Spring Breeze 1991

Will there be a second Dongfang No. [-] well?

Or compared to one-half of the Dongfang No. [-] well, that also has a daily output of [-] tons, which is the second largest oil well in the world.

Yao Yuan has never been an optimistic person, as is usually the case with people who worry about the country and the people.

The first thing he considers in doing things is the result of failure, and he will only do it after confirming that he can bear it and has prepared the psychological construction to bear it.Just like the few major things he has done in his short political career.

Then think about what success will bring.

But he has always been confident and optimistic in front of everyone. This is the basic quality of a great leader, which can always support the self-confidence of the entire group.

The scale and estimated production capacity of the Kashagan Field are directly related to the grand railway plan. In other words, the cross-border railway reflects the relationship between countries. In other words, the outcome of the Kashagan Field will indirectly affect international politics. .

It is far from what the Shikotan Oilfield can match.

Although the competition in the Shikotan Oilfield cannot be separated from the background of governments of various countries, as far as the UAE government is concerned, it is still economic interests in the final analysis.

Otherwise, Crown Prince Alifa would not have chosen Dongfang Petroleum because Yao Yuan underwrote the UAE's natural gas.

Yao Yuan has already contracted to build the new capital of Kazakhstan for free. Under such circumstances, Nazaryev still has doubts about the construction of a large transnational railway. It can be seen that political factors are far more important than economic factors in this transaction.

The only solution is for the value of the Kashagan field to greatly outweigh Nazaryev's political concerns.

30 billion tons of recoverable reserves are not enough.

The concept of recoverable reserves is very broad, including economically recoverable reserves and technically recoverable reserves, including primary oil recovery, secondary oil recovery, and tertiary oil recovery.

For example, the abandoned Bemut Oilfield had considerable recoverable reserves. Why was it abandoned early on, because the current technology cannot exploit the remaining reserves.

Even if the technical conditions are met, there is still an economic factor. You spend 100 yuan to extract a barrel of oil, but you can only get 30 yuan when you sell it. Who wants to do this kind of business that loses money and makes money?

Therefore, recoverable reserves is a broad concept, and its role is not as important as imagined when it is necessary to evaluate the value.

What Yao Yuan wanted was more accurate data on recoverable reserves, including the proportions of the three oil recovery stages.

If two-thirds of the 30 billion tons of recoverable reserves require the use of tertiary oil recovery technology, then the Kashagan Field is mediocre, and Nazaryev cannot make up his mind to take a gamble with Yao Yuan of.

"Kashagan, oh Kashagan, you really still keep people at a distance..."

Yao Yuan put down the material in his hand, looked up at the ceiling and sighed.

When I was about to go back to the cabin to rest, I heard someone from Qin Zhenjun report: "Mr. Qin, the cementing test has been completed, but the mud coefficient is very strange. It has soared from [-] to [-], and the pipeline pressure is increasing."

Yao Yuan walked over immediately.

Qin Zhenjun frowned after carefully checking the instrument.

Soon, he ordered decisively, "Pump the mud and put the mud boat in place."

"Yes."

The mud ship moored not far away received the order, and the chief mate quickly woke up the sleeping captain, immediately lifted the anchor and drove over slowly, approached the platform with his buttocks, and connected the pipeline to prepare to receive mud.

Yao Yuan couldn't help thinking of the big explosion of the offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico in his previous life. It was a man-made accident, and the well logging was carried out without cementing test, which eventually led to a huge blowout and a catastrophe.

Speaking of which, when the Dongfang No. 7 well in the Shidan Oilfield had a big blowout, if the [-]th drilling team hadn’t been able to do it, the team leader Gu Peiqiang rushed up in time to control the blowout before the worst happened, and the catastrophe could not be avoided, because The downhole pressure of the Dongfang No. [-] well far exceeds that of the offshore drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Qin Zhenjun will not make mistakes, and the 7th drilling team will not make mistakes. There is no possibility of human error. Yao Yuan has nothing to worry about. He rubbed his nose and folded his arms to wait and see what happened.

Smoking is not allowed on the platform. When Yao Yuan gets addicted to cigarettes, he would go to the helicopter landing platform to smoke. Only he has this privilege.

Mud is continuously pumped out of the ground and then injected into the mud boat through pipelines in a steady stream.The pipeline pressure is falling steadily, which shows that the measures are effective, and the cementing test has withstood the test.

Qin Zhenjun was thinking, and after his assistant reported that the pipeline pressure had returned to normal, his brows twitched suddenly, and he said, "Do production logging."

The assistant froze.

Qin Zhenjun frowned and looked at the assistant, who suddenly came back to his senses and quickly gave an order.

Yao Yuan didn't raise any objection, the more he had to trust Qin Zhenjun's judgment at such a time.Since Qin Zhenjun didn't ask him for instructions, it means that Qin Zhenjun knew his instructions well and didn't need the big boss to make difficult decisions.

Yao Yuan basically only came to Qin Zhenjun's idea. The pressure in the pipeline will not increase for no reason, which means that the underground pressure is increasing.

Why the sudden increase?

There is only one possibility, a large amount of crude oil fills the void, the air is compressed, the pipeline pressure increases, and the mud overflows by itself.

The purpose of production logging is to see how much oil can be extracted after the pressure is completely released and supplemented by extraction.

Now it is not a question of whether there is oil, but a question of how much oil can be extracted. This data is very important because it is related to the reserves of one-time extraction.

Qin Zhenjun's instructions were very timely and correct.

With the development of production logging, the vibration of the platform is getting bigger and bigger, and the frequency is getting higher and higher. The irrelevant personnel in the production area have been evacuated to the safe area and are on standby, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Production logging is complete as the platform stops shaking.

Qin Zhenjun got the data, frowned after reading it, and handed it to Yao Yuan, who also frowned after reading it.

"It's really a monster." Yao Yuan smiled helplessly.

Qin Zhenjun said, "This is the first time I have encountered such a strange situation."

Obviously crude oil is about to move, and the gap has been filled, but the result of production logging is only [-] tons per day!

This is the waste well.

Even in China, oil wells with a daily output of less than [-] tons are usually not devoted to it, because this daily output means that the oil well is not far from being exhausted.

The logging results are completely inconsistent with the previous performance, and instead present two extremes.

"If you tell the Kazakh government that there is a super oil field with recoverable reserves of 30 billion tons, but they can only extract thousands of tons of oil every day, they will doubt the authenticity of the data." Yao Yuan said helplessly.

Qin Zhenjun said, "The data is very strange and needs to be checked."

"Well, sharpening the knife is not the same as chopping firewood, and we will test again when it is solid." Yao Yuan agreed.

Everyone is busy again, technical inspection, equipment inspection...