Replacing genuine parts with cheaper components is a great way to reduce costs. Both domestic and industrial products are no exception.

The difference is that the maintenance of civilian products is simple, and the working environment is relatively balanced. Industrial products are different, such as offshore drilling platforms, rented to the North Sea to work in the North Sea, rented to Australia to work in Australia, different environments accompanied by similar winds and waves and alkaline seawater, if the quality is not up to standard, not only will cause losses, but also will attract lawsuits.

Nasr knew it would not be easy to repair a half-broken rig for $3 million, and he had asked other companies to do so. However, it is still a little difficult for Arabs who advocate Europe and famous brands to use all Chinese parts.

We're not short of money!

Nasr Chapter 215 comprehensively examines what he likes to do, which is to use a stack of money to smash European suppliers into mothers.

The only problem he has at the moment is that the budget is insufficient.

When he was short of money, Nasr couldn't use all his usual tricks. At this time, he asked a little embarrassed: "It's okay to use replacement parts, but can you increase the scope of procurement?" Compare more countries, for example, use 10% of the parts made in China and 90% of the parts made in Europe......

"It's okay to use some parts made in Europe, but 90% of the time, 3 million is definitely not enough. Su Cheng laughed.

Nasr is tempted to say "add money", which is also their most common method. But...... The bureaucrats in the company will not give him such an opportunity, and the maximum amount of maintenance funds is 3 million. This has been decided a long time ago, and people don't care whether this "Sea Diamond No. 6" is particularly bad or very good, and when there is money to be made, it will naturally run into trouble.

For Nasr. That's where trouble comes in.

He looked at Chai Wei, then at Su Cheng, and finally said: "If we use a large number of parts from China, I'm afraid we can't easily agree to this repair." You can do an assessment first, and try to focus on the comprehensive inspection of parts made in Europe in Chapter 215. ”

"Absolutely. Su Cheng did not object to the assessment, and turned to Gu Haijian and said, "You go to a third-party professional inspection company to conduct a comprehensive assessment." ”

In fact, even if he wanted to use 100% of the Chinese parts, it would be impossible. For example, it is difficult to say whether something like a diesel engine crankshaft can be replaced. Even on Dahua Industrial's drilling rigs, there are still 20 to 30 percent of foreign imported parts. Hence Sioux City's so-called use of "Chinese" parts. That is, to use sixty or seventy percent......

But this kind of thinking cannot be declared, on the one hand, there is room for it, and on the other hand, it is also said that it will not increase the distrust of the other party.

Saudi Aramco uses the best products from the best companies in the world and pays the most. If you let them know, Dahua Industrial can only produce just over half of the parts. It will be difficult to negotiate later.

Gu Haijian soon invited an inspection company in the United Arab Emirates and asked them to bring the equipment to Saudi Arabia for inspection work. There is a lot of work to be done for comprehensive inspection, and a lot of equipment is required, in the petroleum equipment industry. It has also become a specialized industry, with professional machines operated by professionals. Done professionally. With the exception of very large oil companies, most oil companies outsource this business.

The inspection is carried out by a third-party company. The conclusion will also be relatively fair.

The entire testing work was carried out for 10 days. The scope of the inspection includes drilling system equipment, mud system equipment, well control equipment, underwater equipment, power system equipment, electrical equipment, platform ballast control system, ballast pump room, pipeline system, platform anchoring system, deck machinery, safety and fire protection facilities, communication system, platform structure and equipment maintenance records and spare parts storage, etc., and finally issue a report.

On the second day of the inspection, the China International Petroleum Exhibition in Abu Dhabi also came to an end. Looking at the smiles of Secretary-General Gan and Ding Zhipeng, Su Cheng knew that the goal of the meeting had basically been achieved. Dahua Industrial has obtained orders of more than 20 million US dollars, which can be regarded as a full load.

More than 20 engineers, half of whom went back to China to do their research, and the rest went to Saudi Arabia to visit the third-generation semi-submersible drilling platform.

Dahua Industry and Haliburton, the platform made now is the second and a half generations, and the third generation is still on the design drawings. Now that there are three generations of ready-made rigs that can be disassembled, it is a great thing for researchers.

Soon, the engineer and the people from the inspection company buried their heads in the drilling platform.

The semi-submersible drilling platform is a kind of drilling platform where most of the floating bodies are not below the water surface, and the technical content is very high, and the sixth-generation offshore drilling platform made by CNOOC and CSSC after 20 years is a semi-submersible offshore drilling platform. But in 1989, China had not been exposed to this kind of high-end offshore oil equipment for nearly 20 years.

Not to mention in-depth contact.

On the other hand, the semi-submersible offshore drilling platform is also developed from the bottom-type offshore drilling platform, which is in line with the technology of Dahua Industrial. These engineers of the company, bumps and turns, can always get it.

So, as inspections move up, the more engineers know, the more interested they become, and the longer they work.

Although the Saudis only believe in European products and are a little dismissive of American goods, they are still terrified to see Chinese people working more than ten or twenty hours a day.

Nasr was worried about sudden death or serious injury, and repeatedly asked Sioux City to compress workers' working hours to less than eight hours.

Su Cheng ignored him, but asked everyone to rest as much as possible, allocate time at their own discretion, and arrange a doctor's physical examination.

After all, such an opportunity is rare, and for Chinese researchers, they also work like this in China, and the effect is better in Saudi Arabia, so naturally there is no reason to rest.

It is only in Saudi Arabia, which does not attach importance to technology, that the third-generation offshore drilling platform can be dismantled and studied so unscrupulously. If it is a drilling platform from European and American countries, or from Japan, South Korea and Singapore, such a qualification as Dahua Industrial has no hope of getting on the ship.

What's more, the working time of the third-generation offshore drilling platform is generally less than 10 years, except for a country like Saudi Arabia, who will stop the new drilling platform for 2 years without doing any cold and waiting measures?

If we hadn't stopped for such a long time, we wouldn't have had to take it all apart for inspection and repair, and we wouldn't have had such a wonderful research opportunity.

At this time, Su Cheng was a little grateful to Chai Wei. The opportunities they provide, although not as significant as the benefits of several rig orders, are just as effective as the technology improvements.

It took 20 days to conduct a comprehensive test, but when the results were announced, Dahua Industrial was not the only company that appeared. Haliburton in the United States and Hydro in Norway also appeared at the same time.

Haliburton sent a group of people during the exhibition, and Jensen accompanied him as a consultant, Lao Bai's face was a little ruddy, and when he saw Su Cheng, he smiled and said: "I heard that Dahua Industrial was involved, so I thought, I can meet Su Dong." ”

"How did you get at the show?"

"Naturally, it is not as good as Su Dong. It was a red-nosed foreigner who spoke, smiling a little stupidly, and said: "Dynamic positioning equipment, Su Dong only sold 600,000 US dollars, how much is the profit?"

"Aren't you from Haliburton, don't you know the cost of our joint venture?" Sioux City looked at Jensen.

The latter coughed and introduced: "This is our sales director, New Zealander, Bertos." ”

Sioux City was stunned, no wonder the whole person looked red, it was estimated that there was a Maori mixture.

Bertos had a bad impression of Sioux City, muttered a few words that did not conform to the market economy, and went to the Saudis to sell them.

Su Cheng smiled and asked Jensen, "You still want to win this maintenance mission?"

Jensen hesitated for a moment and whispered: "If Saudi Arabia intends to start extracting offshore oil, Haliburton will definitely not let go of this opportunity." ”

"Do you have what it takes to fully repair the third-generation platform?" Sioux City looked at Jensen dismissively. Haliburton doesn't have much research on offshore rigs, and their current main strength is still in the joint venture with Sioux City.

It can be said that Haliburton's engineers about offshore drilling platforms are now working for Sioux City, and their level is estimated to be inferior to that of Dahua Industrial.

Jensen is the person in charge of the China region, so he naturally knows this, and said helplessly: "Bertos insists, and I can't help it." ”

Su Cheng shook his head and said, "You also let him fool around, he messed around during the exhibition, and as a result, how many orders were signed? Now he wants to fight with Dahua Industrial? This time, Haliburton not only can't get the cost, but also the strength is not good."

Bertos didn't know when, turned back again, listened to the second half of the sentence, and said: "Since Chinese enterprises can do it, we Haliburton can naturally do it." Although I don't understand technology, I know how to make a simple comparison, Haliburton is stronger than Chinese enterprises, and if Chinese enterprises can take orders, Haliburton can take orders. ”

Su Cheng smiled and said, "When the comprehensive appraisal report comes out, let's talk again." ”

"Okay, our engineers are waiting. "Bertos is tough.

Within a few minutes, the third-party appraisal company sent the specific information. The Arabs from the Emirates Oil Company, holding up the folder, read on the spot: "According to our inspection." Over the past two years, the platform has undergone little or no maintenance and has lacked any cold shutdown or mothballing arrangements, which has adversely affected the mechanical parts of the platform's various types of equipment. The structure and machinery of the platform were severely damaged by constant erosion, and intensive maintenance and repair work was necessary if the platform was to continue drilling operations. Among them, there are 45 direct repair projects, 16 statutory and classification society inspection projects, 11 individual procurement projects, and 4 assistance service projects...... A total of 81 ......"

The engineer next to Bertos turned green when he heard "seriously damaged", and when he heard about the 45 direct repair items, the whole person was abstract.

In terms of their cost, every direct repair project means a cost of $100,000, which is naturally terrifying.

The engineer leaned on Bertos' shoulder to explain to him, and the Norwegian Hydro man deliberated in a low voice for a moment, and had already spoken: "We have a question about the cost of repairs. ”

…… (To be continued......) ！！！