Spring Breeze 1991

After pondering for a moment, Yao Yuan said, "I'll think about it first, and proceed with the original plan before I make a decision. You can come back tomorrow and finish the Turkmenist affairs first."

"Okay, I will rush back to Ashgabat early tomorrow morning."

The next day, Su Jianmin returned to Ashgabat. As soon as he returned to the Turkmen Hotel, the news was sent out—an oil professional media released a message:

According to sources, oil giant Standard Oil will establish a joint venture with petrochemical rookie Dongfang Petroleum and Halliburton, the world's largest oilfield service provider, with the aim of cooperating in the development of oil and gas resources in Central Asia.

As soon as the news came out, the stock market reacted first, and the stock prices of Standard Oil and Halliburton rose accordingly. When everyone wanted to buy the stock of Dongfang Petroleum, they were surprised to find that it was not listed.

A large number of reporters interviewed Hans and Jason in Abu Dhabi, asking whether the news was true or not.According to the agreement, Hans and Jason made a vague statement, neither admitting nor denying it.

Such a statement was interpreted by the outside world as a default.

The news quickly spread to Xinrihua, and it was brought by Sherdar.

In the same reception room, Shinichi and Miyamoto fell into a deep silence after hearing the news from Sherdar.

"Central Asia..." Qian Zhongxin pondered, "That is Turkmenistan, and they are targeting Turkmenistan oil and gas fields."

Miyamoto Daro never expected such a situation.

Dongfang Petroleum alone is already quite difficult for Xindai Chemical to deal with. Now there are Standard Oil and Halliburton, both of which are industry giants, and Halliburton is the world's largest oilfield service provider.

The combination of the three, whether it is technology or capital, is far superior to Xinrihua, even though Xinrihua is behind the three chaebols and has the endorsement of the Japanese government.

"Is the news reliable?" Miyamoto asked, looking at Sherdar.

Sheldall said, "Judging from what Camille revealed, it should be true. The strange thing is that Camille mentioned four cooperations, and France's Total Petroleum Company is missing now."

At this moment, a man walked in and handed Miyamoto a piece of paper.

Tairo Miyamoto read it quickly, handed it to Shinichi Qianzhong, and said in a deep voice, "Total Petroleum has just stated its position and hopes to further cooperate with Dongfang Petroleum Company."

"All three companies have issued statements, and that's true," Sheldall said.

Logically speaking, Miyamoto should let Sherdar leave first before discussing, but he is a bit confused, and at this time, the opinions of official personnel like Sherdar are very much needed.

Qian Zhongxin said, "Mr. Deputy Mayor, how credible do you think the detailed investment plan mentioned by Camille is?"

Sheldal thought for a while, and said, "The credibility should be very high. Camille said that Dongfang Petroleum will make all-round investments in oil and gas field development, oil pipelines, refining, etc., and at the same time build gas pipelines. President Alipov must be very interested."

"According to this scale, it can bring a huge amount of fiscal revenue to Turkmenistan, which is very important to President Alipov."

Qian Zhongxin nodded slightly, "That is to say, according to this detailed investment plan, it is difficult for Dongfang Petroleum to complete it on its own strength, so it has joined forces with Standard Oil, Total Petroleum and Halliburton."

"Yes." Sheldall raised his wrist and looked at his watch.

Miyamoto came back to his senses and said, "Okay, Mr. Sheldall, the government will leave it to you."

Sherdar smiled and got up, picked up the lockbox and left.

He only cares about his own interests. When providing information and collecting money, he must first ensure that his own interests are obtained. As for whether he can obtain long-term benefits from Xin Rihua, that will be considered later.

To put it bluntly, Sheldall saw himself as an intelligence broker.

"President Miyamoto, in this way, our plan will not be very attractive." Qian Zhongxin said in a deep voice, "There is no better way than to increase investment."

Miyamoto said hesitantly, "If we need to reserve enough funds to participate in the bid for the Shikotan Oilfield, there is basically no room for the Turkmenists to change their plans."

"Yes, if we continue to compete with Dongfang Petroleum according to the current situation, our funding will be a big problem. There are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan behind. As far as I know, these three countries are friendly to China , we don’t have a big advantage.” Qian Zhongxin said.

According to their plan, as long as the support of one of the four countries that the Bucks-Clark oil pipeline passes through is won, the construction of the oil pipeline can be destroyed.No matter how bad it is, the pipeline can be detoured. In this way, the capital that Dongfang Petroleum needs to invest will increase significantly.

Turkmenistan was their chosen country because of Alipov's neutrality.

Some people say that war is a continuation of politics. In fact, in peaceful times, energy security is an important part of international political relations, and it is another kind of continuation.

This is also the reason why the Japanese government did not hesitate to send the Minister of Industry and Industry to visit Azerbaijan to endorse Xindaihua.

Although Qian Zhongxinyi's position is not high, he is a think tank figure, and he is an agent recognized by the three major chaebols.

He said, "President Miyamoto, I propose to raise domestic funds, and at the same time persuade the government to increase interest-free loans to Turkmenistan. 1000 billion yen will not attract Aliyev, and it is estimated that Alipov will not be attracted either. Maybe we should support Turkmenistan. Loans in U.S. dollars."

Miyamoto was silent for a moment, "For Azerbaijan's western pipeline, we have raised 10 billion US dollars, and then apply for financing. I am worried that there will be problems."

"As long as we can defeat Dongfang Petroleum, everything is worthwhile. We have lost the opportunity. If Dongfang Petroleum is allowed to win Turkmenistan's oil and gas resources, not to mention oil pipelines, just crude oil reserves, we will be far behind "Qian Zhongxin said in a deep voice.

Undoubtedly, Qianzhongxinyi is very far-sighted.Petroleum is a non-renewable energy source, and there are fewer and fewer unclaimed oil and gas resources that can be exploited. This is disastrous for Japan, which is completely dependent on imports.

Some research institutions once analyzed that it only needs to cut off Japan's maritime oil transportation route, and within three months, the island country will raise the white flag.

For the sake of energy security, the Japanese government has the attitude of doing whatever it takes.

Miyamoto said, "Perhaps we should adjust the plan and choose between pipelines and oil and gas fields."

"My opinion is that we should strive to win all of them." Qian Zhongxin said in a deep voice, "increase investment in Turkmenistan, provide more US dollar loans, and require Turkmenistan and Xinrihua to sign the only cooperation agreement."

Miyamoto Daro felt very uncomfortable with Qianzhongxin's ambitions, because it meant that the entire Xinrihua was invested in it.

"It's better to be on the safe side. There is an old saying in Huaxia that you can't become fat if you eat one bite, but you will last." Miyamoto Dairo said.

Qian Zhongxin felt helpless about Miyamoto's conservative attitude. He spread his hands and said, "Either give up on Turkmenistan, give up competing with Dongfang Petroleum for oil pipelines, and increase investment in the Tyumen Oilfield."

Miyamoto asked suddenly, "Dongfang Petroleum has not won any oil fields in Russia, not even a single oil well. This phenomenon is very strange."

"It's very strange. They only provide oilfield services in Russia, and they are competitors with Halliburton. The Azerbaijan National Oil Company introduced Halliburton as a strategic partner, which is said to be a kind of compensation from Dongfang Petroleum to Halliburton." Together with Zhongxin, he knows the situation best. At that time, he was responsible for the joint bidding of Nippon Chemical and Hyundai Petroleum on behalf of Nippon Chemical.

Dongfang Petroleum gave up the huge Saha Oilfield to Modern Petroleum, and Modern Petroleum invested almost all of its wealth in it. But in the short term, the profits within ten years are basically given to Dongfang Petroleum, because Dongfang Petroleum is the only oilfield service provider .

Like Japan, South Korea does not hesitate to obtain oil fields. When faced with the huge Saha oil field, they did not hesitate at all, even if they need to continue to invest in it for ten years.

If they knew that in seven or eight years at most, Emperor Pu Da would nationalize all the oil fields in the territory, and he would probably faint in the toilet crying.

Hyundai Petroleum is expected to lose tens of billions of dollars visually, which is very likely to drag down Hyundai Group.

"President Miyamoto, the best way is to raise domestic funds and persuade the government to provide more US dollar loans. This is a basic requirement, otherwise it will be difficult for us to compete with Dongfang Petroleum. I suggest that you ask the three big chaebols to increase investment. " Qian Zhongxin said.

Tairo Miyamoto nodded slowly, and Shinichi was right, these are the basic requirements.

He said, "Let Sherdar arrange a meeting with Alipov as soon as possible. Before that, I will go back to China and personally explain the situation to the three chaebols and ask them to invest more."

"Okay, I will keep an eye on the situation on the Turkmen side." Qian Zhongxin heaved a sigh of relief.

They never imagined that their entire conversation had been tapped.

When Yao Yuan finished listening to the recording, he showed a serious smile, which made people who knew him realize that Xinrihua was about to suffer.

Lin Wei couldn't figure it out. He asked, "However, what should we do to make Xinrihua quit? We are acting, and they are here for real. Turkmen will definitely cooperate with them."

Not only him, but others also couldn't figure it out.

All this is done to induce Xindai Chemical to increase its investment in Turkmenistan, which is not a good thing for Dongfang Petroleum.

Yao Yuan talked about other things, he said, "Alipov was originally the leader of the CPSU in the Republic of Turkmenistan, and he was a standard senior cadre of the CPSU. After Russia was fully privatized, many former Soviet Union countries followed suit, except for Azerbaijan. and Turkmenistan basically followed the Soviet economic model."

"Huh? Does this have anything to do with what's going on now?" Lin Wei asked puzzled.

Yao Yuan said, "Why am I determined not to buy oil fields in Russia?"

"Yeah, why? Such a good opportunity." Lin Wei shook his head and said.

These questions have been in everyone's mind for a long time, but Yao Yuan has not explained them.

Yao Yuan glanced at everyone and said, "Because there is a risk of being nationalized, and the probability is very high. Think about it, it took ten years to achieve high oil production, and when the income came, the host country suddenly announced that all the oil fields in the territory would be taken over." If it is returned to the state, all the investment will be in vain, you don’t think the government of the host country will buy it back according to the market practice?”

Everyone was stunned, if so...

Lin Wei's eyes widened, "Then, isn't Modern Petroleum..."