The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chapter 146 Seabed Drilling

Oil, especially local oil extraction, is something that the Germans have been looking forward to for decades. Its significance cannot be overemphasized. Serious [-] oil is easy to use, this is the huge bottleneck of Germany's revival

The Germans have worked hard for this for decades, with no results at all, almost desperate, but Zhu Bin popped up out of thin air, vowing to find oil for Germany

To put it another way, the Germans could stuff him into a cannon and blast him out of the atmosphere. What nonsense? Just drilled out, the efficiency is so high, with such evidence, who can not believe it?

Germans who advocate technology are more willing to believe that Zhu Bin and the gd laboratory behind him must have mastered the technology of seabed exploration, and this is just putting it into action.Then what he said is [-]% credible, otherwise, why did he build six expensive sea platforms for no reason?Recently, so many Yankees have been crazy about building platforms with orders, and I believe it.

Therefore, when the No. 2 platform in the Gulf of Mexico was pulled to the North Sea, a lot of heavyweights that Germany could mobilize came out, especially the ministers, generals and advisors who were involved in cooperation with Zhu Bin. Qi Qi was present, Hitler almost came in person, this matter is of great significance

When the group arrived in Wilhelmshaven, they saw a huge drilling platform that was nearly [-] meters long and dozens of stories high. A group of Germans couldn't help but feel agitated. Shock to the real thing

"This is simply the most beautiful embodiment of steel buildings." Little Krupp looked intoxicated. He is about to take over the Krupp Industrial Empire, and he has a deep love for steel, machinery and huge buildings.

"Yes, this is the organic combination of art and power, the pinnacle of human creativity, not weaker than battleships"

As the main promoter behind it, General Seekert also has an expression of old-fashioned comfort. If he can really achieve his expectations this time and dig out oil in Germany, then he will have no regrets even if he dies. will go down in history

Zhu Bin felt very satisfied that the Germans who were proud of their technology were so impressed. As the half-master, he invited the group of important ministers and Lawrence Rockefeller, who came personally to lead the battle, to introduce each other, and then boarded the platform with great interest to observe closely.

Taking advantage of the time when a large group of high-ranking German officials and engineers dispersed to discover the mysteries of the structure, Lawrence and Zhu Bin walked aside and talked in a low voice: "Mr. Zhu, why did you suddenly think of helping the Germans extract oil? You know, it's a very sensitive matter, and the British and the French are not too happy."

Zhu Bin squinted at him and said, "I'm afraid there are still your family? The Germans have no oil fields and can only import from the surrounding areas. Rockefeller can sell his oil at a good price, and it is a very good deal."

Lauren frankly admitted that this is a normal transaction and there is nothing to say.

Zhu Bin continued: "We negotiated at the beginning. The United States is dominated by you, China is dominated by me, and the rest of the world market is jointly developed as a company. Why don't you make money? In the current situation, you Don’t you think it is more suitable to develop oil fields in Germany than to transport them from far away? Moreover, it is difficult to keep the technology of subsea drilling secret for a long time. The Germans, British, and Japanese are all short of oil. If they desperately follow the trend of research, they may not be able to produce results. Rather than that, it is better for us to occupy the market first and talk about it.”

Lawrence raised his brows, thinking that this was a little unreliable, but he had to admit that since it was a cooperative company, the interests could not only be directed towards their Rockefeller family, Zhu Bin also wanted to make money.

"Okay. Then we will try our best to monopolize the oil exploration in the entire West European Sea." After all, he is an excellent descendant of the Rockefeller family, and his ability to make decisions is no worse than his ancestors. Lawrence immediately changed his mind, "Then, how sure are you to mine in the North Sea?" Out of the oil field? The climate here is really bad.”

The water in the North Sea is shallow, the wind is strong, the waves are high and the fog is heavy, and the environment is much harsher than that of the west coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico. The conditions are not of the same level of difficulty.So far, Lawrence has not fully mastered the exploration technology in Haiti, so he does not know how much he can grasp about Zhu Bin.

Zhu Bin said confidently: "There is no problem with this. In fact, we have done some investigation work in the early stage, and it is not difficult to successfully open the situation here."

Lawrence nodded cautiously: "I trust your judgment. Then, when can we hand over the exploration technology and equipment to our company?"

The corner of Zhu Bin's mouth twitched, he thought for a while and reluctantly said: "This will take a while, about three to five months later."

Zhu Bin doesn't have the so-called seabed exploration technology and equipment at all. He relies on the hardest robot in the world, Wally, as a coolie, driving work equipment to do things from the seabed. There are so-called exploration equipment that can be seen by outsiders. Design and manufacture take time

He has too many things spread out, and he can't be busy for a while, and now he has to find an excuse to procrastinate when Lawrence asks the end.Well, let's talk about this first.

Lawrence didn't know what was going on, he took it for granted that Zhu Bin was slowly opening up technology and equipment as the company's business progressed for the sake of technical confidentiality and safety, which was reasonable.If you cooperate with a big consortium like them, if you are stupid, you will show all your cards, and you will die without knowing how.As for others, the mysterious gd group must have the same mentality.

Three to five months is not too long.At least the oil wells in California have to be scaled up and officially put into production. After becoming a typical case, there is still time to enter large-scale operations.

The German fleet sailed to the north around the No. 2 sea platform, and soon arrived at the northernmost tip of Germany, stopping in the western shoal waters of Schleswig-Holstein.The No. 2 platform, specially designed for shallow sea exploration, slowly stretches four triangular steel frame legs into the sea, and then compacts it down with its own weight of [-] tons, which is equivalent to standing on the heels of the sea.

The platform, the [-]-meter-high giant tower crane and the drilling rig were skillfully operated under the operation of the top workers trained by Standard Oil, and they drilled slowly towards the seabed in the cold wind and waves of the North Sea.

The Germans had full trust in Zhu Bin's site selection and the entire drilling process, but now they actually drilled without any exploration, and the engineers who followed couldn't help asking: "Is this a bit too casual?" Is it? We can't just randomly search for oil fields?"

The cost of drilling an exploration well on the sea surface is too high, and the efficiency is too low. How will you know if there is oil if you don’t drill to 2000 meters?Does exploration need some scientific basis?

Zhu Bin explained on his behalf: "This is not drilling directly. In fact, this is an important part of the exploration process."

While speaking, he casually pointed to the distant sea: "Gentlemen, in fact, our exploration work is already in progress."

On the undulating, cold wind howling sea surface, a huge steel monster slowly rises from the sea surface. Its diameter can be less than ten meters. The huge 20-meter-long Yuantongzi all show an extraordinary sci-fi atmosphere.

A group of Germans looked through the binoculars for a long time, but they didn't see anything. Although Lawrence Rockefeller had seen it many times, he had never seen all of it. He only knew that it was the guy who determined the exact location of the oil field. And geological conditions, so that engineers can design mining methods is Zhu Bin's secret weapon

Zhu Bin carefully introduced: "That is our manned deep-sea submersible probe. Its main function is to use an air cannon to drive our special metal probe into the rock formation on the seabed, and extend the water surface recording device. , to determine the sensing area, and then drill an exploratory well of hundreds of meters in the center, put in a powerful bomb to detonate, and all the probe rods will record the generated micro-seismic ripple characteristics, so as to judge the deep geological structure and find Petroleum layer."

"It's that simple?" The German was dumbfounded. It doesn't sound complicated.

But when you think about it seriously, it’s not that simple. It’s possible to dive to the bottom of hundreds of meters. Americans can dive to 1000 meters deep, but it’s difficult to work at such a depth. How to design the external machinery?Can it withstand such a large water pressure?It is conceivable that the air cannon is nothing more than a guy propelled by high-pressure gas. How can the pressure-resistant restart tank be made?What kind of alloy technology is used to make the metal probe?What sensitive accessories are in it?What is the surface recorder like?

The most important thing is that even if you have recorded data, if you don’t have a large enough geological database, you can’t compare it or judge the real geological structure, so as to find oil. As for drilling a large hole hundreds of meters deep to create an artificial earthquake, it’s not enough. is the easiest thing to do.

"This GD laboratory is very powerful. How many complicated technologies are involved? They actually figured it out." The Germans became overwhelmed when they analyzed it, and admired it, but Lawrence shook his head helplessly. For more than half a year, he and The family's laboratory engineers have tried their best to research, but they still can't find Zhu Bin's technology. It's easy to say, but it can't be realized.

The hard-working Wali showed his face and immediately dived to the bottom of the sea, where the water depth and pressure are not strong, and his actions are more flexible.It operates the huge external metal arm, drills a hole more than ten meters deep in the surface sand and gravel seabed, and then stretches the huge round hole in. With a bang, it blasts an alloy pole more than five meters long into the rock In the layer, a wire is deftly connected, and an inflatable ball with a diameter of about one meter is released to float on the water.

One by one, with the drilling platform as the center, more than a dozen were carried out within a radius of [-] kilometers, and signals were sent to the platform.This process lasted for two full days and nights.

In the early morning of the fourth day, the engineer of the platform confirmed the signal, stopped drilling immediately, and put the most powerful high explosive into the deep hole of more than 300 meters. After the platform was put away and towed away, the explosion