Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Gas Station
After getting this idea, Lin Quan took it out and discussed it with Denise for a while, this idea can be implemented, but the objects attracted are not particularly large, and the audience is not large!
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After discussing with the two, they felt that it was indeed necessary to build a new gas station at the fork of Highway 11 leading to the farm, and after leaving Agadez in the north, there was no gas station until the border with Niger, and there was no problem with the vehicles from Niger to Algeria, most of them would refuel in Agadez, but there would be some problems with the vehicles coming from Algeria, and they basically ran out of gas when they arrived here.
The volume of the fuel tank of the general car is not large, the international standard is about 45-55 liters, and the speed of fuel consumption of the car is different according to the different displacements of the car.
Generally speaking, a car with a displacement of 1.6 liters, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is about 6-9 liters, and the reason why there will be a change of three liters is because this takes into account the actual driving path and road conditions, uniform speed movement, and good road conditions are naturally the most fuel-efficient.
And in this way, after the car is fully fueled, it can drive 500-800 kilometers on the road, maybe the master can run farther, but in the desert area, the fuel consumption rate can not be calculated in this way, because in the process of driving, because of the temperature, the air conditioning must be turned on in the car.
In fact, there are two modes of air conditioning in the car, cooling and heating, and these two modes are actually very different.
When the air conditioner is refrigerating, the compressor of the air conditioning system needs to work, and the operation of the compressor needs to consume the power of the engine, so it will consume a lot of fuel when refrigerating, and when the car is heated by air conditioning, the compressor does not need to work, only the blower is working, so it will not consume a lot of oil, but through the Sahara Desert, of course, it is to refrigerate, so the fuel consumption of the car will be greatly increased.
From Abalesa, the last city in the north of Algeria, to Niger, before arriving in Agadez, the southbound car needs to travel more than 800 kilometers, so before departure, they need to prepare fuel, if they do not have fuel, then they have to drive carefully on the road, otherwise it is very likely that they will break down before they reach Agadez.
So if Lin Quan can really build a gas station north of Agadez, it will be a life-saving straw for everyone, his location is still nearly 100 kilometers away from Agadez, just at the limit distance of most cars without refueling, but to run a gas station, this matter is not something he can say.
"We've been thinking about this before, but you know, it costs money to run a gas station! There are also people who stay and garrison here, so that they need to solve their supporting infrastructure, which also needs to spend a sum of money, our country is very poor, the domestic oil companies are joint ventures and foreign capital, oh yes, there is your China National Petroleum Corporation, our government's control over oil is actually not very strong, although the Niger National Petroleum Products Company has the name Niger, but this company is not actually controlled by the government, they are controlled by the French company Total Fina Elf, you know, France has a huge influence on NigerThe French garrison in Niger even exceeds the armed forces of Niger itself. ”
Steiger's look a little helpless, Niger is considered independent, but there are still garrisons of the former suzerainty in the country, so it doesn't look like independence at all, but thinking about the tragic situation of the French suppressing the Algerian independence movement, they gasp, the cold wind behind their necks, and they dare not say anything.
Lin Quan scratched his head, he really couldn't find anyone, so he could only find Steiger, although Steiger, who was from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, but he was a government employee, which was much better than himself, a layman with black eyes.
"What then? If you don't have money, you can't do it?"
Lin Quan seemed to have heard what Steiger meant, the Nigerien government must have agreed to set up a gas station here, but due to its own financial constraints and the fact that the domestic oil companies can't control it, the matter can't be done, but if there are enough funds, then this matter is another matter.
"That's pretty much it! But a gas station costs a lot of money, how much money do you have now?"
Steiger didn't think that Lin Quan had the capital to open a gas station, but he was still curious about how much money Lin Quan had in his hands.
"Uh... Hundreds of thousands!"
Steiger's eyes lit up, is it more than 100,000 dollars? That seems to be a show, this guy is still a rich man, but he has more money than himself.
However, he was a little suspicious, where did Lin Quan get so much money, so he asked, "Is the currency unit the dollar?"
"RMB!" Lin Quan said proudly, expanding the international influence of RMB, he can be regarded as a small contribution.
Steiger's face fell, he was simply disappointed, if Lin Quan had a hundred thousand dollars in his hand, maybe he would still have a head, but a hundred thousand yuan, then even a fraction was not enough.
"Mr. Lin, I advise you to give up the idea of opening a gas station by yourself!"
Steiger's direct start to pour cold water on him.
Lin Quan also knew that his money was definitely not enough, but he didn't know how much it would cost to run a gas station, but looking at Steiger's appearance, he must know, so he asked, "What?
"Well, a lot of money, more than 100,000 yuan can only be regarded as a fraction!" Steiger nodded, and continued: "In Niger, to apply for the establishment of a gas station, it is definitely not possible to use a private capacity, it must be a company, and it is also an oil company with a good record in the past, and a gas station is also divided into grades, A-grade, B-grade and C-grade three grades, of which A-grade is naturally the best, C-grade is naturally the worst, the scale of the gas station, fuel reserves, safety indicators, The variety of fuel and the strength of the company have become the criterion for judging, and our Niger cars mainly use diesel, which is different from your China. ”
Lin Quan nodded, feeling that he had asked the right person, this guy actually knew so much about the oil industry, and he was very curious about how he became an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture.
"So we mainly use diesel here, but gasoline is still available, even if it is a C-level gas station, these two varieties of fuel still have to be available, and in the desert side of the construction, the labor cost is relatively high, the transportation cost is also a lot, plus there is no supporting equipment here, so including the clothing, food, housing and transportation of workers, all to consider, which requires a lot of money, we have done an assessment before, to build a gas station here, at least 500,000 dollars!"
After Steiger finished speaking, he looked at Lin Quan, which seemed to say, now you know, right? Your hundreds of thousands of yuan can really only be a fraction, and it is not enough to do anything!
500,000 US dollars, that is, more than 3.5 million yuan, this price is really a bit outrageous! Of course, Lin Quan can't afford it, and it seems that his desire to build a gas station is about to be disappointed.
But just when he was disheartened, Steiger said leisurely: "But this matter is not without a turnaround, it depends on whether you have the ability to do it!"