"Huh? Don, are you sure you're going to spend so much money on this pipeline? Don, I advise you to think about it again, after all, it is uncertain whether the old oil field in the ranch can produce a new oil layer, and the price of four million dollars is not to mention my friend from the headquarters, even the manager of the Beaumont branch will agree to sell it to you! ”

You can see it, Jack. Jones is really thinking about Tang Feng, but the price offered by Tang Feng is too amazing. The price of $4 million is enough to build an oil pipeline of the same length but with a thicker diameter.

Tang Feng smiled and said, "Wouldn't that be better?" You can call the manager of the Beaumont branch right now and tell him the price I offered, and tell him that I want to lease the oil storage tanks at the terminal of your refinery, and you must prepare me at least 100,000 cubic meters of large oil tanks in advance. Well, your general manager will be very happy to hear about this deal! ”

For Jack. Jones's kindness, Tang Feng also understands, but others don't know, Tang Feng knows very well, in the rock formation three thousand meters below the ground of that ranch, there is a huge oil field with reserves of more than 400 million tons, worth tens of billions of dollars.

But if the oil can't be transported because of the oil pipeline, it will really be a joke, so let alone four million dollars, it is forty million dollars, and Tang Feng gritted his teeth and had to buy it.

If we want to build a new oil pipeline on private land in the United States these days, it will not be a little more difficult, and if we build a new 20-kilometer or even 40-kilometer oil pipeline, I am afraid that it will not be possible to negotiate and deal with those private owners for a year and a half.

But what Tang Feng lacks most now is time, so Tang Feng decided to buy this section of the oil pipeline directly at such a high price. In Tang Feng's view, this is the most economical and convenient way.

As for repairing the pipes, that's easy to say. Although Tang Feng has not seen this section of the pipeline with his own eyes, Christian said in the morning that these pipes are all overhead on the ground and are supported by cement piers. However, it is precisely because it is an open-pit oil pipeline, so the damage is also very bad, if you want to repair it, it is better to replace the pipe with a larger inner diameter. Anyway, it is all mechanical work now, and it is estimated that it will not take more than a week to replace these 20 kilometers of pipelines. When the time comes, pay more compensation to those private owners, and presumably those private owners will not stand in the way of repairing the oil pipelines.

Restoring an old pipe is not the same as building a new one. The new pipeline involves the issue of land ownership of the pipeline, which is very troublesome. However, from the day of the construction of the old oil pipelines, it has been clearly determined that the ownership of the land within a certain area around the pipeline belongs to the owner of the pipeline, so even if those oil pipelines pass through private land, the ownership of the land around the pipeline is not owned by the private person.

In other words, as long as Tang Feng has the ownership of this pipeline, then when he repairs it, there is no way for private owners to stop it, and if Tang Feng can properly give some compensation to those private owners, there will be no one to stop it.

Looking at Tang Feng's insistent look, Jack. Jones sighed helplessly and said, "Well, since you insist, I'll call our general manager, presumably he likes the price very much." ”

In the past six months, with the continuous decline of international oil prices, those who engage in oil are not comfortable, and there are almost no high-yield wells in the oil fields near Beaumont, so Devon Energy is not the ninth largest energy company in the United States, but the Beaumont branch is not comfortable now.

And if an additional abandoned oil pipeline can be sold, and it can be sold at a good price, then the performance of the Beaumont branch will definitely rise sharply.

Sure enough, Tang Feng's offer was immediately agreed by the general manager of the Davin Energy Bomont branch who had never met before, and there was no need to convene a board of directors for this kind of thing, and the head of the branch could directly make the decision. After all, the price is too tempting. Confused, I can't allow the general manager to pick any more questions.

As for the metering station located outside Tang's Ranch, it was also given to Tang Feng with a stroke of the general manager's pen.

The pipes have been sold to others, what do you need that metering station for?

The time it took to make the call was very short, not even ten minutes, and the matter was finalized, and Sam would go to the Devon Energy Beaumont branch tomorrow to sign the agreement.

Tang Feng didn't expect things to be so simple, it seems that this "money can make ghosts push ghosts" is as common as in the United States, more precisely, in the United States it is even more powerful than in China, in the United States it is the real "money can make grinding ghosts"!

"Jack, I really want to thank you this time." Tang Feng sincerely thanked.

Jack. Jones smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don, since you have made up your mind, and the matter has been settled, I won't say anything else, I can only say that you are too rich."

"Haha, Jack, are you complimenting me or hurting me? By the way, there's one more thing I need your help with. ”

"Say, it looks like you won't leave today if you don't squeeze me clean!"

Tang Feng shook his head and smiled: "Jack, this is something I think should be very easy for you, that is, I want you to help me contact the company that builds the oil pipeline." You know, I'm new to the house, and I'm not very familiar with it, so I think you must have a company that is familiar with it. That's right, I just want to build a larger pipe on the basis of the old oil pipeline. Eighteen inches of pipe is a bit thin for me! ”

Jack. Jones looked at Tang Feng a little dumbfounded, and then smiled bitterly after a long time: "Man, I really don't know where you got so much confidence, obviously you have drilled down so deep, and you haven't seen a new oil layer yet, how dare you be so devoted?" Hey, forget it, who made you a rich man, don't you Huaxia have a good saying, rich and capricious? Looks like you're a wayward master! Well, I do know a few companies that specialize in oil pipeline construction, you wait a minute, I'll find your contact information, you can contact them yourself! ”

"Hey man, I have to say it's a blessing to know you!" Tang Feng complimented without a trace.

Jack. Jones tugged through the business cards in the drawer and said, "I said Don, don't just talk about it, you guy, you'll have to treat me to a drink or two tonight." Well, that's the contact information of those pipeline companies, you have it. ”

Tang Feng took it with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll invite you tonight, but first say yes, I'll take Sophia there, so I suggest that you better bring Elena with you." "Elena is Jack's daughter-in-law.

Jack. Jones wailed and said, "Man, can we do without our families?" You know, I know there's a nice place in Beaumont, but it's a little bit inconvenient to bring your family, you know."

Tang Feng laughed and said: "Okay, the lord is a guest, since you said so, then listen to you, you can also find a few more guys to come with, and I will also find a few guys!" ”

"That's what a good guy is"