The representative of Huayang Company is a middle-aged man in his forties, named Qin Xiaotian, who is dark and thin, and looks like the kind that runs around all year round.

"Oh, Mr. Xiao has really admired for a long time, and he has admired him for a long time!"

The place where they met was in the courtyard of Chenjiadao's mansion, and Qin Xiaotian was also very polite when he saw Xiao Feng.

Obviously, he had already figured out Xiao Feng's affairs very well, and knew who was in charge of this Karapag Islands.

"Hello Mr. Qin?"

Xiao Feng smiled and shook hands with Qin Xiaotian, yesterday he received a call from Zhu Lao of 521 Hospital, Xiao Feng knew that this Huayang Oil was not simple.

At least the background of the military must be indispensable, otherwise it would be impossible to get through to Zhu Lao from 521 Hospital to help them call and match.

Chen Yonglu, as the main family, beckoned everyone to sit down and drink tea, and then Xiao Feng began to test the other party's routine.

And as soon as Qin Xiaotian mentioned this, he didn't hide Xiao Feng much, and directly poured bitter water with him.

"Hey, Mr. Xiao, in fact, we are an overseas branch of Huaguo Petroleum......"

Qin Xiaotian said it very bluntly, they seem to be an independent company, but in fact, they are inextricably linked with Huaguo Petroleum.

"I guess you've heard of the loan that Venezuela owes us Huaguo, Mr. Xiao?"

"Well, I heard that there are a lot of debts, and there are tens of billions of dollars before and after?"

"Yes, Venezuela now owes us a total of $65 billion, but we have never had the money to pay it back. We are also very passive, the domestic pressure is also very great, and there are a lot of jokes in the international community. However, Venezuela has also offered to use oil to pay off its debts, but now we are facing a problem. ”

Qin Xiaotian was very direct, and when he came up, he went straight to the point, and he could see that he was under a lot of pressure.

And he must have learned about Xiao Feng's personality through the military, and knew his personal attitude towards the military and the country, so he had no intention of concealing it.

As for Chen Yonglu, he is naturally also the target he wants to woo.

Once the Carapague Islands are developed and constructed, it will naturally be very beneficial for China to have an island country with a Chinese predominantly in the direction of the southeast Pacific Ocean.

So Qin Xiaotian didn't hide the meaning of the two, and even if this business couldn't be negotiated, it wouldn't be a big deal.

"Is there a problem with getting the oil back?"

Xiao Feng said to Qin Xiaotian with a smile that he had been studying the development and sales of Venezuelan Petroleum in the past two days, so he had a thorough understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of Venezuelan Petroleum.

Qin Xiaotian smiled bitterly: "It seems that Mr. Xiao, you have also studied the oil of Venezuela?"

"Well, I won't hide it from you, I also wanted to get involved in the oil business before, but after some research, I found that the oil in this country is really not very good. ”

"Yes, they have the highest proven oil reserves in the world, but most of them are heavy oil similar to bitumen, which is very expensive to extract. On average, a barrel costs $23, while the Saudi Arabian barrel costs $10. Another issue is transportation, from Venezuela to China, it will take about 26,000 kilometers, and the cost of freight to transport oil from Venezuela back to China will cost more than $10 per barrel, which is really not cost-effective. There is also purification and refining, which also has to increase the cost. Therefore, last year, our country suspended oil imports from Venezuela. ”

Qin Xiaotian told Xiao Feng about the cost of transporting oil from Venezuela back to China, Xiao Feng nodded, and it was indeed not much different from their previous estimates.

"When is the international oil price to ensure the balance of payments?"

Xiao Feng asked again, in fact, he calculated that Venezuela's oil was transported to China, and there was actually some money.

Why? Because it's more expensive to extract oil domestically.

When the international crude oil price is below $60, the domestic oil is actually losing money if it does not extract a barrel of oil.

Why? If you know it, you will understand it.

When Venezuela was in China, the mining cost was 23 US dollars, and selling it to China was 30 US dollars a barrel, and the cost of shipping to China was added 10 US dollars, and the purification cost was added 10 US dollars.

Coupled with all kinds of labor, loss and other costs, in fact, the cost price of a barrel of oil is only about 55 US dollars, so Venezuela's oil is actually still profitable when it is shipped back to China.

But why should the country stop purchasing for a year?

Or is it because the oil in the Middle East is too cheap, Saudi Arabia and Persia are constantly making trouble in the Middle East because of the United States, and various political forces are constantly stirring up peace in the Middle East.

In order to win over the Chinese side, the prices of the oil exported by these countries to China are very low, so it is more cost-effective to purchase oil from the Middle East.

But what should Venezuela do on its side? $65 billion, can't it just be abandoned?

Even some time ago, Venezuela proposed to pay China $3 billion in debt compensation through oil repayment.

But the deal didn't work out in the end because the United States made trouble.

The United States is too close to Venezuela, and the United States is still holding the Panama Strait.

Venezuela's oil will not be able to go to Panama if it wants to be transported to China, so it can only go through South Africa, pass through the Indian Ocean, and then go to Malacca and then return to China.

Or cross the Strait of Magellan and go back to China via the Pacific Ocean.

However, no matter which route you take, it is very dangerous, and you may be detained by the Americans at any time.

This is the main reason why the $3 billion debt has not been successfully repaid.

"Now the above requires us Huayang Petroleum to complete the debt collection work...... Hey, I'm also the first two big ones now, and this account is not good to ask. Venezuela is willing to cooperate with the supply of oil, but the key is how to transport the oil back. ”

Qin Xiaotian poured bitter water in front of Xiao Feng and Chen Yonglu, but Xiao Feng smiled.

"Mr. Qin, you didn't come to us to pour bitter water, did you?"

"Huh? haha......"

Mr. Qin laughed, he didn't expect Xiao Feng to be so direct.

He muttered for a moment, then lit a cigarette for himself, took a hard puff, and said.

"Actually, this time I came to Mr. Xiao and Boss Chen to rent a few islands in the north of the Kalapag Islands, where we plan to build an oil storage base and build a refining and storage plant. ”

Xiao Feng had long expected this to be the result, and Chen Yonglu's eyes lit up when he heard it.

"Mr. Qin, can you tell me more about it?"

"In fact, we have already finalized an agreement with Venezuela on oil compensation, and Venezuela is very willing to use oil to pay off its debts. But the problem that bothers us now is how to get the oil back home. Now the United States is sanctioning Venezuela, so Venezuela's oil cannot be traded at all, and only a few companies in the world are willing to accept it. We are a family, but it is a problem to bring back the oil from Venezuela, and it is necessary to use large oil tankers to have economic value to transport oil from the oceans, but large cruise ships are not having a good time in the Panama Canal now......"

This is the key that has been bothering Qin Xiaotian.

For example, the world's mainstream oil tankers start at least 100,000 tons, or even 200,000 tons, 300,000 tons, and 400,000 tons.

But the problem is that such a large oil tanker can't cross the Panama Canal at all, so it can only take the South African route, and taking the South African route greatly increases the cost.

If the tanker can take the Panama route, then it will greatly save the cost of transporting oil back to China.

The largest traffic volume of the Panama Canal is now about 80,000 tons.

“...... So our idea is to load a ship from Venezuela, an 80,000-ton ship, through the Panama Canal, and then to the Calapague Islands, without transiting here, and use a 400,000-ton tanker to load it anew and transport it back to China. In this way, the cost of transporting oil back to China can be greatly saved. According to our estimates, the journey will save about 10,000 nautical miles, and because we have one less strait, we will save five dollars in transportation costs......"

I have to say that Qin Xiaotian's idea is still very creative, and some people have actually thought of doing this before.

It's a pity that the Calapague Islands had not yet risen at that time, and Huaguo Petroleum has not found a suitable transshipment point.

If you transfer the oil to Peru on this side of the Pacific, or the copper country is transiting, hehe, these two countries can kill you just for the fee.

And the reason why it was said before that taking this line can save costs is not only because the route is shorter, but also because there is no need to go through Cape Town and Malacca.

If you think of a place like this, you have to rest when a foreign ship passes by, right? Once you rest, there will be a fee.

But on the side of the Calapague Islands, it is not necessarily, after all, Chen Yonglu has a Chinese background, and Xiao Feng is simply a Chinese.

If you rent an island from them, it will save a lot of transportation costs.

I have to say that Qin Xiaotian's abacus was very beautiful, and Chen Yonglu and Xiao Feng exchanged a few glances.

Chen Yonglu is very much in favor of being able to connect with Huayang Petroleum, because in the northwest of the Calapague Islands, there are indeed several desert islands, and there is no output.

It is better to lease it to Huayang Petroleum as an oil depot and a transshipment terminal.

Xiao Feng groaned slightly, this business is not impossible.

If he takes out the purification process developed by Hoffman and cooperates with Huayang Petroleum, then Huayang Petroleum will ship back to China high-quality light fuel oil and high-quality diesel.

In this way, the cost of Huayang Petroleum to transport oil back to China will be lower.

But in this way, what does Huayang Petroleum want to take in exchange so that it will not lose?

He thought about it, and then said to Qin Xiaotian with a smile.

"Mr. Qin, it's not impossible to rent you a few islands. But what if we don't want rent?"

"Oh, what do you want?"

Qin Xiaotian looked at Xiao Feng playfully and said.

"Mr. Qin, you have also seen it, at present, we are engaged in construction on the island, we lack all kinds of building materials, workers, as well as telecommunications base stations, power grid construction, can you find a suitable supporting construction unit for me?"

Hearing Xiao Feng's request, Qin Xiaotian's eyes lit up at that time.

This is not a problem for them at all, and the other party is willing to use Huaguo equipment, even if it is given to him for nothing!

It's a good business that's mutually beneficial!