Bob. Stanton sat in the boss's chair in his office, and there was no one in the room, so he could put down the mask that had been hanging on his face and knead his brow tiredly.

Bob, who has always been energetic and energetic. Mr. Stanton would have been surprised if anyone else had seen such a tired look. And if someone then looks closely at Bob. Stanton's demeanor at this time would definitely have noticed that this man-eating crocodile who could change the color of the entire mining industry with a single movement of his body was mixed with a trace of horror in his tired face at this time.

That's right, Mr. Cannibal, who has always appeared in front of the public with a strong face, has panic and uneasiness in his heart at this time, in addition to worry.

Originally won the rare precious metal composite mine for 1.75 billion US dollars, which made Bob Stanton's reputation to a higher level, after all, the value of the mine can be seen by everyone, in addition to the almost negligible risk, BHP Billiton won this mine, which will inevitably greatly increase BHP's strength, because the existence of this precious metal composite mine can make up for BHP's current shortcomings in precious metals.

The No. 2 oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico, after more than two years of construction and exploration, has now been put into production, and the news that came last month is very good, the existence of this oil and gas field can continue to stabilize BHP's strength.

Both projects are Bob. Stanton single-handedly operated, and the announcement of these two projects, also made BHP Billiton's stock in a rising market for half a month, for which the shareholders' meeting for the broadcast. Stanton was very satisfied.

But when the time entered July, bad news came one after another, first the oil pressure from the No. 2 oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico, especially the key static pressure indicators, actually fell wildly in just a few days!

Oil pressure is an important technical index to measure an oilfield, which refers to the residual pressure of crude oil flowing from the bottom of the well to the wellhead, which is usually divided into two indicators: static pressure and flow pressure. The oil pressure at the time of shut-in is the static pressure, and the oil pressure at the time of production is the flow pressure.

Generally speaking, the higher the static pressure, the more crude oil reserves in the reservoir, and vice versa, the decrease in the amount of crude oil in the reservoir.

The No. 2 oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico is definitely a giant oil and gas field according to the previous survey and the test of the reconnaissance well, so BHP Billiton will invest up to 3 billion US dollars to build the two semi-submersible**. But who would have thought that these two expensive ** have been put into production for less than half a year, and such shocking data has been transmitted.

Last month, Mexico's No. 2 oil and gas field reported several small-scale earthquakes on the seabed, since then, the static pressure of the oil well began to be in a downward trend, at the end of last month, the two ** oil wells are still self-blowout wells, but this is only a little more than a week, the self-injection phenomenon has disappeared, and now it is replaced by an electric pumping unit for pumping, and the production is also plummeting!

This phenomenon is definitely not a good phenomenon, but it is very likely that those small earthquakes destroyed the trap of the oil reservoir, resulting in the migration of oil and gas.

If that happens, it will be a catastrophic tragedy for BHP.

Although these two semi-submersible deep-sea ** can move freely, once the oil and gas reservoirs are moved, who knows where they will move? With the Gulf of Mexico so big, where can we find these oil and gas reservoirs?

The most important thing is that this project is his Bob. Mr. Stanton single-handedly presided over, if an accident occurs at this time, then the change in the position of the president, which was originally scheduled for the end of the year, will definitely be full of uncertainties.

Bob. Stanton is well aware that within BHP, he is not the only one who covets the position of BHP Billiton's president, but other senior executives are also striving for the position. Originally Bob. Stanton is confident of securing this position, as his record over the years has left him with a dazzling halo over his head.

But once the No. 2 oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico really goes wrong, this one place alone is enough to disqualify yourself from competing for the position of president!

But one Gulf 2 oil and gas field is not enough, and two days ago from the Kajabi mine another Bob . Stanton was even more disturbed by the news. After the initial mining of the precious metal composite mine that had just been purchased with a huge amount of money, when the mining workers dug the excavation face to the position of the ore layer 20 meters below the surface, they suddenly found that there was a huge gap between the ore layer there and the survey data, and from the excavation face that had been excavated, the ore layer in this area was generally less than 20 centimeters thick!

At that time, whether it was the survey data of the explorer company or the survey data of BHP Billiton's own survey team, there was no doubt that the mineable thickness of this vein was as thick as three meters!

But how big is the difference between three meters and twenty centimeters?

When I think of this, even Bob. A big man like Stanton, who has been tested by wind and waves for a long time, can't help but be dizzy!

If the average mining thickness of the entire vein is really only 20 centimeters, then this merger and acquisition led by him will definitely become a big joke in the entire industry!

Despite Bob. Stanton rushed to the Kajabi mine overnight to conduct an on-site survey, but the situation at the site was clearly there, and the mineable thickness of the vein was really less than 20 centimeters on the excavation face with an area of 100 square meters!

Why is this happening? You know, whether it is the explorer company or BHP Billiton's own survey team, they are highly professional survey teams, and the data they survey will never be wrong, but why is the scene like this?

Don't talk about Bob. Stanton couldn't figure it out, not even the executives who were hosting the job on the spot. Finally, it's Bob. Stanton gave the order to dig from the vicinity of the survey well.

But the results came out so that Bob. Stanton almost fainted, and it was that desperate faint!

Because from the situation of the second excavation face, this vein, which seems to be a huge reserve, is obviously a strange special case. It turned out that those survey wells had hit the thickest part of the vein that could be mined, and when it left the vicinity of the survey well, the mineable thickness of the vein immediately plummeted, until it was even less than 20 centimeters thick!

If that's the case for the entire vein, Bob. Stanton himself understands that there is probably nothing that can save him except to resign from the blame

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