The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

As soon as the C929 review was completed, Liu Tao immediately boarded a special plane and arrived at a sea area in the Beibu Gulf.

This is the offshore oil platform.

An offshore oil platform is an offshore work platform built with steel or concrete, or a mixture of both, and is used for offshore oil production operations.

Offshore oil production platforms are classified into integrated oil production platforms (centralized oil production platforms) and combined oil production platforms (dispersed oil production platforms) according to the platform layout plan; they are divided into oil and gas production platforms, offshore oil and gas gathering and transportation platforms, and offshore service platforms according to the platform's function; and they are divided into pile-based steel platforms, gravity concrete platforms, and pile-based concrete hybrid platforms according to the manufacturing materials.

Offshore oil production is nothing new. For example, the United States has a long history in this area.

China is also developing offshore oil production technology.

On land, China's oil reserves are relatively small, difficult to exploit and costly.

However, the extraction of oil and natural gas at sea is now very profitable.

To force the international community to lower oil prices, especially to dissuade Russia from raising the price of its energy exports, a two-pronged approach is required.

Shale oil extraction is necessary, and so is offshore oil and natural gas extraction!

This is also telling Russia and those oil-producing countries to let them know that China does not have insufficient oil and natural gas reserves and will not allow them to control them at will.

The agreed supply quantity and price must be executed according to the signed agreement, instead of raising prices just because the prices of oil and natural gas are rising.

What about the agreed spirit of the contract?

This year, the goal of China National Petroleum Corporation is to produce 8000 million tons of offshore oil and 1000 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

The Beibu Gulf is one of the oil-bearing basins along the coast of China and is rich in oil and gas resources.

China National Petroleum Corporation has proven oil reserves of 40 billion tons and natural gas reserves of 1.2 trillion cubic meters in the Beibu Gulf.

The entire Beibu Gulf oil-bearing basin is a Mesozoic-Cenozoic sedimentary basin with an area of ​​3.5 square kilometers. It is bounded by the coast of Guangxi Province in the north, the Qiongdao Uplift in the south, the Cenozoic Depression in the Leiqiong area in the east, and the Yinggehai Basin in the southwest.

At present, inclined wells are used in this area. The Hai 6 inclined well where Liu Tao is operating has an operating depth of 4600 meters, a horizontal displacement of 1300 meters, a bottom hole temperature of 150°C, and a bottom hole pressure of 73 MPa. It is the deepest well with the highest temperature and pressure in this sea area.

During the drilling process, the operators overcame difficulties such as large sections of difficult-to-drill ash-containing strata and dense coal seams that are prone to collapse, and finally successfully drilled and obtained good oil and gas indications.

At this time, CCTV reporters had already arrived and were filming and interviewing.

This news will appear on the 7 o'clock news and will also be reported in major official media.

In the past, this type of news would be rarely reported.

It’s not that China hasn’t been drilling for oil and natural gas offshore; it’s just that it’s doing things in a low-key manner for the sake of harmony.

Unexpectedly, kind people are often bullied and good horses are often ridden.

Now, not only Russia is repeatedly demanding an increase in oil and natural gas prices, but even delegations from Africa, South America and the Middle East countries want price increases when they visit China.

This made Liu Tao very angry as well.

He felt that in the past he had thought the world was too beautiful and that all countries were too good.

You know, since the signing of the agreement, China has been very abiding by it and has not violated the agreement.

When importing weapons and equipment from other countries, Panshan Group has never deliberately raised prices due to the sharp rise in world weapons and equipment prices, but has instead supplied goods in accordance with the agreement.

Now, the prices of oil and natural gas have skyrocketed, so they want to change the agreement.

It's not that easy. "Next year, Huaxia's offshore oil production will reach 1 million tons, and natural gas production will reach 2000 billion cubic meters. In the next five years, we will strive to achieve offshore oil production of 2 million tons and natural gas production of 5000 billion cubic meters." Liu Tao calmly introduced Huaxia's goals in front of reporters.

If someone else says this, other countries won't believe it.

But since Liu Tao said this, other countries had to believe it and think twice before acting.

That's his deterrent power.

The same words spoken by different people will have different effects.

The seven o'clock news, broadcast on time.

The Russian Embassy, ​​head of the embassy, ​​Sergei Razov, is watching the China 7 o'clock news on time.

As the most authoritative news report in China, it is a must-read for these people.
Sergey Razov is the second Russian ambassador to China, the first being Igor Rogachev. Sergey Razov is an expert on China, because as early as the Soviet era, he worked in the Soviet Trade Representative Office in China and was familiar with the Chinese market. He is also very proficient in Chinese and speaks fluent Mandarin.

During this period, Sergei Razov was cooperating with Russia, hoping to change the previously signed oil and natural gas supply agreement.

When this ten-year oil and natural gas supply agreement was signed, it was an absolutely big deal and Russia was very satisfied with it.

However, since 2001, as oil and natural gas prices continued to rise, Russia became increasingly dissatisfied with this big deal.

In the past few years, facing the aggressive posture of the Americans, the Americans launched the war in Afghanistan, which made Russia feel threatened in the abdomen. Later, the Americans launched the Iraq War, which also made Russia full of worries. It was afraid that the Americans would conquer Iraq and use it as a springboard to control the entire Middle East.

If that were the case, perhaps Americans would become even stronger and would continue to be strong for a hundred years, and everyone would have to follow the lead of the United States.

Faced with tremendous pressure from the United States, Russia has to suppress its eagerness.

However, since last year, Russia has been ready to move, realizing that the United States is stuck in the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq and that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are unlikely to end in a short period of time.

The two sides held five consecutive rounds of negotiations, but all ended in dissatisfaction.

Russia feels very aggrieved and believes that the price signed in the original agreement was too low and that Russia suffered great losses.

China took out the agreement, which was written in black and white, and believed that it would be implemented based on the agreement.

The spirit of contract is repeatedly emphasized.

Sergey Razov also knows that Russia has been living a good life in recent years, largely because of the rise in energy prices, which has allowed Russia to make a lot of money.

But he also knew that it would be very difficult to achieve the price increase target.

The damn rabbit may seem harmless, but it is not easy to take advantage of it!

Suddenly, when he saw the news about Liu Tao, the news was not long, only about two minutes, but it made Sergey Razov's eyes widen.

China aims to achieve offshore production of 1 million tons of oil and 2000 billion cubic meters of natural gas next year, and 2 million tons of offshore oil and 5000 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the next five years!

This is a bolt from the blue!

If China produces more oil and natural gas, it will inevitably reduce its imports of oil and natural gas.

Which side's imports will be reduced?
Hisssssssss~~
Sergei Razov could not help but gasp.

The first country he thought of was himself! (End of this chapter)