The makeshift camp in Kuwak is called an iron-clad camp by the Chinese logistics staff, because the exploration team arrives here and has a maximum of two days of rest before heading to the oil field. Groups of men and horses came and went, responding to the iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers.

The term "iron battalion" was quickly accepted by foreigners as well. Whether it was the Soviets, the Japanese, or the Norwegians and Brazilians invited by the Singapore and Malaysia companies, they all referred to their general logistics base by the Iron Battalion.

However, they are not because of that Chinese proverb, but because of the supplies from China.

A large number of derricks, winches, cranes, drilling rigs, tons of drill pipes, casings, wire ropes, weighted rods, boxes of drill bits, faucets, vibrating screens, gears, belts......

There were more and more materials piled up in the Iron Camp, and the scale of the Iron Camp Chapter 370 Exploration Map was getting bigger and bigger, and in just one month, the abandoned lumber yard had turned into a town full of steel. The Chinese came and went, occupied most of the place, and provided more and more abundant food and living materials.

These were originally small commodities supplied to Moscow, and several small Chinese bosses, who sensitively discovered business opportunities, and supplied them to Kuvak by the way, not only to meet the needs of the Chinese, but also to sell them to foreigners at a high price, earning more than going to Moscow, and since then they have specialized in this kind of business.

As if they didn't see it, the Singapore and Malaysia Group and Ito Trading Company allowed Chinese to provide them with high-priced goods...... In contrast, the railway between China and Russia is obviously more convenient and transports a wider variety of products, while the cost of Japan and New Zealand will only be higher because they can only use air transport. If there were no Chinese businessmen. As a last resort, they themselves have to go to Russia to procure.

In general, life in the makeshift camp in Kuwak has gradually become more comfortable. The Chinese built boiler rooms, built bathhouses, and heated the growing number of camping houses with unprecedented speed. A canteen that can accommodate more than 100 people to eat at the same time has also been built, and there is even a restaurant opened by a small Chinese boss next to it, and there is a separate stir-fry in Chapter 370 exploration map. and served alcohol, which soon became the main pastime in the camp......

With the improvement of roads, the strained supply situation has come to an end. Most people are relaxed, but Lee is an exception.

As long as he saw Sioux City, he would have a twitching feeling in his heart.

There are too many Chinese exploration teams passing through the Kuwak camp. When the 20th exploration team passed by, Li Zhengfu gave up the idea of technical crushing. The number of exploration teams hired by Dahua has completely offset their technological advantages, and even if the two companies each contribute half of the money, the cost of outsourcing the exploration team is something that the board of directors is unwilling to bear.

Li Zhengfu was anxious for periodontitis, and his mouth was full of ulcers and pain, and when he saw a large amount of drilling equipment stationed, he was even more anxious, urging his own exploration team and complaining to Ito Noshige on the other: "More than 7 million US dollars have been used in a month, and it is still lagging behind the speed of the Chinese." I don't even dare to go back to China now. If the board asks me, I don't know how to answer. ”

Nobuyshige Ito was wrapped in fur, and his voice came from behind his scarf, and he said sullenly, "Since they haven't sent out the drilling team yet, they are not sure where to explore." Theoretically, we're on the same track. If you're worried, you can start preparing drilling supplies. ”

Li Zhengfu pursed the corners of his mouth, and his painful eyes narrowed: "We only hire 5 drilling teams, where do we need to prepare supplies like them." I'm a little skeptical, though. Is it necessary for them to prepare drilling materials now......"

"Unless they have a lot of drilling fleets. Nobuyigge Ito reluctantly said, "I don't want to admit it, but it's possible." But ......"

Nobuyigge Ito quickly adjusted his mood and said excitedly: "The drilling team we hired is world-class, and it has construction experience in cold areas, so the speed must be faster than that of Dahua Industry." ”

He pointed to the somewhat formed exploration map on the table, and said, "Even if it's a little behind, it's not too far behind." Our preliminary survey is almost complete. ”

"I hope so. Li Zhengfu has pinned his hopes on the next steps such as exploration analysis and drilling.

Privately, Lee even expects good luck.

Prospecting is indeed about luck. No matter how intensive the exploration work is, it is not a "survey" in the real sense, but only a relatively intensive selection of exploration sites.

For a one-millionth gravity and magnetic survey, the point distance can be three or four kilometers, and the line distance may be sixty or seventy kilometers. A 1 in 500,000 gravity and magnetic census or 1 in 100,000 cannot be exhaustive.

The final exploration map is still a geometric figure of a series of dots and lines.

However, if an important point is not measured, for example, in a closed circle, there is a two-kilometer-wide breakpoint that happens to slip through the net, it is possible to come to the exact opposite conclusion.

Li Zhengfu only hopes that his exploration team can get more correct results than the exploration team of Dahua Industrial.

At the same time, Sioux City was also looking at the exploration map on the table.

Every two days, the exploration team radioed updates to the headquarters. If there is a major discovery, it is often the case that someone will send in the raw data.

Kuwak's exploration map is slowly becoming richer, but not yet to the point where the drilling is located.

Engineers from the Dahua Laboratory's oil production institute have been locked in a heated debate since two days ago.

"The electric uplift of North No. 3 should give priority to drilling a parametric well, and an exploration team should be dispatched to determine the location of the electric uplift. This is the most beneficial for the development of the entire oil field. Nian Zhongxue is a local exploration expert, who has worked in the oil company for more than 10 years and participated in several large-scale oil exploration work. He jumped ship a few years ago under the unified public relations of the human resources department of Dahua Group. There are more than a dozen people who have changed jobs at about the same time as Nian Zhongxue, and Su Cheng has also taken advantage of the situation to upgrade the three oil production institutes to the Dahua Laboratory Oil Production Institute, which is divided into drilling oil production institutes and tertiary oil production institutes. The tertiary oil production plant is still Dahua's advantageous project, and it has world-class strength after years of investment. The Drilling and Oil Production Institute has just been established and its reputation is not good, so Nian Zhongxue, as the deputy director, has a very strong performance and a relatively tough attitude.

Ran Zi'an Wenwen, who is also the deputy director of the drilling and oil production institute, was weak, gently pushed the gold-rimmed glasses frame, and said: "I think the first thing to consider is the high gravity of Nanfang No. 2. I have superimposed the gravity anomaly curves of the three geological teams on a map, and you can see that the positions of the three anomalies are basically the same, all of them are south-north-east-west, and the long axis of the three gravity anomalies is basically on the same axis, that is, from nearly east-west, to south-east-north-west, from east to west, the solid line is 165 mgg, the dashed line is 165 mgg, and then 170 and 175 mG......"

The exploration of oil fields is not a team in charge of each one, but in the case of slicing, intertwined with each other, and then provide analysts with mutually corroborating information.

Ran Zi'an is an expert hired from abroad by Dahua Industrial, and Gu Haijian of the Offshore Oil Research Institute is a classmate. Compared with the local Nian Zhongxue and others, his pure academic ability is stronger, but he lacks practical experience.

Nevertheless, the superimposed diagram of the gravity anomaly curve made by Ran Zi'an is still very convincing. Su Cheng nodded to Yang Ming, who was on a whiteboard and pushed up the iron suction representing South No. 2.

On the whiteboard there is a row of suction iron with the name of the drilling location written on it, arranged in two columns, which means priority. Whichever theory is considered more valuable will come out on top and be explored and drilled earlier.

Unlike exploration teams, which are mainly costs and equipment rental costs, the cost of drilling crews is very high. In 1991, the cost of each meter of exploration well in China was more than 1,600 yuan, 3,000 meters was 4.8 million yuan, and if it was a deep well of more than 6,000 meters, the cost would be doubled and doubled. As for foreign drilling fleets, the asking price often starts at millions of dollars, and the price is measured in the foot. In this case, drilling one less well location can save at least millions of yuan.

Normal exploration is to drill shallow wells at one or several high points, further analyze, and then drill deeper parameter wells and benchmark wells, and after re-analysis, further confirm the analysis, and then repeatedly demonstrate, modify, supplement, and then drill.

Even if the drilling is started, the oil will not be recovered immediately, and it is necessary to coring to study the geological conditions, and then carry out continuous coring and research, and then there is an opportunity to test the oil.

Although the complicated steps are a waste of time, it is a relatively time-saving and labor-saving method, especially the method of saving money, and few companies drill several wells at the same time in an oilfield, because the exploration well is a pure input, and there is no difference between drilling one well and ten wells, which has no difference in the final oilfield production. Investors therefore always want to succeed the first time, at least more than the last, and then put limited capital into the production well. Rather than gambling on a desperate gamble.

However, Dahua is involved in racing exploration. The normal way is not to work. Sioux City is going to use 20 million yuan to drill four wells first, and then analyze the results.

4 wells and 20 million sounds like a lot, but it's still not enough for one oil field.

Whether it is electric uplift or high gravity, it is a range on the map of preliminary exploration, but when drilling, it can only be a point and not a surface, and the position is smaller than the tip of a needle when it is implemented on the map.

Determining the exact location of the well also requires meticulous seismic work by the exploration team to know the high points. And there are often several highs, which may or may not be oily...... The result of this high input and low output will always make people feel crazy.

The craziest gamble in the world is not the poker tournament in Las Vegas, nor the Russian roulette, but the oil development.

Every oil company's annual sunk in exploration costs enough to build a new casino in Las Vegas. This huge spending, while bringing enormous economic power to oil companies, has also created enormous pressure.

The exploration image composed of simple lines was made by kindergarten students, but none of the 12 experts from the country dared to take it lightly.

For the weak Chinese oil company, determining the location of the well could not be more serious. Before the 80s, this was a big deal that required the approval of the Ministry of Oil.

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