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The cost of oilfield development is the main embodiment of the value of an oilfield, and the cost of oil recovery for an oilfield of 10 million tons is $10 per barrel of oil. However, if the cost of oil production is only one dollar, the actual value of a five-million-ton oil field is higher than that of 10 million tons.

Because of the difference in the cost of oil production, the amount of capital invested, and the length of oil production time, will ultimately affect the actual value of this oil field.

For example, in the Siberian and Far East regions of Russia, there are many oil fields that have been discovered, but none of them have actual exploit value. Because there, the cost of extracting a barrel of crude oil is thirty dollars, fifty dollars, which is far higher than its market price, and the development of such an oil field will only lose money.

The reserves of the Acatel field are not high, but the cost of extraction is not high, which correspondingly increases its real value. The total value of the three million tons of oil reserves is about $500 million at the current price of $25 a barrel.

However, 40 percent of the $500 million is taxed, that is, to be handed over to the Government of Kazakhstan. In addition, you have to pay the remaining half of the salary, production costs, and transportation, and it will take you twenty or thirty years to earn that money.

According to the proportion of investment, Chen Mo invested nearly 100 million US dollars, and it will take more than 20 years to earn back more than 100 million US dollars, and the annual net profit is only about 5 percent.

But there is no way, because the windfall profits of the oil industry are often only in the upstream link, that is, the exploration link.

It's like gambling. It may be a huge profit all of a sudden, or it may lose nothing, but there are still countless companies and individuals who still devote themselves to this link without hesitation. Too many people have invested all their net worth in the hope of getting rich overnight.

Although the rate of return on the Acatat oil field is not high, it is chicken ribs for Berezovsky and Abul. But for Chen Mo, it is an indispensable investment. Because he wants to use this oil field to develop his team.

Moreover, Chen Mo, who is familiar with the future, also knows very well that the future oil price will usher in a rising stage of more than ten years, the current oil price is about 25 US dollars, but it will reach more than 100 US dollars in the future, so that the return on buying this oil field is much higher.

Not to mention a hundred dollars, even at the average price of 75 dollars, the value of this oil field will quadruple. That is more than 1.5 billion US dollars, excluding taxes, Chen Mo's future gross profit will also reach 900 million US dollars.

Therefore, Chen Mo will take over this oil field without hesitation, Kazakhstan has a stable domestic politics and good relations with the country, and the policy will not be changed at will. On the one hand, you can make money, and on the other hand, you can train your own manpower. On the other hand, it is to find a foothold for yourself in this industry and kill three birds with one stone.

in Astana. Chen Mo met with a number of Kazakh officials and had a comprehensive communication with them on the development of the Acath oilfield, taxation and environmental protection.

The Kazakh side was not too surprised by Chen Mo's youth, in fact, he had not yet come to Kazakhstan. His information has already been placed on the desks of several important officials in Kazakhstan.

If Chen Mo can see the evaluation of him by the other party's evaluation agency, he can find that in the minds of Kazakh officials, he is no less important than ordinary senior officials, and a very important reason for this is his relationship with Kang Xuedong.

Although Kang Xuedong's position is not large, it is the highest in the domestic energy industry. But his position is very important, not only in charge of formulating domestic foreign oil investment policies, but also controlling the throat of domestic crude oil imports.

Therefore, don't say that Chen Mo is a real investment now, even if he has nothing now, just under the name of Kang Xuedong, no matter which resource country he goes to, he will be received the most solemnly.

In order to expand Kazakhstan's share of China's crude oil imports, some Kazakh officials are even planning to directly sell the country's basic small oil fields to him, so as to win over relations with Kazakhstan, promote the construction of the Sino-Kazakh oil pipeline, and expand the amount of crude oil imported from Kazakhstan as soon as possible.

They are very clear that the Sino-Russian oil pipeline has begun to advance substantially and will be put into construction soon, and after the completion of this pipeline, only from Russia, at least 30 million tons of procurement can be guaranteed every year, and the full load can even reach 50 million tons.

According to today's oil prices, 30 million tons of crude oil is more than 6 billion US dollars in foreign exchange earnings every year, and more importantly, the construction of pipelines can drive huge infrastructure investment, drive the development of a series of related industries, and bring substantial benefits to the people in Kazakhstan.

Because of this premise, Chen Mo took over the Acatel oil field from the Siberian Oil Company, and did not suffer any embarrassment, but got the green light from Kazakhstan.

Three days later, Chen Mo, Shandon, Xu Yunteng, Amal plus Deloitte's financial and legal staff, Berezovsky and Siberian Oil Company staff, including Kazakh government staff, took a special plane and arrived in Aktobinsk.

Berezovsky originally had a private plane, but his plane could only seat less than 20 people, and their group had more than 60 people, so they could only charter a private airliner.

During this period of time, Berezovsky and Abu took turns to accompany Chen Mo to deal with the transfer of the Acatel oil field, they didn't pay much attention to this business, but they now attached great importance to Chen Mo.

But this is also a matter of course, how can a person who bursts out with amazing financial talent at any time and can make hundreds of millions of dollars not pay attention! What's more, Kang Xuedong behind Chen Mo is also an object that no oil tycoon can be negligent in, controlling their crude oil sales.

Since Abu knew that Chen Mo had made nearly $900 million in cooperation with Berezovsky, he regretted his initial hesitation. He knew about the cooperation between the two of them from the beginning, but the first time he only made 30 million dollars, he didn't pay attention to it.

Later, when entertaining Chen Mo, he was afraid of affecting his relationship with Berezovsky. In the end, he did not propose cooperation with Chen Mo. But they made nearly $900 million in cash at once, but Abu's bowels were green with regret.

Although he now claims to have a net worth of billions, most of them are shares and immovable assets, and now he wants to get control of Krasnoyarsk Aluminum, and he needs to do everything possible to borrow money from banks.

So, as long as Berezovsky returns to Russia. He took a private jet to meet Chen Mo, and he wanted to have a chance to cooperate with Chen Mo.

Chen Mo's appreciation for Abu is actually higher than that of Berezovsky, because Abu is a very tight person, and Zhuge is only cautious all his life and never shows off.

He was at the opposite end of the spectrum with Berezovsky, who had been carried away by his success and was now arrogant. If Chen Mo hadn't been holding on to the reins on the side, I'm afraid he would have rushed off the cliff like a wild horse.

In mid-August, a major international event took place in Russia. That was the sinking of the Kursk. Because **** was on vacation at the time, he didn't take this matter seriously, and later the incident led to the death of more than 100 people, and **** suffered the biggest crisis since he came to power.

In Lang Yufu's memory, Chen Mo knew very well that although **** seemed dangerous, he survived it in the end. And after he got through the crisis, he began to settle accounts after the autumn, and almost no one who scolded him every day was left behind. Retaliated against by him one by one.

In that time and space, Berezovsky was the vanguard against ****. He sharply criticized the incompetence of **** in his own media, and it was also this incident that triggered his fate in exile in England.

This time, Chen Mo called him several times to persuade him to stop his behavior of preparing to sarcastically ****, and persuaded him to go to the UK to avoid the limelight. And let his media not be biased towards **** in a timely manner. Be neutral as well.

So, starting in August, Berezovsky went to London. Later, during this time, it was not a matter of importance, and he did not return to Russia. By the time he started to negotiate with Chen Mo about account sharing and the current cooperation, he almost lived here in Kazakhstan.

More than a month has passed, and **** has really survived this crisis. No matter how serious the Kursk incident is, it is just an accident, and it is almost impossible to pull the **** down through this incident.

Although Berezovsky is not in Russia, he also got a lot of inside information, and **** is really going to do something to his opponents.

Berezovsky was completely convinced of Chen Mo's judgment at this time, and he was glad that he listened to his persuasion. Even if he scolded **** in the media, it was just a mouthful, but the consequences were very serious!

Amal has been participating in this negotiation, and he knows that it is inappropriate to send a woman to Chen Mo now, so in order to express his gratitude, he gave Chen Mo two men this time.

Of course, it's not that Chen Mo is also interested in men, but Berezovsky saw that Chen Mo was a big boss, but he didn't even have a bodyguard, so he specially chose two bodyguards for Chen Mo.

Berezovsky's bodyguard regiment came from three main sources, one was a retired KGB agent, one was a retired special forces, and the other was several mafia groups he supported.

Chen Mo is a Chinese, and he was afraid that Chen Mo would think too much about the KGB agents and soldiers, so he sent two mafia members who were born in black boxing.

For these two bodyguards, Chen Mo only thought he was troublesome. It's too late for him to keep a low profile now, so what's the matter with getting two mafias around him. Therefore, he resolutely refused to ask for it, even if he wanted bodyguards, how many people in the country he couldn't find it, why use foreign ones! It is to use foreign ones, at most, when he is doing things abroad, and if he is asked to bring them back to China, he will never want to.

Sitting on the plane to Aktobinsk, Amal was already asleep in Chen Mo's arms, and during this time, she could be said to be the hardest in the entire negotiation team.

Unlike others, she has already had countless experiences, and although she has learned a lot of knowledge as a student, she still needs to go through hard training to transform this knowledge into her ability.

Now she is going through this arduous process, even if Chen Mo understands her hard work, but at this point, he can't help anything.

She is so strong that she doesn't need Chen Mo's help, she has been fascinated by the huge business opportunities she is in contact with now, and she has devoted herself to it.

After taking two buses from Aktobinsk, the convoy headed northeast, and when it was about to reach the border with Russia, it plunged headlong into the vast Gobi Desert.

For the first time, Chen Mo experienced this kind of desolation in the vast sky, as if there were only their existence between the lonely heaven and earth, and this scenery also attracted Amal, she looked at the Gobi around and said: "This place is very similar to the eastern region of Lebanon, and there is a desolate beauty. ”

Chen Mo pouted secretly, since it was desolate, where was there beauty! However, on his lips, he still followed her words and said: "When these few days are over, I will accompany you here to spend a few days of vacation, find a tent, and we will live in the Gobi Desert for a few days, it should be beautiful." ”

She happily gave a fragrant kiss, "It's so good, I thought of it." ”

Originally the name of a village, Acater is a small oasis in the Gobi Desert, with less than 100 households and nearly 1,000 people. Although they have been settled, they still retain the family management of nomadic tribes.

The Acatel oil field is located less than two kilometers north of the oasis, and because it is relatively close to the village, it is not like other places, where water is scarce and life is inconvenient.

But because it is too close to the tribe, there are always some trivial things that will cause a dispute. Because the oil wells affect the local groundwater resources, and the oil fields attract more people, it also causes some security problems, and the locals are not friendly to outsiders.

However, compared to the war-torn Africa, the security here is no better, and the locals often find fault, also because of the uneven distribution of interests, as long as a little more profit is given, the locals are still very enthusiastic.

The main reason for the arrival of the large army this time is to inspect the preliminary investment and evaluate the assets here, and another very important reason is the four-party talks to resolve the disputes left over from the past.

Chen Mo would not be stupid enough to come up with a little profit to meet the needs of the locals, because it was not in line with the rules. If he did, it would only make everyone laugh.

The Kazakh staff also knew very well why the locals were making trouble, so after two days of talks, they promised to leave a part of the profits from the oil fields to the locals in the future, and the profits would not exceed $100,000 per month, which was enough for the locals to be overjoyed.

Their total population is less than 1,000 people, and even if they are divided equally, each of them will receive an income of about $120 a month, which is not a small amount for them who earn less than $500 a year. (To be continued.) )