Chapter 29: Oil! (Part II)

They didn't have to wait long, Carson came over and reported: "It's no problem for a single well to produce more than 100 tons per day!"

Carson was still a little incredulous: "I've been drilling for so many years, and this time it's the most trouble-free." Who would have thought that there would be a new oil field down there. That's the same amount of daily production as a small oil field. ”

His expression when he looked at Qi Zheng was also all kinds of strange - he dared to swear, this guy was really kissed by God, and his luck was too good, there was another oil reservoir below an oil reservoir, and it seemed that the reserves were quite considerable. This kind of thing, in his career, is also unique in ten thousand.

In the Middle East, 10,000 barrels per day is considered a high production volume. But in today's United States, especially in the old oil-producing region of Texas, oil wells with a daily output of 1,000 barrels are not rare, but they are definitely not many.

As for the record of 10,000 barrels per day, it has to be traced back to the beginning of the last century.

Zhang Zehong and Zhu Kai are already singing and dancing, an oil well won for 4,000 US dollars, according to current estimates, even if there is only this oil production, 100 tons of oil is at least 700 barrels, and today's oil price is 25 US dollars a barrel, how can there be an income of 17,500 US dollars a day, and it is a matter of minutes to recover the investment.

Besides, there won't be just one oil well producing oil.

Liam, a young lawyer, looked up at the black fountain in the sky and said, "That's a lot of work...... a billionaire is estimated to have been born."

Luke was still in shock, and all he could remember in his mind at this time was what Qi Zheng had said at the beginning, "This oil field area gives me the best feeling", and then he demarcated the scope of development, and then, the oil that had been buried underground for I don't know how many years was gushing out.

I couldn't help but fall into deep doubts, God, is this yellow-skinned guy in front of you your illegitimate child?

This oil field has been in his hands several times, why didn't he take a fancy to these oil wells in the first place? Otherwise, it wasn't he who made a fortune? Why do you need to go around so hard to broker transactions?

As for Brayden, the rancher, his eyes were already green with jealousy.

This is on my pasture! Mine! This oil field should be mine! Why did it fall on these stinking yellow-haired boys? Is God blind?

Especially after counting on my fingers, I found that the ranch I worked hard to get may not have as much annual income as the output of an old oil well in Qi Zheng, and I have an old blood stalk in my heart, not to mention the feeling of collapse.

He unconsciously swept to other oil wells nearby: Qi Zheng had purchased a total of twenty oil wells, and if there were several more oil wells producing the same output......

At this moment, he really wanted to take out the double-barreled shotgun at home, collapse Qi Zheng with one shot, and then take this oil field for himself.

Qi Zheng didn't know the wonderful inner world of everyone, he exhaled deeply, and his excited heart finally fell back to its original place.

Obviously, the old oil well has produced oil, and a "rich" reservoir has reappeared, and the interesting challenges have just begun.

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In just one day's work, the news of the gorgeous transformation of an old oil well that was almost out of production into a high-production oil well spread throughout Houston.

Some oil companies and reporters did not know where to get the information of Qi Zheng and his party, and they flocked to Qi Zheng and his entourage like sharks smelling blood.

Qi Zheng sent the young lawyer Liam away, and he did not plan to contact any third party until the specific reserves came out.

Liam has exploded with an unprecedented enthusiasm for his work. He has realized that with the successful development of the oil field, Qi Zheng's value has skyrocketed - as one of the participants in the "oil gamble", as long as he can catch Qi Zheng, it means that he has won a long-term meal ticket.

Pride is pride, but Liam definitely won't be at a loss for a meal. Therefore, he directly recommended himself, and skillfully dismissed the representatives of oil companies who came to try to fish in troubled waters and the reporters who smelled the smell of big news.

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On the 12th, after preliminary exploration and calculation, Carson gave Qi Zheng and others, who were anxiously waiting, a preliminary reserve report.

"The reservoir is estimated to have more than 700 million barrels of crude oil reserves, and the recoverable reserves are as high as 300 million barrels. After testing the extracted crude oil, the crude oil in this oil field is low-sulfur, low-salt, low-water high-quality crude oil, and the API index is quite high, which is the best quality of a large oil field discovered in Texas in recent years. ”

"Congratulations, Mr. Qi, it seems that you have made a fortune so far. After reading the report, Liam congratulated his employer with envy.

"Hahaha......" Zhang Zehong was already laughing from ear to ear.

"Oh, oh, ......," Zhu Kai clenched his fists and howled wolf.

Qi Zheng also looked at the preliminary reserve report with a smile, enjoying the feast that belonged to the winner.

Nearly 100 million tonnes of crude oil is estimated at a preliminary reserve estimate, and the exact reserves are likely to increase in the future, and 300 million barrels of crude oil would also represent a value of $7.5 billion based on the current estimated recoverable reserves.

Of course, Qi Zheng estimated that the real reserves of the new oilfield should be about 40 million tons, after all, in the previous life, Jason Robert only developed the upper half of the "gourd oil reservoir", and the reserves obtained were only 15 million tons, and the lower half of the "gourd oil reservoir" reserves were larger than the upper half, but according to the scenario "seen" by Qi Zheng's divine sense, it is estimated that the reserves of more than 10 million tons will be the sky.

This means that Qi Zheng's pressurization of the oil field with the "Tiangang Infinite Array" has successfully caused experienced explorers such as Carson to miscalculate - overestimating the reserves by more than double.

This is an absolute positive for Qi Zheng's next plan. Qi Zheng has turned his brain to figure out how to use this to trap greedy oil companies or crude oil brokers.

There were only four people present: Qi Zheng, Zhang Zehong, Zhu Kai and Liam.

Zhu Kai was already crazy, "Third child, you are too big." Hurry up, have a party, have a supermodel, female star or something, send a few per person. I'm going to hold one on the left, one on the right, and the rest, waiting in line...... Hahaha......"

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"Get out!"

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Compared with the impure agent Luke, Qi Zheng trusts the young lawyer Liam more, so he unceremoniously excludes Luke, who has no effect, from the ranks of the winners of this round of oil gambling, and only accepts Liam, who is more capable and more effective, to share the joy of victory.

"So, our lawyer, do you have any good advice for the current situation?" Qi Zheng asked Liam with a smile.

Young lawyers know that their test is coming, and whether they can give their employer a reasonable and satisfactory advice will be directly related to their right to participate in this round of gluttonous meals.

Taking a sip of coffee, Liam groaned slightly, put down the coffee and said, "Mr. Qi, I actually have a suggestion here, you can consider it." I think you can bring in some partners to develop this field together. ”

"The discovery of the oil field is only the first step, and a series of business issues such as normal production management, oil sales, etc., as well as financial budgets, final accounts, tax declarations, legal issues, environmental protection issues, etc., in the production management, Mr. Qi, as a new outsider in the oil industry, it is basically impossible for you to be familiar with this series of oil production management business in a short time. ”

"Of course, you can also buy a small oil company and develop it directly. However, in the United States, environmental protection issues such as oil and gas pipeline laying and drainage are quite complex, and many resources are concentrated in the hands of large and medium-sized oil companies, which must be solved at a great cost. ”

"As for entrusting an experienced agency to manage your production operations, the risk is not small for you at all. It is better to directly introduce partners and use their power to avoid more people's coveting, which is the most appropriate way. ”

Zhang Zehong and Zhu Kai listened thoughtfully, and Qi Zheng also nodded with satisfaction, worthy of being a first-class law firm, and grasped Qi Zheng's biggest weakness at present.

Of course, Qi Zheng also understands this, as a newcomer to the foreigner, it is most normal to dig a delicious big cake on the territory of Lao Mei and attract a lot of coveting.

As lawyer Liam said, oil development and production management is not as simple as it seems on the surface, the oil pipeline is owned by others, and the sales channels are also owned by others, which cannot be solved in a sentence or two, and even if you have money, you can't solve it in a short time. To deal with you, an outsider, if everyone does not unite to slaughter a penny, it is simply sorry for the conscience of the capitalists.

Therefore, before you have fully grown up, it is absolutely necessary to eat alone, and the necessary escort force is very important. Doing business pays attention to the interests of individuals, and it is easy to provoke public anger if you eat alone.

As far as Qi Zheng and Zhang Zehong are concerned, they are nothing in the eyes of those local oil giants.

You rejected everyone's cooperation proposal and wanted to eat alone? Okay, those oil giants may not be able to grab it, but in various channels, they can definitely get you stuck.

If you are even more ruthless, it is not uncommon for you to directly find a reason for the US government to seal off your oil fields! A high-quality oil field with reserves of at least 100 million tons is already worth the oil giants to put down their bodies and grab food.

Moreover, the preliminary survey alone has already made Qi Zheng and Zhang Zehong very busy, and the follow-up development, management and sales, coupled with the eyesight of local giants, just thinking about it will give Qi Zheng a headache.

In addition, there is one most important problem - Qi Zheng has no money.

Oil is money to be dug out, but to dig it out is to spend money first, with Qi Zheng's current capital, follow-up investment is already stretched.

Okay, what do you think are the people behind the oil giants, financial capital! Your weakness is clearly exposed in the hands of others, who else will you hit if you don't take the opportunity to hit you?

It's funny to say, seeing that a big oil field has been discovered, everyone thinks that Qi Zheng has made it, but Qi Zheng doesn't dare to say that he is penniless now, but he can't even afford the next step of investment in oil field development.

Therefore, it is necessary to introduce a partner with sufficient strength.

"Liam, you have a point. Then I will entrust you to represent me to contact the representatives of the oil companies and listen to the cooperation proposals of the parties. Qi Zheng didn't want to show his face during this time period, so he simply acted as a shopkeeper, entrusted the task of contact to Liam, and sat in the rear to wait for the result.

"No problem, leave everything to me to solve, I will apply to the firm to set up a special team of lawyers to provide you with high-quality and thoughtful services for Mr. Qi." Seeing that Qi Zheng agreed to his suggestion, Liam was in high spirits and assured Qi Zheng that he would not live up to his trust.

"I'm looking forward to it. A smile overflowed the corner of Qi Zheng's mouth.

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