The hum of the rig can be heard clearly even from a few hundred meters away.

The faces of the representatives of the two barrels of oil and the representatives of the company such as Finer were as usual, and they only looked around from time to time with curious eyes, and the employees of Dahua Industrial looked solemn.

The former is here to watch, whether Dahua's oil wells can be drilled successfully, they don't care so much, and Dahua's own people are different, in this situation, who wants to lose face.

The order to continue drilling was said by Su Cheng, and Gu Haijian and the others could only stare at the phone, hoping that good news would come.

The long wait is particularly heartbreaking.

In the dull atmosphere, Gilles, the representative of Fina Company, laughed and said, "Su Dong trusts the workers of Dahua very much. ”

"Of course, the smooth implementation of Dahua Industrial's strategies relies on excellent grassroots employees, without whom our oil development company would have closed its doors. Su Cheng was happy to have a relaxed atmosphere, and said along the topic: "Of course, training and screening are also essential, as far as I am concerned, China's current enterprises, as long as they change the system of only entering but not leaving, can increase some vitality." ”

Gilles chewed his French tongue and said with a smile: "There are also many national enterprises in France, but there are also many restrictions on the employment of private enterprises, and there is not much difference, because of the trade union, there are a lot of losses every year, and Chinese companies have an advantage in this regard." ”

When there was nothing to do, Su Cheng introduced the dividend system of Dahua Industrial, and then said with a smile: "Just talking about blue-collar workers, Dahua Industrial's highest-paid blue-collar workers got nearly 2 million yuan last year, that is, 230,000 US dollars, and there are more than 20 blue-collar workers with more than 1 million yuan. Although it is not easy to exchange the yuan for dollars, it is too easy to live well in China, basically, this is the highest salary in China, about 300 times that of ordinary workers. In terms of salary alone, it should be more than three times that of ordinary workers. So, despite the lower salaries than foreign companies, the satisfaction of our employees is quite high. ”

In January 94, the official exchange rate of the renminbi and the foreign exchange adjustment rate were merged, and the exchange rate of the renminbi against the US dollar also fell from 5.8 to 8.7, and on the books, the same 1 million yuan can be exchanged for US dollars is reduced. However, this reduction is only good for Dahua or Dahua employees, on the one hand, domestic consumption is the mainstay, which will not affect the value of RMB assets, and on the other hand, Dahua has a large proportion of new profits in foreign exchange, and the relative depreciation of RMB means that income has actually increased.

Especially for Dahua employees working abroad, it is equivalent to a passive salary increase, and if you save a little money, you can catch up with the average annual social income of two or three thousand yuan.

Gilles sighed twice and sighed: "The starting salary of current French graduates for ordinary majors is about 30,000 US dollars, but the starting salary for petroleum majors is about 60,000 US dollars, which is already a first-class high salary." If you are able to read the power to be in charge of the drilling platform, the annual salary must be at least 300,000 US dollars, otherwise, it will be robbed by a foreign company. ”

The oil industry is one of the most globalized industries, not only in terms of materials and products, but also in terms of employees. Knowledge of foreign languages is almost a must for senior engineers. In fact, after staying on a boring drilling platform for half a year, getting along with foreign colleagues day and night, how can you understand half of what you don't understand, and after two or three times on duty, it's time to learn a foreign language.

As a result, most of the oil workers in developed countries are recruited from all over the world. In particular, countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States have a fairly strong ability to attract foreign employees.

The representative of the Spanish company Repsol next to him grinned and said, "And the tax rate, damn the tax rate." ”

"High income taxes have made us less competitive. Gilles agrees. France and Spain are both high-welfare states, and both have commensurate high taxes. The tax rate of up to 45 percent has caused the wealthy to flee, and the middle class generally has to pay around 30 percent in taxes.

No matter how rich a person is, it is always difficult to pay money out, especially the illusory protection fee of taxes, which will always poke the sore spot of multinational enterprises.

Observing that the atmosphere in the command room was suddenly relaxed, Gu Haijian took the opportunity to regroup his mood, sat in front of the computer, and began to rethink.

"Regardless of the outcome, perforation is the safest. Gu Haijian made a quick decision and ordered.

The Offshore Oil Research Institute is still the largest institute of Dahua Laboratory, and its annual funding ranks first among Dahua Laboratories.

The main reason is that the oil fields owned by Dahua Industry are basically offshore oil.

The goal of Dahua Industry is also offshore oil.

This is a helpless thing, the competition for onshore oil is fierce, even the territory of the former Soviet Union is fought for by the former Soviet Union Communist Youth League members, and the remaining large onshore oil fields are either conflict areas or barren land, with the ability of Dahua Industry, the direction that can only be fought for is offshore oil.

Most companies have adjusted accordingly, and it will not be until the era of shale gas development that they will see a large number of onshore energy assets again.

In order to adjust the most important assets of Dahua Industry at any time, Gu Haijian has a 24-hour response science team, and this time, he has set up a working group to be on standby.

As soon as the perforation analysis command was given, the people below began to skillfully build the model and prepare it for analysis with a large computer.

He was ready to drill 3,500 meters and still see no signs of oil.

At that time, even if there are pores that can produce oil at 2500 to 3000 meters, the ordinary way will not be able to test the oil successfully, and only perforation can be chosen.

At a depth of 500 meters, even if you have enough time, you can't shoot down step by step, so it is especially important to find the location based on information such as pressure.

For the mainframe computers of the 90s, such a large amount of simulation calculation is also not small.

Minutes and seconds passed.

After about 2 hours, the sound of the rig gradually slowed down......

Although Su Cheng and the others had a good chat, their ears were all pricked up, and the background noise changed slightly, and everyone noticed.

"Toot ......"

The phone was a little hoarse, like the opposite of the sound of the waves.

Gu Haijian suddenly raised his head, and his neck clicked.

"Li Hu?" Su Cheng picked up the phone.

"I saw oil flowers, although they were rare, but I was sure I did. Li Hu's voice came from the other end.

"What are you going to do?" is a sign that the oil and gas layer has been drilled, but it is not certain how thick the oil and gas layer is, or it may even be an isolated area, so a small amount of oil splash does not necessarily have to be tested.

After a brief hesitation, Li Hu said, "The data measured while drilling is ordinary, but I want to try it." ”

"I agree. Once the oil is produced, the oil quality will be inspected as soon as possible. ”

"Okay, we're going to do a completion test. "Li Hu is obviously much more nervous than here, and his work today requires more pressure than usual.

On the drill floor, a "creaking" sound began to sound, which was the derrick taking on the pressure.

"Lower casing. Li Hu roared again, and it was faintly transmitted to the auxiliary ship along the sea breeze.

After the casing was lowered, it was the cementing operation, and several Dahua workers were covered with heavy mud to press the well.

Next, it's time for the crucial perforation phase.

The perforator is connected by a cable and goes down to the target section of 3,378 meters, waiting for excitation at any time. The perforator is equipped with a perforating bullet and a column of explosives, the latter of which is fired like shrapnel when it is excited, producing a high-velocity jet that passes through the casing and mud and penetrates the rock at a certain distance. If the casing reaches the correct oil layer, the penetrated oil layer will be diverted, resulting in a continuous flow of oil.

Everything was ready to stop, and Li Hu was also sweating.

He didn't call again to apply, but after confirming it again and again, he pressed the button.

The mud makes a "pop" sound and spits out a few bubbles.

Li Hu stared nervously at the data.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

One minute.

The expected oil explosion did not happen.

"Failed?" Li Hu looked at the vice captain with a solemn gaze.

The vice captain glanced at the data fed back twice, and asked, "Do you want to report back to Su Dong?"

Li Hu sighed, straightened his waist again in an instant, and said, "Try again!"

"This ...... Of course it's okay to try again, but you shouldn't report it first and ...... later."

"Don't rush to report bad news. Li Hu said, personally doing the previous steps and replacing it with a new perforator.

Dahua workers on the drilling platform are in a hurry. Like the oil production team, they also have assessment tasks and bonus systems, drilling oil wells, drilling high-yield wells, are all bonus and assessment projects, and everyone also hopes that this drilling can be successful.

"Po"

The heavy mud bubbled upwards throughout.

Li Hu waited for a few minutes, still not feeling the throbbing of the volcanic eruption.

"What should I do?" asked the vice-captain.

"Change places, get to ...... at 3210 meters. "Li Hu is not a person who can't accept failure, it's just that the place and time of this failure are too wrong.

It took time to change the position of the perforation, and the drilling rig had already stopped, and it didn't take long for Gu Haijian to call Li Hu with Su Cheng's consent.

Still in a hands-free state, Gu Haijian said: "Starting from 2830 meters, we think it is the most promising, if Captain Li agrees, please adjust to 2830 meters......"

Li Hu was bold and said: "We only saw the oil flower around 3300 meters, we should try the position after 3200 meters first, if not, and then shrink to 2830 meters." ”

"You see very few oil splashes, and even so, I think it may be a pre-drilled oil production layer......"

"I don't think it's an oil flower that came up later, it's very good in its entirety, and the mud isn't contaminated. Li Hu looked at the position of the auxiliary vessel.

"It starts at 3,200 meters. Su Cheng chose the scene again, turning a blind eye to Gu Haijian's expectations.

He knows better than anyone the huge size of the Aqijiu oil field, and its oil layer basically does not appear without warning, and the oil layer here is too big to hide.

The 2860 meters had been well checked, and although Sioux City didn't know where the chance of oil production was greatest, he did know that the chance of oil production was the least at 2860 meters.

Here, perhaps, is an oil field of reading.

…… (To be continued.) )