When the No. 503 drilling reached a depth of 2,940 meters, Su Cheng and other big Chinese people became focused, and Gu Haijian, who was in charge of technical issues, and several other researchers from the Offshore Oil Research Institute looked at the phone in the cabin from time to time.

If you see oil splashes or other signs of possible oil, the drilling team leader on the drilling platform will apply for oil testing by phone, and the successful oil test means that the oil well has produced oil, and if the oil test fails, you can only choose to continue drilling or give up. Due to the high accuracy of judgment on the spot, there is a good chance that the phone rings at this time and then you will see crude oil.

In Dahua Industrial, the level of grassroots cadres is much higher than that of state-owned enterprises, at least reaching the same level as foreign technology enterprises. On the one hand, this is because the experience of on-site work is strong, which is conducive to the accumulation and progress of domestic workers with a weak foundation, and on the other hand, it is also because Dahua Industrial is a young enterprise, which has very few shackles and no glass ceiling, which can often recruit and poach many unambitious technical talents.

Correspondingly, the level of grassroots cadres in state-owned enterprises is generally uneven, which is not a problem of talent introduction, but a problem of talent use. Even if there are some intelligent and excellent grassroots cadres, because the treatment is linked to the level, under the condition that the promotion mechanism is smooth, these outstanding grassroots cadres will be promoted to the management at a very fast speed, so as to get out of the grassroots work, and get the salary and treatment that is compatible with talent and hard work. However, in the case of a poor promotion mechanism, outstanding grassroots cadres cannot be promoted, and their welfare benefits are naturally poor. Inevitably, resentment will arise, which will affect the work.

In Dahua Industrial, the drilling team leader is evaluated as a Class A important position. The supervisor of the drilling platform is an important position of A+, not only the main position, even if it is a deputy position, after two or three years, it can also rise to the middle position of the "special contribution list", which means that the dividend level is more than that of ordinary director and deputy director level management. In this way, the integrity of the base can be guaranteed. Grassroots cadres will not blindly pursue promotion to management. Although the latter has more room for growth, the work requirements are different, if they cannot be adapted. Not only is it difficult to be promoted, but it is possible to fall off the "special contribution list", and for Dahua employees, can they be on the list. At least more than double the income gap. The income in the middle of the list is more than five times the salary of the average employee, which could not be more important.

Dahua's dividend system has also been implemented for several years, whether it is three barrels of oil or other domestic enterprise employees, basically have some understanding, therefore, many grassroots cadres who are not willing to be lonely in their units can not do it, will try to come to Dahua Industry to test the water. Compared with the sea breeze cháo in full swing, it is much less risky to go to a large private enterprise like Dahua Industrial. And with the salary return of Dahua Industrial, everyone will not feel less.

After all, the mid-90s are different from the 80s, people's minds are relatively open-minded, and the people who earned the first and second pots of gold also continue to impact everyone's ideas with wealth. On the other hand, white-collar workers in foreign companies have almost become a myth, and under the conscious promotion of the Dahua Public Relations Department, working in Dahua Industrial has almost gotten a few good jobs in China.

In fact, due to the extremely high profits of Dahua Industrial, this is indeed a good job in China. Compared with PetroChina's 1.5 million employees, Dahua Industrial has only expanded to more than 30,000 now, so although the overall profit is still a lot worse, it is much more evenly distributed to each employee, and although the annual dividend released is only about 10% of the total profit, it is still very rich.

Li Hu, the drilling captain on the No. 503 drilling platform, is from the state-owned coal mine, he defected to Dahua Industry in the big recruitment during the development period of Setan, and worked as an oil extractor in the Setan Coal Mine for two years. Cementing and other work, and then went to Dahua's Pudong training base for further study, and then returned to Setan to be the deputy leader of the oil production team, the deputy leader of the exploration team, and the leader of the drilling team.

In terms of resume and technology, the 32-year-old Li Hu is impeccable, and it is also by virtue of his resume and technology that he can get the most important blue-collar position in the entire Dahua Industry.

Despite his experience, Li Hu on the drilling platform did not have the slightest sense of ease.

Offshore rigs use the world's most advanced technology, which often means short use time, little time and less experience, and at the same time, the most advanced technology is usually not the most mature technology, often representing complex work.

That's all, Li Hu, who has to participate in two or three months of advanced training every year, doesn't care, what really makes his face solemn is the drilling itself.

Whether there are signs of oil production and when to test the oil decisively need to be judged based on experience and the conditions of the site, and the time to judge is often very short, and the opportunity is often fleeting.

Historically, there have been many oil fields that have been drilled two or three times. After three years of concessions, there are more oil fields that have not found oil, and it is not uncommon for oil fields to be found by other companies.

Most of the time, the signs of oil production are very shallow, and whether you can get gushing oil in the end depends on the choice of oil test.

If you choose the wrong time, the oil test may be mud, even if the crude oil is surging 30 centimeters away, you can't find it.

Li Hu will not let an oil well slip through his hands.

However, since the beginning of 2800 meters, to the current 2940 meters, it is already 90 meters of footage, and still nothing has been found.

Li Hu's expression was calm, and his heart couldn't help but change a little.

Today, the first drilling is in normal production, and if No. 503 is in the same field or oil area as it, it should have been discovered at this depth.

At the very least, the state of the underground should change.

"Why don't we stop drilling and do an oil test first?" The vice captain of the drilling team is over 40 years old and has a lot of experience. It is a good hand dug back from the Dahua Personnel Department from Xin*jiang, and the drilling involved is not 1,000 but 800, but he does not want to live in the local area for a long time. Fang just jumped to Dahua Industrial, but he didn't expect to be sent to a more distant Central Asian region. Of course, the environment near the Caspian Sea is not bad, and the generous salary is enough for him to settle down in Shanghai, where the headquarters is located, and the vice captain will never have the idea of changing jobs again, and he will live at home for two months every year and work abroad for more than half a year. Live a fisherman-like life.

Li Hu has always respected the opinion of the deputy captain, and the number of wells drilled is still a very important experience in this era.

But. Li Hu stared at this well from beginning to end, he thought about it for a while, shook his head and said: "Drill to 3,000 meters without oil, and then consider the problem of oil testing." We're far away from Well 1. It doesn't always come to the right place. ”

"Then wait. "The vice-captain didn't insist. Inclined wells are considered a high-end technology in the drilling process. Chengdao Oilfield and Setan Oilfield have used large slope wells, to 7 years later, in the drilling process to extend the technology of inclined wells are also more mature, such transverse wells, can correct the position difference of vertical drilling, but also need to hit the right position.

The footage of drilling is still slowly increasing.

On the auxiliary boat, Gu Haijian's face was covered with sweat, and he kept turning over the geological map in his hand. He looked at the computer again and muttered, "It makes sense." There's probably a lot of oil here......"

Su Cheng stayed on the ship with representatives of the other six companies, naturally it was not for people to come to see him make a fool of himself, and the judgment of Gu Haijian and himself played a great role.

However, the oil has not yet come out close to 3,000 meters, which is indeed not within Gu Haijian's judgment.

This is offshore drilling, not as good as onshore drilling technology can reach five or six kilometers, in the mid-90s marine technology, drilling to 3000 meters is not shallow, 3500 meters is almost the normal drilling depth, no matter how deep the drilling platform is not nothing, but the cost of this kind of drilling platform is high, the cost of built oil wells is not low, and the cost of each barrel is a bit too high.

In later generations, the cost of a barrel of oil on a deep-sea drilling platform could be as high as $70 per barrel, which is close to the price of oil if you count other expenses. The technology in 1994 was not so good, but in terms of medium-distance drilling, the cost was relatively higher, and no one wanted to encounter an oil field below 3,500 meters.

As an employee of CNOOC, Shi Wanke also understood the reason, and secretly glanced at Su Cheng, but saw that the latter's face was calm and could not see the change at all.

"3000 meters up. "The yellow sè flag was hung on the drilling platform, representing the 3,000-meter footage.

If it had been before, the drilling team might have cheered. However, with a hint of depth, this flag of yellow sè is a dilemma.

"Su Dong, Gu Suo, do you want to guide the scene?" Yang Ming knew that Su Cheng advocated trusting the scene, but he still reminded him in a low voice.

Gu Haijian's back was wet with sweat, he dropped the drawing, and said in a deep voice: "Now there are two choices, continue to go down, or forcibly test the oil." If the performance of the forced oil test is good, you can also consider the shè hole scheme. ”

The crude oil in the ground is layered, just like the nǎi oil in a cake, and there are often oil layers several meters thick or tens of meters thick hidden between hundreds of thousands of kilometers of rocks.

The oil test is usually to open an opening in the oil layer to release the pressure, and the crude oil is naturally sent up.

The shè hole is slightly stronger, which can break through the mud downhole and increase the success rate of oil testing. Sioux City tried this in a waste oil well.

By the mid-90s, this technique was quite mature and a common method.

However, no matter how good the means are, there must be oil layers underground.

At the very least, there needs to be an oil layer within 3,000 meters of the drilling.

Sioux City thought silently.

Over the years, he has become accustomed to decisions made at critical moments.

Life is made up of decisions, the right decisions lead to an upswing, and the wrong decisions make a decline.

As Sioux City pondered, the roar of the engines on the rig had become quieter.

Li Hu, the leader of the drilling team, was also hesitating.

The drilling process will squeeze out the mud in the well, drill down to 3000 meters, and the oil layer at 2000 meters is equivalent to experiencing 1000 meters of mud reversal.

The estimated depth of the oil layer is about 2,860 meters, and now it is drilled to 3,000 meters, and the impact on the oil layer is not great.

Li Hu carefully observed the reversal of the mud, a little unsure whether to continue.

At this time, the blue phone on the drilling platform rang "beep".

"I'm Li Hu, the drilling captain. Li Hu picked up the phone, first reported to his home, next to the auxiliary boat, the telephone line was also pulled there, needless to say that it was from the command center.

"I'm Sioux City. Su Cheng was full of anger, but Li Hu was stunned when he listened.

"Chairman?"

"It's me. What's the situation like on the ground?"

"At the moment...... No signs of oil have been seen. "Li Hu said it was very difficult.

"I'm Gu Haijian, the director of the Offshore Oil Research Institute, is there any sign of it?". Gu Haijian lay on the table and shouted loudly at the hands-free.

Li Hu took the microphone a little farther away from him, and when he finished speaking, he said in a low voice: "I didn't see any signs of oil." ”

"From 2,850 meters to 3,000 meters, there is no sign?" asked Gu Haijian repeatedly, which was not in line with his judgment.

"Nope. Li Hu knew that he couldn't see the other side, but he still shook his head.

"Keep digging down. "This time it's Sioux City.

"Su Dong!"

"Chairman!"

Gu Haijian and Li Hu both called out.

"Li Hu is, I just read your resume, you are one of the drilling captains who have found the most oil wells in the Setan Oilfield, although the footage is not the highest, the production of the oil production is ranked in the top 10, I think, you are a detailed enough drilling team leader not to miss the signs of oil production. I trust your judgment, please keep drilling down and we wait for your good news. Su Cheng's voice was unhurried, as if he was stating a fact.

Somehow, Li Hu suddenly couldn't speak, and his throat suddenly became extremely dry, as if he had run 10,000 meters.

He also believes in himself, in his professionalism, in his experience, in his feelings, and because of this, he will refuse the advice of the vice-captain and insist on drilling.

However, he also knew that there were domestic delegations on the auxiliary ship, as well as visitors from foreign companies. In the end, Sioux City chose to believe in himself instead of Gu Haijian, the director of the Offshore Oil Research Institute......

As an employee of Dahua, everyone knows the status of Dahua Laboratory in the heart of Sioux City. Gu Haijian is an absolute authority on offshore oil......

Su Cheng's voice was still steady, and he seemed to explain to everyone: "Although there are wells that can be successfully completed and tested without signs of oil production, there are not many such cases after all. On the contrary, the belief that oil can be produced at 2860 meters lacks sufficient scientific basis, and I believe in Li Hu's judgment that continuing to drill is the best choice. ”

This is the second time that Su Cheng has said that he "believes in Li Hu's judgment".

Li Hu muttered and repeated, and his hesitant expression swept away.

"Keep going down!" pay attention to the record...... Li Hu roared, like a boatswain in the age of sailing ships, full of momentum and high spirits.

…… (To be continued......)

ps: I have written and changed 4000 words, and the update is late.