil recovery, and tertiary oil recovery.
For example, the abandoned Beimte Oilfield had considerable recoverable reserves proven at the time. Why was it abandoned so early? It was because current technology was unable to exploit the remaining reserves.
Even if the technical conditions are met, there is another economic factor. You spend 100 yuan to mine a barrel of oil, but you can only get 30 yuan at most from selling it. Who is willing to do this kind of business where you lose money and make money?
Therefore, recoverable reserves is a broad concept, and its role is not as important as imagined when it is necessary to evaluate value.
What Yao Yuan wants is more accurate data on recoverable reserves, including the proportions of the three oil recovery stages.
If the reserves that require tertiary oil recovery technology account for two-thirds of the 3 billion tons of recoverable reserves, then the Kashagan Field is mediocre and cannot make Nazarev determined to take a gamble with Yao Yuan.
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"Kashagan, ah Kashagan, you are still someone who keeps people at arm's length..."
Yao Yuan put down the materials in his hands, looked up at the ceiling and sighed.
When he was about to return to the cabin to rest, he heard someone from Qin Zhenjun reporting: "Mr. Qin, the cementing test is completed, but the mud coefficient is very strange. It has soared from 300 to 1800, and the pipeline pressure is increasing."
Yao Yuan walked over immediately.
Qin Zhenjun frowned after carefully checking the instrument.
Soon, he decisively ordered, "Pump out the mud and put the mud boat in place."
"yes."
The mud ship anchored not far away received the order, and the chief mate quickly woke up the sleeping captain, immediately lifted anchor and slowly sailed over, leaning against the platform with his buttocks, and connected to the pipeline to prepare to receive the mud.
Yao Yuan couldn't help but think of the big explosion on the offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico in his previous life. It was a man-made accident. Well logging was performed without cementing tests, which eventually led to a huge blowout and a catastrophic disaster.
Speaking of which, when there was a big blowout in the Dongfang No. 5 Well of the Sedan Oilfield, if the 7th Drilling Team had not been able to do so, and captain Gu Peiqiang led people to rush forward in time to control the blowout before the worst happened, the disaster would not have been avoided, because
The downhole pressure of the Dongfang No. 5 well far exceeds that of the offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Qin Zhenjun will not make mistakes, and the 7th drilling team will not make mistakes. There is no possibility of human error. Yao Yuan has nothing to worry about. He rubbed his nose and folded his arms to wait and see what happens.
Smoking is not allowed on the platform. When Yao Yuan gets addicted to cigarettes, he goes to the helicopter landing platform to smoke. Only he has this privilege.
Mud is continuously pumped out from the ground and then injected into the mud ship through pipelines in a steady stream. The pressure in the pipeline is steadily falling, indicating that the measures are effective and the cementing test has withstood the test.
Qin Zhenjun was thinking about it. After his assistant reported that the pipeline pressure returned to normal, his brows suddenly jumped and he said, "Do production logging."
The assistant was stunned.
Qin Zhenjun frowned and looked at his assistant, who suddenly came to his senses and quickly gave the order.
Yao Yuan did not raise any objections. The more times like this, the more you have to trust Qin Zhenjun's judgment. Since Qin Zhenjun did not ask him for instructions, it means that Qin Zhenjun is well aware of his instructions and does not need the big boss to make difficult decisions.
Yao Yuan basically came to Qin Zhenjun's idea. The pipeline pressure will not increase for no reason, which means that the underground pressure is increasing.
Why does it suddenly increase?
There is only one possibility. A large amount of crude oil fills the gaps, the air is compressed, the pipeline pressure increases, and the mud overflows by itself.
The purpose of doing production logging is to see how much oil can be produced after the pressure is completely released and supplemented by mining.
Now it is not a question of whether there is oil, but how much oil can be extracted. This data is very important because it relates to the reserves that can be extracted once.
Qin Zhenjun's instructions were very timely and very correct.
With the development of production logging, the amplitude and frequency of platform jitters are getting larger and larger. Unrelated personnel in the production area have been withdrawn to the safe area and are on standby, ready to respond to emergencies at any time.
As the platform stops shaking, production logging is complete.
Qin Zhenjun got the data, frowned after reading it, and handed it to Yao Yuan. Yao Yuan also frowned after reading it.
"You're really a monster." Yao Yuan smiled helplessly.
Qin Zhenjun said, "This is the first time I have encountered such a strange situation."
It is clear that crude oil is ready to move and the gaps have been filled, but the result of production logging is only 100 tons per day!
This is the abandoned well.
Even in China, oil wells with a daily output of less than 100 tons are usually not depleted, because this daily output means that the oil wells are not far from depletion.
The logging results are completely inconsistent with the previous performance, but show two extremes.
"If you tell the Kazakh government that there is a super oil field with recoverable reserves of 3 billion tons, but it can only extract a thousand tons of oil every day, they will doubt the authenticity of the data." Yao Yuan said helplessly.
Qin Zhenjun said, "The data is very strange and needs to be checked."
"Well, sharpening the knife will not stop chopping firewood. Once you have done a solid job, take another test." Yao Yuan agreed.
Everyone is busy again, technical inspection, equipment inspection...