Chapter 555 Mining Tax Contract

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"When will the auction begin?"

"November 5th! in the auditorium of the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro. ”

"How many oil companies are involved?"

"37, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Chevron Texaco and other international oil giants, as well as some Brazilian oil companies!"

Guo Shouyun nodded knowingly, "Have you calculated the funds to win the three ultra-deep-sea blocks?"

"Forget it. Because the only competitor is Petrobras, they are also forced by the National Petroleum Authority to find oil for the country, and they do not bid too high. So, if we join, we expect $600 million to be available. However, if we are successful in our bid, we will need to pay 40% of the signing fee from the Brazilian government and use 20% of the funds in the purchase of equipment for exploration and development to Brazilian companies. So, the cost of the bid is about $840 million. ”

At present, the boom of pre-salt oil extraction in Brazil has not yet exploded, and the price of oil blocks in the ultra-deep-sea area is naturally not high. However, after winning the block, the later exploration and development costs are the bulk of the investment.

For example, a semi-submersible drilling platform that can explore a depth of 2,000 meters of the sea can be rented for 40~500,000 US dollars a day, which is close to 200 million a year. And the price of buying one is 5~700 million. In addition, deep-sea drilling, after more than 300 meters, the average cost per meter is 1~30,000 US dollars. And that's not even counting the costs of labor, equipment depreciation, etc.

Therefore, oil exploration is a game that can only be played by real national oil companies and multinational oil giants. Even, some small countries, such as Bolivia, Paraguay, and Kazakhstan, have no money to play with their state-owned capital.

"What about the contract?" Guo Shouyun continued.

"A standard mining tax sharing contract, if there is oil, we will get the property rights of three blocks for 35 years. In the process of operation, it is necessary to pay 3% of the mining fee of the Brazilian government, 1% of the cost of the landowner, 25% of the corporate income tax, and 10%~15% of the resource tax. In addition, if we can discover large oil fields and make huge profits, we also need to pay land use rent, about 10~5000 reais per square kilometer. ”

"The privilege participation fee, i.e., the special compensation paid by the concessionaire, depends on the profitability of the company, generally between 0.2~1.5%. Royalties, that is, the payments paid by the concessionaire for the petroleum resources held by the concessionaire, are paid by the concessionaire according to 5%~10% of the output of each stage. ”

After listening to Rebecca's words, Guo Shouyun couldn't help frowning. Although Brazil currently implements the mainstream international mining tax contract, rather than the later production sharing contract, which allows foreign oil companies to obtain the full property rights of the oil field, instead of the 30% stake in Petrobras, this indirect tax is also too cumbersome and too high.

But this is also something that can't be helped, who made you an outsider, and you have to mine resources on other people's land.

"Give me a copy of the documents you prepared. Prepare the exploration department to start mining as soon as the bid is successful!"

Speaking of exploration, Guo Shouyun is somewhat grateful to Enron, which has disappeared. Under the umbrella of Enron's many assets, there was the world's top offshore oil exploration company 'Lone Star'. With the integration of Unocal, the company's exploration division has been further strengthened. Although the 2,000-meter deep sea area is the crown of the oil exploration industry, it is not enough to defeat Unocal's offshore exploration team.

"Yes!"

Rebecca nodded respectfully.

"Do you know the progress of Bolivia's natural gas pipelines?" Guo Shouyun said after a moment of silence.

"Since the separation with Pacific Energy Group, I haven't paid attention to it, but according to the progress of the project, it should be almost completed now. ”

After the annexation of Angola in 01, Pacific Energy took over its infrastructure projects in South America, with the highest investments being two gas pipelines in Bolivia and Colombia.

Bolivia's natural gas pipeline is planned to run from Santa Cruz, its main natural gas producing area, to Campo Grande and São Paulo, Brazil, with a main pipeline length of 1,300 miles and a total length of 1,500 miles, with a total investment of 3.7 billion US dollars.

The Colombian gas pipeline runs from its main eastern coastal natural gas producing area to Bogotá, and then continues south from Bogotá to Brasilia in Brazil, Santa Fe in Paraguay and Buenos Aires in Argentina, with a total length of 2,100 miles and a total length of 7.5 billion US dollars.

These two pipelines are part of Enron's ambitious 'Grand Cross Plan', which aims to dominate the South American gas sales market and become a true market hegemon!

Truth be told, when this astonishing plan was announced, Enron's stock price did rise as quickly as it would have liked.

Unfortunately, this plan is just a play by Anron CFO Andrew Fastto and financial institutions such as Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and First Boston, in order to withdraw funds from the stock market and make up for Enron's financial deficit. Of course, these financial institutions also get a good share of the profits.

However, in order to block Youyou's mouth and support its stock price from falling rapidly, Enron did invest a lot in these two plans. But compared to the benefits it gets, it's really not worth mentioning.

When Guo Shouyun took over Enron, he took stock of all its businesses. The construction of the two gas pipelines, with the exception of the Bolivian pipeline project, which is about 50 miles long, is only on paper.

Because it had just taken over Enron, Pacific was in financial difficulty. Guo Shouyun plans to scale back the 'Grand Cross Project' and change the Bolivian pipeline project, which was supposed to extend to Brazil, to the west across the Andes Mountains to the Chilean port of Iquique.

However, after some demonstration, although this shortened the length of the pipeline construction, the difficulty of the project to cross the Andes Mountain did not reduce the scale of pipeline investment. Thus, the plan to cross the Andes was scrapped and the plan from Santa Cruz to São Paulo was still used.

As for Colombia, the original 3,000-mile-long, $7.5 billion astonishing plan has been reduced by half to 200 miles of main roads from Santa Marta to Bogotá, with a total length of 320 miles. This was done because of financial problems and because of the chaotic policing in the rainforests of southern Colombia, which seriously threatened the safety of the pipeline.

Now the pipeline project in Colombia has been completed after most of the shrinkage, and the pipeline project in Bolivia has been repaired to Campo da when he last asked, and now according to the progress of the project, it is indeed close to the end of the project.

On this trip, his main purpose in Brazil was to bid for offshore oil and win the largest pre-salt oil field in Brazil in the future, and for the construction of a natural gas pipeline.

Pacific Group has two major businesses, one is power plant construction, power distribution and retail, and the other is natural gas pipeline construction, natural gas distribution and retail. The former has China as its investment center, while the latter has South America as its center.

Of course, it is not that Guo Shouyun does not want to invest in Huaxia, but that Huaxia's natural gas market has just opened, and the fields he can enter are very limited. The most striking example is the West-East Gas Pipeline, which he once asked Jonathan Weil, CEO of Pacific Energy Group in China, to tentatively inquire about the possibility of a stake, but there is no news so far.

After discussing the oil bid with Rebecca Mark, he let her go.

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The next day, because the date of the oil bid is November 5, there is still a week to go. Coupled with Rebecca Mark staring, Guo Shouyun didn't have to pay attention too early.

"Wang Jue, you and Xiaojing stay at home. Matthew, you go out with me. ”

Coming to the famous Rio de Janeiro for the first time, Guo Shouyun certainly wants to have a good tour.

"Boss, can't I go with you?" Wang Jue hurriedly said. She really didn't want to be left at home by Guo Shouyun every time.

"The security here is not very good, your beautiful face and temperament are too dazzling. I don't want to get in trouble for some reason while shopping!"

Guo Shouyun shrugged his shoulders, and after saying it with a smile, he turned around and walked towards the door with Matthew.

Looking at his back, Wang Jue gritted his silver teeth unwillingly!

"Disappointed, aren't you?"

Wu Xiaojing walked over and said.

After glancing at her, Wang Jue said coldly: "Don't tell me you don't!"

"Who doesn't have an idea for such a good man, but we shouldn't be enemies in this matter! After the words fell, looking at Wang Jue, who was frowning, Wu Xiaojing smiled softly, "Are you stupid enough to believe that a person like the boss, who already has a net worth of more than 100 billion yuan at a young age and has assets of more than 500 billion US dollars, will really love a woman?"

"Of course not. It's not like I've never seen the relationship between the boss and the Hollywood actress named Eva Green. After a pause, Wang Jue suddenly said, "Do you want to unite with me?"

Wu Xiaojing nodded, "That's right! Since ancient times, this harem has competed for favor, and it will not end well if you fight alone." ”

Wang Jue was silent for a moment, "With your talent, you can find a good successful person to marry, why do you want to take this path?"

"Why are you?"

"I've been used to disgusting marriages since I was a child, and from the moment I left home to go to college, I decided to live alone for the rest of my life. So marriage is not a happy choice for me. I just want money and status, and being with my boss is a shortcut. ”

has been together for a long time, and Wu Xiaojing also understands Wang Jue's family background. If she grew up in an environment where she was patriarchal, and her parents often quarreled over a few dollars, and even fought each other, she would also become an unmarried family.

Wu Xiao nodded quietly, "I'm different from you." It's really hard to return to the ordinary after getting used to seeing the prosperity of the world. ”

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