In the next few days, Baku had a lot of public and private banquets.

Luncheons, dinners, late-night parties and even private breakfast parties are all good tools for major oil companies to take the opportunity to connect with each other. This kind of occasion is also a place where all kinds of bribery and strange things are frequent, such as cash transactions, overseas accounts, gold and jewelry, foreign title deeds, and so on. With the development of national liberation and ** movements in third world countries, the situation of oil companies relying on national background has gradually decreased, and the increase is the black money transaction of visible or incognito, not only Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Nigeria are all famous corrupt countries.

The executives of oil companies who came to the Caspian region for inspection will not let go of such a good opportunity to expand their energy.

They chat with Azerbaijani political axe officials and offer benefits in the hope that their status will be determined before the next round of oil bidding begins, and they also chat with visiting political axe officials from neighboring countries to give benefits...... But not every political axe official gets the opportunity to take bribes, and the abundance of resources in the country in which he is located, as well as his own ability, greatly affect his important surname in the circle.

The Chinese delegation, which had just arrived at Baku's airport in the afternoon, was not warmly welcomed, and even when they attended the banquet held by the Baku Municipal Axe to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony of Nancheng Park, they could only huddle in the corner and watch the guests from the oil-producing countries eating farts and fart.

Fortunately, there is also Dahua Industry to receive them, so they will not be too lonely.

In spite of this, the gentlemen sent by the General Petroleum Corporation and the Offshore Oil Corporation also showed that they were powerless, and everything in Baku was too far from what they imagined, and there was the disappointment of having no relatives when they first arrived in your land.

"When will we be able to go to sea?" The head of the oil company is Wang Dehuang, a member of the party group who is an engineer and seems to be less than 50 years old. He, like the others, had been looking forward to a luxurious night party, but now he found it boring.

Yang Ming asked for a few glasses of wine, handed them to them, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow morning, tomorrow morning, let's take a speedboat to the drilling platform." ”

"What about Sioux City? Is he going?" The Offshore Oil Corporation sent a total of two people, but their attitude was unusually serious. The location of the Azijiu oil field and the depth of the sea water filled them with curiosity.

Yang Ming nodded vigorously and said with a smile: "Of course Su Dong is going, in the past two days, Su Dong has been living on the drilling platform." ”

"That's great, we have a lot of questions to ask Su Dong. Wang Dehuang smiled, his eyes were quite sharp.

"Of course it's good to ask questions. Yang Ming's words changed: "However, your question is best handed over to the Dahua Public Relations Department in advance." ”

"We are here to inquire on behalf of the National Petroleum Corporation, the National Offshore Oil Corporation, and Fei Lao. ”

"Oh, do you have an official letter from the Petroleum Corporation, the Offshore Oil Corporation and Fei Lao?" Yang Ming asked without humility or arrogance, looking quite serious. Dahua has reached this scale, and Su Cheng can't say whatever he wants, let alone be asked casually. Perhaps, people who were originally fine could be framed by a few specially designed questions, this kind of thing happened ten or twenty years ago, and it also happened dozens or hundreds of years ago.

For example, the old rich people on Wall Street not only do not appear in front of the public, but they also have certain precautions when talking to people. Of course, the old rich men themselves will not bother to prevent this and that, and these troublesome places have to be considered by the people below.

Yang Ming is a fence in front of Sioux City, and his smile is not always so kind.

Wang Dehuang put down his wine glass, frowned, and said: "We have letters of introduction from the National Petroleum Corporation and the National Offshore Oil Corporation, if you want to see it, you can see it when you return to the hotel." It is impossible for Mr. Fei to give us an official letter, but before leaving, the staff of the Fei Office specially told us a few key points, and we need to ask Mr. Su for verification. ”

"It's just a letter of introduction, I'm afraid you can't ask whatever you want, and if you don't give us the questions, we also need to ask the National Petroleum Corporation and the National Offshore Oil Corporation for verification. In this case, you'd better wait for the verification to end and see Su Dong again. ”

"You mean, if we don't show you the problem, we won't be allowed to see Su Dong?" Wang Dehuang looked at Yang Ming's smile and thought to himself, this is really a good sight for the king of Hades, and the little ghost is difficult.

CNOOC's Shi Wanke also said unhappily: "Take 10,000 steps back, we will show you the problem, do you also care about the scope of our conversation with Su Dong?"

Yang Ming said without showing weakness: "Su Dong is very busy, and he may not have time to take care of topics outside the scope of your conversation. Besides, the issue of early exchange is often encountered in negotiations, so what's not to like?"

In politics and diplomacy, it is true that there are often situations where problems are exchanged in advance, especially in meetings at or above the ministerial level, and it is necessary to exchange problems in advance in order to make the talks of several tens of minutes fruitful. Otherwise, the various problems encountered in the course of diplomatic relations between the two countries cover such a wide range of issues, and how can the unprepared negotiators answer them? If a president like Bush, who says "we are part of Europe," and does not exchange questions in advance, the effect of diplomatic negotiations is estimated to be similar to that of a street aunt.

The task of PetroChina and CNOOC is to understand all the Azerbaijani oil fields of Dahua, not to find trouble with Sioux City, Wang Dehuang and Shi Wanke looked at each other, not only did they have no tricks, but they suddenly had a feeling of unease.

Seeing this, Yang Ming showed a humble smile and said, "As long as the questions are limited to the scope of the profession, there will not be much of a problem. In fact, looking at the questions in advance also helps to improve the efficiency of the conversation, many questions our staff can answer on the spot, if you are not at ease, you can ask Su Dong for confirmation on the questions answered, this is more than asking Su Dong directly, it can save the time of both parties, isn't it?"

"So be it. Shi Wanke and Wang Dehuang didn't have any other choice.

The next day.

As soon as the morning dawned, the group took a dizzy speedboat to the No. 4 drilling platform where the oil was produced.

The journey of 100 nautical miles takes more than two hours to arrive, and when I arrive at the place, it is already very sunny, and the pure metal drilling platform is like a furnace that stores heat.

Yang Ming beckoned the five people to the deck of the drilling platform and said, "Su Dong has gone to inspect the nearby drilling platform, please rest for a while." ”

Riding a speedboat on the sea is absolutely exciting, and if you only play for 30 minutes, it should be a good project. However, the speedboat of more than 2 hours is too long, and the system of the five people is weak, and at this time there is already a state of seasickness.

Wang Dehuang has the highest level and is the default person in charge of the two teams. He looked around and asked, "Is there a room?" ”

"I'll find one for you. Yang Ming ran out for a while, and came back and said: "You can temporarily use the room for safety supervision, the rooms on the drilling platform are relatively small, probably you can only sit, no way." Oh, you can also take a bath, but only cold water, hot water has to go to the boiler room. ”

"Is it the reason why the boiler room is not connected to the hot water pipe? "For the offshore drilling platform, Schwanke is in CNOOC, in fact, he has not been in contact with a few, needless to say, the marine researcher's own production, it is only a second-generation platform, which is a simple political product, and the slightly better offshore drilling platform is owned by foreign oil companies that cooperate with CNOOC, and their management is strict, and they will not allow Chinese personnel to look at it casually.

In the past, CNOOC Limited was limited by technology and capital, and in order to make achievements as soon as possible, it mainly focused on cooperation in the development of oil fields, with foreign oil companies providing technology, personnel and funds, and CNOOC providing exploration permits and dividing offshore blocks to complete domestic offshore oil production tasks, which was not much different from the Azerbaijan National Oil Company.

It is also after 10 years of accumulation, the political survival pressure is less, CNOOC is now a little more confident, began to explore a new way out, Schwanke tends to take the road of technology, so immediately asked.

Yang Ming smiled and said: "It is a capacity limit, in order to build multiple drilling platforms as soon as possible, the equipment that is not necessary for drilling will be reduced." It was very troublesome for the hot water pipes to go to each room, which would greatly extend the construction period, so the construction plan was temporarily changed to make only a unified bathhouse, and only cold water was provided in the room. ”

"Temporarily changed the construction plan?" Shi Wanke opened his mouth and couldn't help but ask: "How long is it temporary?"

"It's a decision made before transporting the first rig, in a few days. Yang Ming is not very clear about this.

Shi Wanke stared at him blankly, as if something terrible had escaped from him.

Only someone who understands the complex surnames of offshore drilling platforms can understand the difficulty of temporary modifications. As one of the most complex engineering systems in the world, offshore drilling rigs are designed and built taller than skyscrapers and only slightly inferior to LNG ships and aircraft carrier construction. In order to save space and get the job done, the offshore rig has some of the most complex pipelines in the world, and its blueprint looks like a mess dipped in ink and printed dozens of times on paper. Designers who are almost level will faint just by looking at those power oil pipes, crude oil pipes, hot water pipes, cold water pipes, solvent pipes, gas pipes, and fire pipes.

Dismantling one of the pipelines is a test for the designer, and it is even more difficult for the construction workers who are not skilled in learning and crafting it than to build it as it is.

It takes a few days to modify the drilling platform, which is definitely not a genius thing to do, and only the designers and builders who are familiar with the entire drilling platform can complete it as if nothing happened.

"No wonder Dahua Industrial was the first to see crude oil. Shi Wanke suddenly had a strong desire for knowledge, and writhed like a little daughter-in-law: "Can I visit your drilling platform? ”

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