Spring Breeze 1991

Nian Haihong returned to China with three railway planning maps. He was sent to Atyrau Airport by helicopter, and Yao Yuan's A-320 special plane carried him and other people back to China to fly directly to China.

Zhan Chenggui stayed and took charge of the exploration work with Qin Zhenjun.

The gathering of the two technology giants of Spring Breeze Academy of Sciences reflects the great importance attached to the development of the Kashagan Field.

Yao Yuan naturally won't leave. The G-spot of Kashagan Field can't be found and he won't leave for a day. Now it's time to fight. Nazaryev is waiting, and Yao Yuan is also waiting, waiting for a big good news , enough to allow Kazakhstan's parliament to put the country's railway gauge on the back burner.

And this major economic benefit can only be a world-class oil field, otherwise, Yao Yuan can only throw out the 1400 million tons of gold concentrate (2000 tons of gold can be mined).

Nian Haihong didn't know the existence of gold mines. Yao Yuan said that building the new capital of Kazakhstan for free was a guarantee of invincibility. In fact, his most powerful backer was the two thousand tons of gold, which any country would be hard to resist. Such a temptation.

The exploration of Well No. [-] ended in failure. Unreasonably and unexpectedly, Gu Peiqiang suffered a moderate blow.

Offshore No. 5 was in place, and the main force of the No. 7 Exploration Team bid farewell to the land exploration and officially transferred to the platform to start offshore exploration. Dozens of elites boarded the platform and slowly drove towards the distant sea under the tugboat's tow.

This time Yao Yuan was uncharacteristically, and decided to explore from far to near.

His reason is very rough - within the territory of Kazakhstan's territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone, he can explore anytime and anywhere, so why do he have to limit the scope so deadly?

Of course, the more important reason is that after Exploration Well No. [-], he and the technicians have the same opinion - the probability of finding oil is the highest in deeper sea areas.

So the Offshore No. 5 offshore drilling platform, dragged by a tugboat, stopped on the sea about 1 nautical mile on the Kazakh side of the territorial sea line, where the depth of the sea is about 1300 meters.

Now, the three young technicians of the underwater visual detection technology project team can come in handy.

It is difficult for Yao Yuan to be interested in this kind of video technology, but in 1996, it is truly top-notch technology.It is related to optoelectronic technology, optoelectronic equipment, electronic technology and equipment, etc., as well as integrated circuits...

Any one pulled out is a very important technical field.

Yao Yuan intends to train young people so that they can gain valuable practical experience, so he first let them operate the diving robot to go into the sea to detect the topography of the seabed, draw a topographic map of the seabed, and then use the diving robot to grab the geological materials of the seabed for research. It is a relatively complete hydrological survey...

Gu Peiqiang was curious about the diving robot, but what he thought was that if the diving robot could overhaul the drilling pipe and the underwater part of the platform, then there would be no need to guess or let divers do such dangerous work.

However, from the actual situation, in the area of ​​oil exploration, the visual detection technology project team can play little role, unless it encounters the relatively rare situation in the No. [-] operation area.

Offshore No. 5 drilling platform is the third-generation offshore drilling platform designed by Chunfeng Academy of Sciences and built by the direction of shipbuilding. It is of the world's advanced level. Because it is equipped with an independent power system and has some functions of the fourth-generation platform, it is generally classified as the third-generation and a half. .

However, its autonomous power system only has low-speed navigation and certain dynamic positioning capabilities in emergency situations, and its experimental nature is relatively prominent.

In the vast Caspian Sea, except for the occasional passing ship, only the offshore No. 5 stands there alone.After five days of operation, the commuter ship brought in daily necessities for replenishment, and at the same time brought some consumable materials.

In the middle of the night on May 5, Yao Yuan sat on the helicopter platform in the shade and wrote a diary.At this time of night it is very cool above the Caspian Sea, far better than the coldness on land some time ago.

When he was about to go back to the cabin to rest, Chao Chen ran up to report, "Boss, there is a situation."

There was excitement on Chao Chen's face.

Good news?

Yao Yuan immediately rushed to the command and control room.

The atmosphere was really different. Everyone's expressions were the same as Chen Chao's, even the well-informed Qin Zhenjun and Zhan Chenggui.

"Mr. Yao, crude oil came out during the mud pumping, and we are doing a pressure test." Qin Zhenjun briefly reported.

One sentence will explain the situation.

When the drill bit goes down to the bottom of the sea, the mud must be continuously pumped up to continue drilling. On land, it is discharged to the vicinity through pipelines, or it is simply sprayed on the side, but it cannot be done at sea.

Because of strict environmental protection requirements, mud cannot be directly discharged into the sea. Of course, there is no such restriction in the Caspian Sea. Except for Iran, coastal countries are generally poor enough to be pants, so there is no environmental protection issue.

However, in order to form international competitiveness, Dongfang Petroleum must meet international environmental protection requirements, and Yao Yuan's requirement is to exceed international standards.

He doesn't even discharge the mud into the sea, but uses a special mud carrier to receive the mud and transport it back to land.

When the mud is pumped, crude oil comes out, what does it mean?

It means that the oil layer has been hit, which means that this is a secondary self-flowing well. If it is not handled properly, it is a self-flowing well, and a self-flowing well often means danger.

Most of the people present had deep memories of how powerful Dongfang No. [-] well in Shidan Oilfield was blowing out at that time.

They are very experienced, so the choice of every step is very careful.

Yao Yuan's drowsiness disappeared all of a sudden, and he said with a smile, "Five days of hard work, I'm afraid to see the rewards tonight, Uncle Qin, what are you going to do next?"

Qin Zhenjun said, "Cement the well first and then log the well."

"Do you think this is the g-spot of Kashagan Field?" Yao Yuan asked.

Although Qin Zhenjun didn't understand why Yao Yuan always said "g-spot", he understood the meaning. He pointed to Li Guangwu and said with a smile, "I think so. Comrade Guangwu made great contributions. In the sea area under our feet, the oil reserves are likely to reach an astonishing 30 billion tons."

This is why everyone couldn't contain their excitement.

Yao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly recalled, quite surprised, "The second largest oil field in the world?"

"Yes." Li Guangwu replied, not looking pleased, "In terms of a single oil field, it is the second largest in the world."

So-and-so oilfield is often a collective name for oilfield groups in a region, such as Tyumen Oilfield, such as Ghawar Oilfield. From this concept, Kashagan Field’s recoverable reserves of 30 billion tons can be ranked among the top ten in the world. Pisedan Oilfield a little more.

However, if the ranking is based on the concept of a single oil field, the recoverable reserves of the Kashagan Field of 30 billion tons far surpass other oil fields and rank second, and the first is an oil field in Alaska by the Yankees.

Qin Zhenjun added, "We have collected some crude oil samples, and the people in the oil product analysis team are working overtime to analyze."

Large recoverable reserves is the first important indicator, the second important indicator is oil products, and then transportation costs.

Undoubtedly, in terms of transportation costs, the Kashagan Field is not comparable to the Shikotan Oilfield, and the cost of land transportation is much higher than that of sea transportation.

Yao Yuan knew very well that the more calm he had to be at this time.

He thought for a moment, and said decisively, "Uncle Qin, let's put the logging first, and do a detailed exploration first. Even if this well is abandoned, we must obtain as much exploration data and geological data as possible. I always feel stuck." Shagan Field is not so simple."

"The government of Kazakhstan called again to inquire about the progress. If the well logging is not carried out, we have no relevant data to report to them." Qin Zhenjun said in a deep voice.

For every barrel of oil produced by Dongfang Petroleum, [-]% of the profit goes to the Kazakh government. Of course, the Kazakh government is very concerned about the progress of exploration here, and Dongfang Petroleum should also inform them of the situation in a timely manner.

Yao Yuan shook his head slightly and said, "I will communicate directly with the President's Office."

"Okay, let's do geological exploration first." Qin Zhenjun had no worries.

The big boss took up the pressure, and everyone felt even greater pressure.No one is so naive as to think that after the big boss takes the pressure off the top, the people below can relax, on the contrary.

After confirming the direction, all departments got busy in an orderly manner. Yao Yuan didn't feel sleepy anymore, so he simply stayed in the command and control room, looking through the geological data carefully.

He didn't understand geology in his previous life, but in this life, because he was involved in oil development, he was exposed to a lot of geological data, and he was surrounded by great experts.

He himself has a technical concept 20 years ahead of him, and he is the age with the strongest learning ability, so he naturally learns faster.

Without assistance, Yao Yuan didn't have much trouble reading these geological data.

Seven exploration wells were drilled on the land. These exploration wells are not invalid, and the on-duty personnel are also left to collect data. Some exploration wells will only be sealed up after they are confirmed to be no longer used, and they will be unsealed when needed. That's it.

The duty personnel of these exploration wells will report back new data every day, and the new data obtained by Offshore No. 5 every day will be summarized and analyzed. After such a process, Yao Yuan can see the latest conclusions every night before going to bed.

Still, it's the first time looking at raw numbers like tonight's.

After watching for more than an hour, Yao Yuan gradually had an outline in his mind, the outline of Kashagan Field.

He found that the basis for Li Guangwu's belief that there is a super oil field with recoverable reserves of more than 30 billion tons comes from two places, one is the exploration of Offshore No. 5 in the past few days, and the other is the exploration well No. [-] data.

Li Guangwu believes that from the forward camp to here, there is a super oil field under this entire area, that is to say, the investment in seven exploration wells is not in vain. oil.

However, Li Guangwu believes that the situation in the Kashagan Block is special. The easiest place to extract oil is not the land but the Caspian Sea. here.

Yao Yuan touched his chin and fell into deep thought.