The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 770 Oil Field Fire Extinguishing Order
“Putting out oil field fires?”

Liu Tao frowned slightly.

He didn't think about this at first, but now he couldn't help but be tempted.

Because now Iraq has tied its post-war reconstruction projects to extinguishing oil field fires.

The Iraq post-war reconstruction project is a huge piece of cake, and no one would not be envious.

Especially the reconstruction of oil fields, which can promote the export of Chinese oil equipment to the Middle East market. In the past, this market was monopolized by Europe and the United States, and China could only barely get a share of the profits.

"Al, I need to find a professional to look at this and come up with a plan to put out the fire." Liu Tao hesitated for a moment, "How many days will you be here this time?"

"I could stay with you for a week!" Al said.

Liu Tao did not agree immediately because he needed to consult a professional about this matter.

Since he has never destroyed an oil field, he can't make any guarantees.

After parting with Al, Liu Tao contacted people from Daqing Oilfield.

Soon, people from Daqing Oilfield gave Liu Tao a plan, which was to use fire tanks to spray a large amount of fire extinguishing materials into the fire column of the oil well, gradually cool it down, and block the natural gas spraying from the oil well from contacting with the crude oil and air, thereby extinguishing the fire.

"According to our initial estimate, it will take us three years to put out all the oil field fires in Iraq," said You Zhenye, an expert who has participated in many oil field firefighting operations.

Gradually, Liu Tao also gradually understood.

The oil well pressure is high, the fire column is too high, and the surrounding temperature is too high. Workers cannot get too close and cannot block the entry of oxygen in a short period of time. Even if the conventional method is used to block the contact between oxygen and oil, even if the fire above is extinguished, the high temperature on the ground and inside the oil well will continue to ignite the gushing oil and natural gas, allowing the fire to continue to burn.

It can be said that it is very difficult and dangerous to put out an oil field fire.

An idea suddenly occurred to Liu Tao: "If we can block all oxygen from entering the entire area and then quickly reduce the temperature, can we speed up the firefighting process?"

"That's the theory, but it's very difficult! For example, this oil field is not big, but to put out the fire in this way, at least all the oxygen within one square kilometer must be consumed. The oil field fire will not be able to come into contact with oxygen for a short period of time after it is extinguished. Extinguishing the fire quickly lowers the surface temperature near the oil well and prevents it from re-igniting." You Zhenye said, "If you want to achieve this level, I'm afraid you have to use mushroom bombs."

You Zhenye didn't say anything else.

Because there is no need. The total fire-fighting contract is not that big, and the profit is not enough to use a mushroom bomb.

Liu Tao thought of the fuel-air explosive bomb, which can quickly consume all the oxygen in an area.

Without oxygen, the fire in the oil field will not burn.

After all, the main function of a fuel-air bomb is to quickly consume the surrounding oxygen in a short period of time, thereby increasing its lethality.

Although the temperature generated is high, the lack of oxygen will prevent the surrounding area from catching fire.

This high temperature also dissipates quickly.

It’s just that other people have never come into contact with fuel-air explosive bombs, and don’t even know about them, so they didn’t think of this plan.

"Leader, what is a fuel-air bomb?" You Zhenye asked in confusion.

"The fuel-air explosive bomb is a military equipment with great power. Its main function is to quickly consume the oxygen in the surrounding area. If used in a concentrated manner, the oxygen within a radius of tens of square kilometers can be quickly and completely consumed." Liu Tao introduced briefly.

"If we can use such equipment to put out fires, there will be no problem. As long as the oil field fire is put out, oxygen will be consumed quickly and the problem of cooling will be easy." You Zhenye said excitedly: "But we don't have the conditions to test it now, so I can't guarantee the effect."

Liu Tao said: "If we don't have the conditions to test, we can use computer simulation first!"

Liu Tao then took You Zhenye and others to Southwest Associated University.

After all, the supercomputing center of Southwest Associated University is the most advanced and powerful in the world. Just this supercomputing center has more computing power than all other computers in other places.

At the Supercomputing Center, Liu Tao personally participated in computer simulations to calculate the effects of using fuel-air explosives according to different situations, including how many fuel-air explosives would be needed.

It took five full days and simulated every conceivable situation at least ten times to determine that it was feasible to use fuel-air bombs to extinguish the oil field fire.

However, the specific situation depends on the detailed parameters of different oil fields, and even needs to be considered whether it is night or day, and what the weather conditions are.

But at least it proves that using fuel-air explosives to extinguish fires is feasible.

After rushing back to the capital, Liu Tao met with Al again to discuss the fire-fighting contract.

The two parties adopted an informal contract, and the amount remained the same for different oil fields and different fire-fighting times.

As long as the fire in Iraq's oil fields can be put out, Panshan Group can get at least US$400 billion and at most US$800 billion.

After the contract was finalized, the two parties held a press conference to announce that China would take over the Iraqi oil field firefighting business.

When the news came out, European and American media were in an uproar.

Do Chinese people know how to put out oil field fires?
This is a joke. Although China has oil, its reserves are far less than those in the Middle East.

How many oil field fires have occurred in China?
Does China have the ability to put out the oil field fires in Iraq?

All of a sudden, European and American media were full of sneers and ridicule.

On the one hand, they questioned the technology and the impossibility of extinguishing the oil field fires in Iraq; on the other hand, they questioned whether Iraq could afford to pay so much money, because everyone knew that after paying the war reparations, Iraq's assets in Europe and the United States were frozen and Iraq's foreign exchange reserves had been exhausted.

When European and American countries were generally skeptical and pessimistic, Liu Tao was already mobilizing personnel, fuel-air explosive bombs, and equipment to launch fuel-air explosive bombs.

Some equipment can be directly borrowed from tanks and armored vehicles in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, while some equipment needs to be mobilized and shipped to Iraq by Panshan Group.

A large number of fuel-air explosive bombs were shipped to Iraq.

So far, Panshan Group has never exported fuel-air explosive bombs, after all, fuel-air explosive bombs are too powerful.

This thing has terrifying lethality.

In order to get more money, Liu Tao was eager to put out the oil field fire as soon as possible.

The first to set off are people from Daqing Oilfield and the Meteorological Bureau. They will first conduct investigations on each oil field, and then transmit the data back to China for computer simulation at Southwest Associated University.

Panshan Group is making every effort to produce fuel-air explosive bombs. After all, even the fuel-air explosive bombs in stock are not enough to extinguish all the fires in Iraq's oil fields this time.

In order to better extinguish the fire, Panshan Group even dispatched "Ray Eagle" helicopters and H-6 bombers to the Middle East.

In addition to salvo fire, airdrops will also be carried out.

After all, the cost of airdrop will be lower.

Volley fire, on the other hand, can give soldiers more opportunities to practice.

In addition, some mercenaries will go to Iraq.

In order to carry out post-war reconstruction, Iraq will sell a large amount of gold.

Apart from the huge assets placed in China, Iraq's own US dollars have indeed been exhausted, but Iraq still has a large amount of gold.

(End of this chapter)