Spring Breeze 1991

Yao Yuan did not go to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Instead, he used a cover-up to take Lin Xiaohu, Jiang Yong, and Chen Chao with him on a dilapidated Tu-154 of Turkmenistan Airlines, which was established only a few months ago. The passenger plane came to Abu Dhabi.

Turkmenistan Airlines can be said to be one of the most rubbish airlines in the world. At this time, there are only a few aircraft, all of which are Soviet heritage.

The rest of them were led by Lin Wei and Su Jianmin to Tashkent, and continued to contact and negotiate with the transit countries for the transit of the oil pipeline.

The reason why Yao Yuan didn't go in person was because Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan all hoped to have economic cooperation with China, and the relationship between these three countries with China has always been stable.

The reason is actually very simple. The land is barren and natural resources have nothing but oil and gas resources. The economy is backward and the population is not large. During the Soviet Union, it was a republic of financial transfer payments. Apart from China, there is no big country that can carry out economic and trade cooperation.

At this time, Russia is too busy to take care of itself, so naturally it can't take care of these original little brothers.

Especially Kyrgyzstan, the smallest country among the five Central Asian stans, doesn't even have much oil and gas resources. The oil pipeline passes through their territory, and it goes through Tashkent, which they wish for.

Based on this, Yao Yuan decided to go to Abu Dhabi to preside over the bid for the Shidan Oilfield, and Lin Wei and others were in charge of the negotiations for the remaining stans.

For security reasons, this news is kept confidential. The outside world thinks that Yao Yuan went to Tashkent. After all, his special plane did go to Tashkent.

This point is that Xinrihua is being sentimental. Yao Yuan is using cover-ups to hide from the killers hired by Wall Street, not targeting Xinrihua.

In fact, from the moment the 25 billion US dollars of Xinrihua entered the account of Turkmenistan National Oil Company, their fate was already doomed.

Alipov's absence actually meant that there was a problem within Turkmenistan. It was a pity that Qianzhongxinyi, a self-proclaimed think tank, did not analyze the situation in Turkmenistan, and just stepped into the trap set by Yao Yuan.

But Yao Yuan is secretly stationed at the Kempinski Hotel in Abu Dhabi. For his safety, not only did Lu Sen, Yakov and others do a good job of security according to the plan before his arrival, Jiang Yong also strengthened At the same time, a plan was formulated to keep Yao Yuan's usual actions secret.

Fortunately, Yao Yuan didn't make many public appearances, and if he wasn't someone with a heart, he wouldn't leave a picture of him, and he didn't have a lot of impressions of him.

However, after all, Yao Yuan had made public appearances in the bidding for the Tyumen Oilfield, so the risk still existed.

The Shikotan Oilfield is known as the third largest shallow sea oilfield in the world, and the preliminary exploration recoverable reserves are as high as 20 billion tons. This is the exploration data after 2015.

That is to say, the plots taken out by the UAE are unexplored, and no one knows how much and what kind of oil there is.

This is completely different from the situation in Baku Oilfield and Tyumen Oilfield.

That is to say, after winning the oilfield franchise, everything has to be started from scratch, without any early exploration data support, the development time is very long, and the risk of loss is extremely high.

To put it bluntly, the area drawn by the UAE from the Shidan area is a blank sheet of paper.

In view of this, the bid reserve price offered by the UAE is not high, only 3000 million US dollars.

When mentioning the United Arab Emirates, most people will immediately think of two labels, Dubai, Petroleum and Emirates. The latter is the airline with the most large passenger aircraft in the world and is also a well-known airline.

As for Dubai, it is a world-recognized luxury tourist city and a gold-selling cave in the world.

There is definitely oil in the Shikotan area, which is beyond doubt, but where, how much, and what quality, the only reference is the situation of other oil fields in the country, and nothing more.

For this reason, the United Arab Emirates issued temporary exploration permits to all bidding companies, allowing each bidding company to carry out preliminary exploration in the Shikotan area within a time limit of 12 days.At the same time, the bidding will take 15 days, the whole process will take one month, and the result will be announced on December [-].

The day after Yao Yuan's arrival was already the tenth day after the start of the temporary exploration.

He knew how much oil was in the Shikotan area, where it was, and the quality of the oil.

But Dongfang Petroleum Company still only has this one advantage. Generally speaking, it is in a completely disadvantaged position.

The reason is simple, oil is politics, and without a strong motherland behind it, it is difficult to move forward in the world's energy industry.There will be no more good things like Azerbaijan. After all, there is only one Aliyev, and such things are rare in a century.

This is also the reason why Yao Yuan hesitated to participate in the bid for the Shidan Oilfield.

For several days in a row, Yao Yuan stayed in the hotel room and read the news and newspapers.Several oil giants have invited senior government officials to make lightning visits to the United Arab Emirates. Oil was not mentioned in the news reports, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that they are standing for their own oil companies.

At the same time, Qin Zhenjun brought a geological exploration team into the Shidan area for preliminary exploration. He was dissatisfied with Yao Yuan's "hasty" decision, because he had missed a full ten days, which meant that the final data obtained was far from Less than competitors, which is very unfavorable for bidding.

However, Yao Yuan mainly focused his intelligence work on his opponents.

Lu Sen and Yakov kept reporting the latest information.

On the last day of the temporary exploration, two uninvited guests wanted to see him.As soon as they entered, the two uninvited guests discovered that Yao Yuan was having a barbecue with Lin Xiaohu and others on the balcony.

It was Wen Tiejun who came striding forward first, and he said with a smile, "Xiao Yao, you are really in a good mood."

Xiong Jinhua followed, which surprised Yao Yuan.

Yao Yuan greeted, "I'm not used to the food here. Fortunately, Abu Dhabi is not bad. As long as you can afford it, you can get some barbecue ingredients. Mr. Wen, Mr. Xiong, please sit down and have some barbecue and drink on a hot day." Order beer, the taste will not be changed by a god."

"Well, it's very fragrant, and it tastes like home." Wen Tiejun sat down generously.

Xiong Jinhua was a little restrained, and also sat down.

Wen Tiejun looked at the room and said, "Xiao Yao, does this hotel cost two or three hundred dollars a night?"

When they just walked up from the lobby, the luxury of the hotel overwhelmed the two of them. The gold decorations that can be seen seem to be real gold, and all kinds of decorative paintings look like authentic masterpieces. I don’t know. How many blocks away are the three-star hotels they live in.

Yao Yuan said, "More than US$2000 is considered an upper-middle-class room in this hotel."

"More than 2000!" Wen Tiejun and Wen Tiejun gasped.

At this time, the leading cadres of state-owned enterprises have not developed the habit of enjoying life. Although the two bosses are expensive for three barrels of oil, and they are not short of foreign exchange, they still choose more than 100 US dollars based on the principle of saving what they can. Three-star hotel for one night.

From this point of view, the leading cadres of state-owned enterprises in this era are quite lovely.

Yao Yuan said, "You can't just look at the room rate. The Kempinski Hotel is a place where executives from major oil companies and local government officials often have activities. Various meetings are held here every day. It is easier to obtain relevant information here. information. I suggest you change here as well."

After waving his hand, Wen Tiejun said with a wry smile, "Of course I know, but it's seriously over the standard, and it's not suitable. The hotel we're staying in is actually over the standard, costing more than $100."

After a pause, Wen Tiejun switched to the topic, "Xiao Yao, let's talk while eating, I'm here to ask you for help."

He ate a skewer and drank beer, looked at Xiong Jinhua, and said with a smile, "CNOOC also participated in the bidding, you two discuss the specifics, and I will eat barbecue."

It turned out to be the case.

Xiong Jinhua's psychology is quite contradictory. First, he looks down on private enterprises, and second, he hopes to borrow from Dongfang Petroleum. In addition, he did not support Dongfang Petroleum in the East Coast petrochemical base project before, which added to the embarrassment.

After thinking for a while, Xiong Jinhua said, "Mr. Yao, we are all on our own, so I'll just say it straight. Our CNOOC hopes to bid jointly with Dongfang Petroleum. I don't know what you want?"

"I don't want to." Yao Yuan said with a smile.

Refuse flatly.

Even the smile on Wen Tiejun's face couldn't hold back, so he had to laugh along with him.

Xiong Jinhua looked at Wen Tiejun in distress.

There is also the matter of the Petroleum Corporation. Wen Tiejun thought he had a bit of face in front of Yao Yuan, and said immediately, "Xiao Yao, the situation is like this. The superior asked us to participate in the bidding of overseas oil fields and implement the enterprise's courage to go out. Instructive spirit. This time, CNOOC is the main body, and our Petroleum Corporation is the supplementary, forming a consortium to participate in the bid for the Shidan Oilfield.”

Petrochemical Corporation was busy with the East Coast petrochemical base project and did not participate.

Wen Tiejun paused for a while and said, "You have overseas bidding experience, and Dongfang Petroleum has a successful case. It was my proposal to seek cooperation with you, which was approved by the higher authorities. Everyone is a family, as Mr. Li also said, and they are twisted together. The rope is consistent with the outside world, and the success rate is higher."

"Did Mr. Li clearly ask Dongfang Petroleum and CNOOC to jointly bid?" Yao Yuan asked.

Wen Tiejun quickly said, "That's not true. You are a private enterprise, so how can you ask for it?"

"That's good." Yao Yuan took a sip of beer and said, "Dongfang Petroleum independently bids."

Wen Tiejun's tough attitude surprised Wen Tiejun. In his impression, Yao Yuan had always hoped to cooperate with Sanbarrel when it came to national energy security.

Wen Tiejun choked suddenly, embarrassed.

Yao Yuan said, "Mr. Wen, I am a shareholder and independent director of Huaxia Petroleum Group Co., Ltd. Why did I only know about the joint bidding with CNOOC now?"

At the very least, this kind of thing needs to be notified. Normally, Yao Yuan should even be invited to join the board of directors, but Yao Yuan has not received any notification or notification.

Yao Yuan understands that it is the patriarchal style of state-owned enterprises that is at work.

Wen Tiejun was even more embarrassed, "This matter, this matter is because we did not do it properly."

The top leader of the Petroleum Corporation is the general manager, and the chairman of the Petroleum Group Co., Ltd. is the top leader. These two positions are held by Wen Tiejun. The latter was established for the joint-stock system and then went public.

Yao Yuan owns shares in Petroleum Group Co., Ltd. and is also an independent director. He should be notified due to circumstances and reasons, but he was not.