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Happy Tycoon - Chapter 805

Published at 29th of September 2021 01:28:49 PM


Chapter 805: 805

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Shaking her head, Yang Jing threw out all the thoughts raised by Guo Dabao's words.

This national level energy strategic plan is beyond his reach. Perhaps after taking over the Dragon Fund in the future, he can intervene in the game at this level and become the best intermediary between China and those energy exporting countries by relying on the huge economic strength of the Dragon consortium and its shares in major mining companies.

But that will take time. What you should do now is not to consider that kind of high-level things, but to honestly continue to be an "oil seeker".

On the way from the airport to downtown Baku, the closed old oil wells can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road. Of course, there are also low houses.

As the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku City Circle is composed of ten administrative regions and 46 towns, which are distributed over more than 2000 square kilometers, making this area particularly messy.

Yes, the urban planning of Baku is not very good. Most of these towns are developed by relying on those oil fields in those years. Now, although the transformation of the whole city is successful as Baku's oil fields no longer produce oil, the overall planning of the city is really messy.

The downtown area is better, and high-rise buildings are everywhere, but in these larger urban agglomerations in the suburbs, few buildings with a height of more than five floors can be seen, mostly some two-story and three-story residential buildings. If you look at these towns alone, it is really difficult to connect the capital of a country with here.

"It looks messy here, doesn't it?" Guo Dabao asked with a smile.

Yang Jing nodded. He has been to many foreign capitals in recent years. Although there are some poor capitals such as Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, they are poor, and the urban planning is not so messy.

Baku can be said to be the capital with the most messy urban planning that Yang Jing has ever seen.

"Hehe, I can't help it. Baku has a long history. It can even be traced back to the third century BC. It became the capital of Baku Khanate in the 18th century, merged with Russia in 1806, and became the capital of the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan in 1920. However, before the 20th century, this city was a very backward city, and there was not even a tree in the city, but with 1946 After the world's first real oil well was successfully drilled here, the city entered a stage of rapid development. "

"I have been here for several days. The day before yesterday, I went to the city museum and saw many old photos taken long ago. In those old photos, there were many derricks everywhere in this large area at that time. Especially after 1870, with the abolition of the state monopoly by the Russian government, private enterprises achieved explosive development. At that time, only Just near Baku, there are more than 20 small refineries! "

Yang Jing nodded with a smile and said: "Uncle Guo, I know. British Prime Minister Churchill once said that if oil is the queen, then Baku is her throne. At the beginning of the 20th century, Baku oilfield became the world's most productive oilfield, the industrial center of the South Caucasus and the oil base of Russia. Since then, Baku has always been famous as an" oil city "

"That's right!" Guo Dabao nodded, "At that time, the Tsarist Russian Empire was one of the largest oil producing countries in the world. At that time, the oil production of the Tsarist Russian Empire accounted for one third of the world. Here, the Rothschild family and the Nobel brothers competed for business hegemony. However, with the October Revolution in 1917, the Russian Civil War and the nationalization of oil companies, it dealt a serious blow to the oil industry of the Soviet Union However, foreign capital did not withdraw from the Soviet market. The Rothschild family and the Nobel brothers were replaced by standard oil company and vacuum oil company in New York, later mobil oil. In 1923, the development of the Soviet oil industry was normalized and oil exports returned to the pre revolutionary level. The Caucasus and Caspian Sea were still the most important oil producing areas of the Soviet Union, so Sitler has coveted Baku oil field for a long time, and even did not hesitate to launch the Barbarosa plan against the Soviet Union. "

Yang Jing said with a smile: "yes, it's lucky that sitler didn't beat Stalingrad at that time. Otherwise, once the German army beat Stalingrad, Baku oilfield will completely fall into sitler's hands. It's really hard to say what the final outcome of World War II was at that time."

"Yes, it was the peak period of Baku oil field when sittler attacked the Soviet Union. In 1940, the output of Baku oil field accounted for 71.5% of the oil output of the Soviet Union at that time! If sittler really took Baku oil field, first the Soviet tank cluster would be finished, and then sittler, who got the oil resources of Baku oil field, would turn around and hit the allies from the western front, maybe World War II The result is really different, "Guo Dabao said with a smile.

"Up to 1950, it was still the largest oil field in the Soviet Union, with oil production accounting for 39.2% of the total output of the Soviet Union. However, since the 1950s, due to the declining reserves, the crude oil production of Baku oilfield declined after the cumulative exploitation of 1.2 billion tons, and the production situation took a sharp turn. In addition, the Soviet government increased the development of oil fields in Volga and Ural regions In 1955, the crude oil output of Baku oilfield decreased to 15% of the total output of the whole Soviet Union. In the 1960s, with the Soviet Union's start of oil exploitation in the vast area of western Siberia, a large number of people migrated to this densely populated area. The increase of Soviet oil exports LED to the decline of world oil prices, which also became the European Union in 1960 One of the reasons why Peck was founded. "

"Since then, Baku oil field has accounted for less and less of the oil production of the Soviet Union. In 1970, Baku's oil production accounted for only 5% of the national oil production of the Soviet Union, and by 1980, the proportion had dropped to only 2%. Later, the Soviet Union disintegrated and Azerbaijan became independent. After the new century, Baku's oil reserves were closer to dry Therefore, there are many old oil fields here. It is estimated that there are billions of tons of viscous and untapped oil. Most of these old oil wells have been shut down for decades, and some have even been shut down for hundreds of years. Xiaojing, it's up to you whether we can find a new oil field from these old oil wells. "

Yang Jing nodded and said, "Uncle Guo, didn't you just ask me to do this?"

Guo Dabao smiled and didn't answer the question.

Yang Jing sighed, changed the subject and asked, "Uncle Guo, how many old oil wells have we bought this time?"

"A total of 625 old oil wells were bought at a total cost of $110 million!"

This figure made Yang Jing take a breath, "my God, are you going to kill me?"

Guo Dabao stretched out his hands and said helplessly, "what can I do? It's not my decision. It's the index pressed down by the top. Now we Rongbao mining are building two precious metal mines in Papua New Guinea. I'm not willing to invest so much money in these old oil wells. If the top hadn't given a loan to our company this time, do you think I could buy so many old oil wells?"

After a pause, Guo Dabao continued: "the reason why it is hard to press this matter this time also has a great relationship with the partners this time."

Yang Jing asked suspiciously, "who is our partner this time? Is it worth the country's great efforts to buy so many useless old oil wells?"

"Vajit alexeperov, do you know this man?"

"Sounds familiar."

"The boss of Russia's Lukoil company, one of Russia's oil oligarchs, the diehard supporter and friend of the Czar general. He is a native of Baku. He was born and raised here."

"Lukoil? The Russian oil company that first cooperated with China?"

"Yes, it's the Luke oil company. Because Luke oil company has had good cooperation with Huaxia before, Rongbao mining can buy these old oil wells from Alec perov this time."

Yang Jing rolled her eyes and said angrily, "Uncle Guo, we're not begging Alec perov. Okay? He should be begging us. These old oil wells almost don't produce oil. Who can buy them? We're real gold and silver. We've taken out more than 100 million US dollars. It's estimated that Alec perov is secretly happy now."

Guo Dabao smiled helplessly. "Xiaojing, let's just talk about it. Don't say that when we go out to guard outsiders. In addition, we spend more than $100 million to buy these useless old oil wells. Isn't it because you are still holding them? If you can find a few 'living' old oil wells in these old oil wells, we'll still make money!"

"Uncle Guo, you think too much of me? This is more than 600 old oil wells. I'll look at them one by one. How long will it take?"

"Hey, Xiao Jing, I'll tell you. In fact, although there are many old oil wells, in fact, these old oil wells belong to two different oil fields. They are basically concentrated together. You don't have to run more at that time."

"Moreover, in order to show the importance of this cooperation, Mr. alexeperov has flown from Russia to Baku. Now he is arranging a banquet in his own manor and is waiting to receive you."

Yang Jing patted his forehead, sighed helplessly and said, "Uncle Guo, anyway, I'm the hardest guy."

"Hey, Xiao Jing, who makes your ancestral great hope Qi so magical? This is an oil field. Take out your real book and let's find some live oil wells from Baku. I'm still waiting to open a branch in Baku!"





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