Chapter 566 Petrobras Bidding (Part II)

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Liu Xuefeng nodded and looked at the big screen in front of him, and after a while, "This Unocal company is really strong, and it hasn't given up yet." ”

"According to the news from Wall Street, people just raised nearly $15 billion last month, and they have money in their hands, so they are naturally full of confidence. ”

"15 billion US dollars, 120 billion Chinese dollars, tsk...! If we also have so much liquidity, this time we will come to Brazil more than just a spectator. ”

Zhao Junchen sighed in his heart. Judging by the situation in the system, even if they have so much money, they will not really bid. Because risk is the natural enemy of leadership, stability prevails.

"By the way, the young man in the black suit in front of you is Bruce Guo, the chairman of the board of directors of Unocal, right?"

Zhao Junchen glanced at the Unocal work table in front of him, which was alongside Shell and ExxonMobil, and the young man on the left side of the table who was wearing a suit, leaning on the back of the chair with his arms folded, and looked up at the young man in front of him. Although he couldn't see the expression on the other party's face from this angle. However, judging from some of the side faces exposed, it is obvious that the other party is very calm.

"It should be. ”

"I didn't expect to see him here. Coming in person, it is imperative to come to Unocal for Block 6. After a pause, "Mr. Zhao, I heard that the above values him very much?"

Zhao Junchen turned his head and said, "Lao Liu, it seems that your news channels are very well-informed?"

"Haha, Mr. Zhao has won the award. I'm just hearsay. ”

However, the other party is of Chinese descent, and he is also a heavyweight in Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Wall Street, and the international energy market, and has deep ties within the White House and has close contacts with the Roosevelt and Bush families. It's also natural to be valued by the above!"

"In that case, Mr. Zhao, let's take the opportunity to get to know each other!"

"I'm afraid that people won't look down on us!" Zhao Junchen nodded, looked at the back in front of him and sighed.

But the desire in his words was heard by Liu Xuefeng.

"If you can do it, you have to try it first. Besides, isn't the other party very interested in the Chinese market, we can use this as a breakthrough point. ”

Zhao Junchen's eyes lit up and he nodded slightly.

Noticing his expression, Liu Xuefeng couldn't help but smile. Although Mr. Zhao, although he is still only one of the many deputy general managers of CNOOC, he is in charge of the company's overseas business, and has not entered the party committee and has become a real decision-maker. But he is only in his early forties, not only has a prestigious school background, but also has excellent personal work ability, which is a good investment target.

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"Boss, do we add more?"

Looking at the numbers displayed on the big screen, Guo Shouyun pondered for a moment and shook his head. He just came to fish in troubled waters, and now that his goal has been achieved, there is no need to continue to stir up. Moreover, ExxonMobil's '$42 million signing fee, $98 million minimum obligation input, and 44.3 percent localized procurement ratio' was too high in his opinion. In addition, in addition to Unocal, only ExxonMobil and Chevrontexaco are still competing for block 6, and it is too risky to continue to compete with them.

Hearing Guo Shouyun's words, Rebecca Mark breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the big boss is quite rational and has not been led astray by the hot competitive atmosphere on the scene.

Chevront Texaco, $31 million in signing fees, $98.5 million in minimum obligation input, 44.6% localized procurement ratio. ”

John Watson's nerves were highly tense at this point. This condition has narrowly exceeded the company's bottom line for bidding for Block 6. But there is no way, the company ordered him to take block 6, so even if it is exceeded, he can't give up.

"John, Unocal seems to have given up. ”

The words of his colleague made John Watson feel a little relieved. Unocal's waiver left Chevrolet Texaco with at least one less strong competitor.

"Johnny, did you call the head office?"

"It's already been beaten. The head office replied to us that everything was ready, but now it is a clear mark, and in the end, our conditions must not be too far apart, otherwise it will be difficult for the other party to fight for our rights. ”

"I know!"

ExxonMobil, $31.5 million in signing fees, $99 million in minimum obligation input, 44.3% localized procurement ratio. ”

Just as John Watson and others were exchanging countermeasures, ExxonMobil had a new offer. However, this competition did not make John Watson frown, but showed a trace of joy.

"Send a message to the head office, right now. ”

"Yes!"

Johnny Dawn, who is in charge of computer operation, quickly sent the information to the mailbox of the head office. After only half a minute, I saw a change in the expression of Roberto Muric, who was in charge of presiding over the auction. He held his ear monitor and listened for a moment before nodding. Then he picked up the microphone and said loudly: "I announce that Chevron Texaco has obtained the exploration and development rights of Block 6. ”

Before he could finish speaking, Paul Stevenson, who was in charge of ExxonMobil's bidding, stood up suddenly.

"I have an objection. Why did we give them block six when our signing fee and general investment were higher than Chevron Texaco's?"

Roberto Muric glanced at him, and his face remained unchanged: "We believe that the main purpose of oil exploration and development is to promote the development of Brazil's oil industry and increase employment. Therefore, the localized procurement ratio is the most important weighting indicator in the three evaluation items, and Chevrontexgu is 0.3% more than ExxonMobil in this regard. ”

Looking at Paul Stevenson, whose face was full of unwillingness, Rebecca Mark said: "ExxonMobil miscalculated. ”

The reduction of office processes is evident in technological advances. Signatures, seals, secret marks, etc., which were commonly used in the era of dark labeling, are now compressed step by step by computer software programs, which greatly reduces the possibility of dark box operation. Especially when a technology has just been invented, its preventive effect is the strongest.

Especially now, the international oil auction has become an electronic screen type of open bidding, and all the company, bidding price and other information will be scrolled on the electronic screen of the bidding, allowing the oil companies to re-bid. At this time, the chances of black-box operation are very small. But that doesn't mean there's no possibility of black-box operation.

Just like now, when the prices are similar on both sides, it is easy for the country that owns the oil block to have the final interpretation to decide who will have the last laugh.

Looking at John Watson, who was hugging and cheering with his colleagues, Guo Shouyun's eyes narrowed slightly.

"I didn't expect him to make ExxonMobil deflated, and it looks like we need to be more careful. ”

Rebecca nodded, then suddenly said, "If only we were still using dark marks like we did in the nineties." At that time, a barrel of oil was $30, and the oil company could make $10. Now a barrel of oil is $40, and we can only earn $8. The transparent bidding environment has intensified competition, making oil-producing countries more and more profitable for oil development companies. ”

Corruption contains huge profits, and there is too much room for maneuver in the hidden standard, and there are naturally more profits. In fact, according to Guo's understanding, with the transparency of oil bidding, the profits of oil development will be lower. Even after four or five years, there will be a point where you can only earn $5 for $100. Therefore, in the eighties and nineties, only small and medium-sized oil companies were interested in the oil service industry, and more and more large companies began to enter.

Compared with the hard work of exploration and development, and the risk of oil prices rising and falling, you only earn $5 per barrel. Fight for oil service contracts and earn a stable income of $5 per barrel, of course, the latter is more suitable.

Therefore, after entering the second decade of the 21st century, BP and ExxonMobil invariably began to shrink their international business, especially in the field of oil exploration and development. ConocoPhillips had to improve its balance sheet by spinning off and selling off non-core businesses because of low profits. At that time, even ExxonMobil had a net profit of less than 10%, Chevron Texaco had only a little more than 7%, and ConocoPhillips was the worst, with less than 5%.

Once a frenzied expansion and mergers and acquisitions, thus becoming the third largest multinational oil company in the United States and the fifth largest in the world, it finally had to face the dilemma of indigestion.

Of course, ConocoPhillips's lesson, Unocal should also be taken as a warning. But it's too early to tell.

No matter how unwilling ExxonMobil was, he had to accept the fact that he lost to Chevrontexaco. After John Watson and his celebration were completed, the bidding for the No. 7 oil block began, the last exploration block in the shallow waters, and after a modest bidding process, fell to a consortium of Japan's JGC Corporation and Argentina's oil company.

So far, in the sixth round of Petrobras tenders, seven shallow oil blocks have been owned by each of them. The happiest are undoubtedly BP and Chevront Texaco, which have acquired Blocks 2 and 6, respectively, which are most likely to host large fields. In particular, Chevron also obtained the exploration and development rights of Block 4.

The most disappointing was undoubtedly ExxonMobil, who shot twice to nothing.

Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Unocal also belongs to the more unlucky category, and also bid for the top three twice, but both ended miserably.

However, ExxonMobil is still ExxonMobil, the world's largest integrated upstream and downstream oil giant. Despite missing seven blocks in the shallow sea zone. But the five blocks in the deep sea area, except for No. 11, which was taken by Shell, all went into their pockets.

"Then it's our stage. ”

Guo Shouyun took a deep breath. After Roberto Muric announced the start of the tender for the 13th oil exploration block, his nerves were tense and his attention was more focused than ever.

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