Chapter 214: Oil Shortage

It can be said that China's domestic crude oil exploitation or import, processing, and sales industries are all in the hands of state-owned enterprises headed by PetroChina, Sinopec, and CNOOC. Although it is said that domestic private enterprises have been trying hard to interrupt this situation. But in essence, the progress can be said to be minimal, even inferior to the steel industry. And this situation will continue until the first decade of the next century, at least until Fang Mingyuan's death in his previous life, there is absolutely no day when the monopoly is truly broken.

During this period, although private capital intervened in the sale of refined oil, it was soon incorporated by these "three barrels of oil" by various means. In the end, only some corners remained, and in the areas where the "three barrels of oil" were completely unlooking, there were still some gas stations with private capital surviving, while in the more economically developed areas, in addition to those companies that really had a background and background, almost all private gas stations were destroyed. The reform and opening up policy has been implemented for decades, and in the gas station, an industry that has no jishu content at all and no strategic position, state-owned capital has once again occupied an absolute dominant position. I have to say, this is also a kind of black sè irony!

But in this life, there is one more alternative, that is, the oil refinery under Fang Mingyuan's name. It's just that although the refinery is in China, it cannot enjoy the crude oil supply from the domestic oil field, and all the crude oil must be imported from abroad. Moreover, all chemical products and refined oil products produced and processed must also be sold abroad and must not enter the domestic market. It is precisely because Fang Mingyuan agreed to such harsh conditions that this refinery, which can be called the most modern oil refinery in China, appeared on the land of China from scratch in just a few years!

All along, Fang Mingyuan has indeed kept his original promise, whether it is the source of crude oil or the sales of finished products, there is not a single star involved in the domestic market, and there is no substantial threat to the inherent interests of state-owned petrochemical enterprises led by the "three barrels of oil". Even in China, apart from the locals, the people of the non-petrochemical industry do not know that there is such a modern large-scale oil refinery operated by the company.

"Fang Shao is really thorough, yes, I want to sell it in China!" Zongzheng sè Dao.

Fang Mingyuan spread his hands in embarrassment and said: "Yanei, I'm afraid you should also know that the agreement between me and the leaders at the beginning, but the refined oil produced will not appear in the domestic market." This request from the Ya Nei is very difficult for me! Moreover, our family is in the business world, and reputation has always been the most important, if this kind of thing is known to the old man, even if I am his favorite grandson, I will definitely not be spared! ”

Zong Zheng Haha laughed and said, "Fang Shao, of course I know this. Fang Shao's reputation in the business world is well-known in China. But what if the leaders are willing to lift the ban? ”

Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned, sat up straight and said, "Yanei, what do you say?" ”

Zong Zheng took a bag from the small table next to the sofa, took out a stack of papers from it, put it in front of Fang Mingyuan, and said with a smile: "Fang Shao, after you have seen these things, I believe you will understand what I mean." As long as Fang Shao is willing to cooperate with me, then Fang Shao's difficulties will naturally be solved by me. That's my sincerity! ”

Fang Mingyuan picked up the stack of paper in front of him, and after only looking at a few lines, his face changed slightly.

If modern society is regarded as one person, then energy is undoubtedly the blood of this person! Without enough energy, the normal functioning of modern society will be seriously affected! The various fuels produced by the processing of crude oil are undoubtedly the most important part of energy. Without gasoline, diesel, and aviation gasoline, cars, airplanes, and even ships will undoubtedly become a pile of expensive scrap metal. In the history of Shijie, several oil crises caused by high oil prices have fully made the citizens of developed countries fully aware of the importance of energy supply for the development of modern society.

However, in the 90s, the Chinese people did not fully understand the oil crisis, because at that time, because the level of economic development in China was still at a low level, the domestic crude oil production could not only meet the needs of the Chinese people, but also have a part of the export in exchange for foreign exchange. Therefore, the Chinese people are not aware of the harm of energy shortage.

And it was at this time that an oil shortage almost swept through some parts of the southeast coast, so that the Chinese people knew from then on that there were times when money could not buy oil! With the continuous development of China's economy, oil shortages will appear almost every once in a while, and with the passage of time, more and more areas will be affected. Two thousand years later, the oil shortage has spread to all developed regions in China, even in core cities such as Shanghai.

Once the oil shortage occurs, in front of the gas station in the area, there is a long convoy of vehicles, in order to refuel, the owners will even break out all kinds of conflicts, causing a series of social contradictions, but also to the normal production and life of the people brought great inconvenience.

Of course, in the event of an oil shortage, the "bricks call the beast" can give all kinds of reasons that sound reasonable, for example, the international oil price has risen, the cost of oil refining enterprises has risen, and the domestic oil price is low, causing domestic oil refining enterprises to lose money, thus reducing production; For another example, the refineries of domestic oil refining enterprises have stopped production and maintenance, and the output cannot keep up; Another example is that the oil price sold by the refinery has increased, but the retail price cannot be increased due to policy reasons, so gas stations have also taken the initiative to reduce the purchase volume to reduce losses......

Fang Mingyuan did not deny that international oil prices will continue to rise in the future and will reach an all-time high price of nearly $150 per barrel, which is indeed a lot higher than the price of only $20 per barrel in '95.

But let's not forget that although China is a big oil importer, it is also a big oil producer, and even by the end of the first decade of the next century, half of the domestic oil market will still be produced domestically. Naturally, the production cost of these crude oils cannot be calculated according to international oil prices. Moreover, as a state-owned enterprise, these oil resources can be said to be allocated to the names of these enterprises free of charge, unlike those foreign oil companies, which must pay development fees to the local state for every time they acquire an oil field.

What's even more dissatisfying for the Chinese people is that the international crude oil price is moving every day, while the domestic oil price will follow closely when the international oil price rises, and when the international oil price falls, the sound of the decline is not heard. When the international oil price soared to nearly $150 per barrel and then quickly fell to a minimum of less than $40 per barrel, we did not see the domestic oil price fall rapidly. Moreover, international oil prices eventually fell by two-thirds, but domestic oil prices may not even drop one-fifth of the price!

Therefore, the essence of these specious reasons is inseparable from two words - interests! As a reborn, Fang Mingyuan naturally knew that all these reasons, to put it bluntly, were just excuses made by a few major monopolies in order to obtain excess profits!

It's just that in the previous life, although the Chinese people had all kinds of dissatisfaction with these monopolies, because they had no decision-making power, they had nothing to do with them, let alone break their monopoly. However, although the central government has repeatedly tried to change this situation, it has always thundered loudly and rained little, and there has been no obvious effect at all. The "three barrels of oil" are still our own way, and when the price should be raised, we will definitely not miss it; When it is time to reduce the price, it is always dragged and dragged until Zuihou can't drag it out, so symbolically a little lower, but that's it, I still have to cry to the central government and ask for some subsidies - although it is often billions of capital subsidies!

Although the oil shortage has brought great trouble to the normal operation of society and the normal life of the Chinese people, it has now become a gap in Fang Mingyuan's breakthrough of monopoly!

The reason why Fang Mingyuan invested heavily in such a short period of time and continuously expanded the scale of production was to form a scale before the oil shortage came. So that at the right time, break the agreement with the senior leaders and sell the refined oil to the country, so as to tear open the black curtain of monopoly!

Of course, Fang Mingyuan is not a saint, and he squeezed into this industry, of course, because Fang Mingyuan, whether in his previous life or in this life, was born from the grassroots, and he felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart for the greedy eating of these domestic monopolies. On the other hand, it is also Fang Mingyuan who realizes that energy supply is the foundation of the normal operation of a country, and if you master energy supply, you will have the right to speak in the domestic political arena! Regardless of whether you can achieve your goal in the end, these leaders can no longer ignore your voice! In this way, it can also give Su Huandong greater support from the economic level!

At the same time, the oil conglomerate is also one of the most profitable enterprises on this shijie, even if it is maintained at a normal rate of profit, it is enough to make any capitalist cheer. Huaxia, as a big country in the future of energy consumption, sells hundreds of millions of tons of various fuels every year, even if it only shares one-tenth of the market, it is enough to ensure that the company becomes a well-known large-scale enterprise. Haven't Huabao and Huapec become the "leaders" of the top 500 Shijie enterprises?

Looking at the stack of materials in his hand, Fang Mingyuan's hand was shaking slightly...... RO@。