Chapter 597: Seeking Help from the Venezuelan Interior (1)

"Mr. Liu, a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker requested an emergency docking because of insufficient supplies." The subordinate said to Liu Ping, who was basking in the sun.

After the waters around Azur Island were cleaned of garbage, the area became the most important shipping route connecting Asia and the Americas.

It saves more time than the traditional route when the ship travels through the waters of Azur Island, and in case of emergency, it can also dock at Azur Island for replenishment.

When Chen Nuo planned the construction of Bilan Island, he also took advantage of the draft of the sea area of Bilan Island to build a natural wharf, which is not only convenient for cargo ships to dock, but also convenient for future warships to dock, which is for both military and civilian purposes.

"Tanker or cruise ship?" Liu Ping asked, "Have you filed with us?" ”

Because the port of Azur Island is still under construction, the number of ships that can accommodate is limited, so ships that dock must apply in advance.

"It's an oil tanker, loaded with crude oil." The subordinate replied: "The ship is Panamanian, but the cargo on it belongs to Venezuela. The ship was originally shipped from Venezuela to sell crude oil to the country, but because of the collapse in international oil prices and the sanctions imposed by the United States, the country refused to receive the cargo. The ship circled around the waters near Bangguo, could not find the next buyer, and finally drifted in the East China Sea for more than three months and had to be transported back. The other party called and said that there was nothing to eat on board, and five crew members had died of starvation and died in the sea, and many crew members could not support it. ”

"Huaguo originally wanted to buy it, but because the price was much higher than that of Sha Tee crude oil, it still refused."

Liu Ping was strange and asked: "Bangguo refuses to accept the goods, they can't find the next home and go back directly, what are they doing for more than a month?" ”

Only then did the subordinates tell Liu Ping about the form of the Venezuelan country.

Venezuela has proved 289 billion barrels of crude oil, much higher than the 34 billion barrels of crude oil in Venezuela.

However, there is a saying that if you don't do it, you won't die.

Venezuela has obviously been killed by itself.

When the price of oil was high, Venezuela had a pretty good life, with per capita income in the forefront of Latin America, free medical care, free education, free housing, etc., if you don't look at the geographical location, you still think that this is a developed country in Northern Europe. But this kind of free is supported by the country's strong economic foundation.

The high price of oil has also given Venezuelan countries the illusion that they can live a good life on oil.

If Venezuela makes the first mistake – it does not develop any industry except oil.

At this time, Venezuela discovered an important problem, most of the domestic oil companies are foreign, foreign oil companies have taken them, and Venezuelan countries can only share part of the profits and taxes.

That's not going to work!

Venezuela is thinking, the oil is ours, why do we make money for people abroad?

As a result, high oil prices and high incomes have made Venezuela make a second mistake – the nationalization of the private economy.

The Venezuelan state confiscated all the property of private oil companies at home and abroad, nationalized all the oil fields, machinery and equipment of these companies, exploited and sold them themselves, and put the money they earned in their own bags.

This has led to the third mistake of Venezuela -- serious corruption at the top level.

Well, all the problems are in front of us, just wait for the final outbreak.

The crisis has finally arrived.

Oil prices plummet! Except for the oil economy, all other economies in Venezuela are in their infancy, and there is no industry, no agriculture, and no tourism.

The collapse in oil prices has meant a significant reduction in the country's revenues, among other things.

Second, the end of the last century, the beginning of this century. With the help of rice and European oil companies, West Asian countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have greatly reduced the cost of oil extraction and increased the amount of oil extraction. On the other hand, Venezuela has expelled foreign companies, and it has no corresponding technology, and all the equipment and technology are from the seventies and eighties of the last century, even if you have more oil fields, you can't exploit them, and even if they can exploit them, the cost is higher than that of West Asia and Russia.

Buyers are not fools, it must be where to buy cheaply. At the beginning of this century, the cost of crude oil extracted in Venezuela was much higher than in Russia and Western Asia.

Interests are paramount, and Russia and West Asia are encroaching on this Venezuelan customer, and there is no friendship at this time.

Taking China as an example, in order to assist Venezuelan countries, it purchased a large amount of oil from Venezuelan countries. In the end, I found out, I! The oil of West Asian countries is so much cheaper than that of Venezuela, and I have been the wronged leader for more than ten years in vain, so I don't buy it!

In this way, Venezuela's oil will not be able to be sold.

A small number of countries in the world that buy Venezuela's oil have more or less assistance in it.

Third, Latin American countries are anti-rice traditions, and Venezuela is also anti-rice. It's not that it's wrong to go against rice, but it depends on your own strength.

China is anti-rice, and China has the confidence to fight with rice with bayonets. As soon as the Venezuelan country turned against the United States, it was sanctioned by the United States.

Mi Guoyi commanded and said: "Whoever of you is not allowed to buy the oil of the Venezuelan country, whoever buys me will beat him!" ”

A few younger brothers in the United States, of course, did not dare to move, nor did they dare to buy it.

Fourth, there is political chaos in the country, in some cases worse than in the slums of South Africa. At the beginning, China was still willing to help the countries in Venezuela, after all, they are all brothers of the third world, but it is a pity that ......

Huaguo is doing infrastructure construction, opening factories, opening shops, etc., in Venezuela, hoping to help Venezuela develop.

However, the Venezuela is the Venezuela, the mob robbed Chinese factories and shops, and a leader of a central enterprise was directly shot dead by the mob when the engineering department of the Venezuela held a meeting.

In such a chaotic state, more than 100,000 Chinese returned to China one after another and no longer provided assistance to Venezuela, which is also one of the reasons why China did not buy oil in Venezuela.

Fourth, after losing oil revenues, Venezuela still needs to maintain the needs of the people at home, and demand money for food, clothing, housing and transportation, right? In order to maintain the stability of the ruling class and the promises made to the people, what do you need money for free medical care, education, and housing?

What should I do if I don't have money, print! Full power!

This is the way to quench your thirst by drinking, and if you have more money, it will be worthless.

A bag of rice used to cost a stack of money, but now it costs a truckload of money, which is hyperinflation.

In addition, Venezuela does not have the strength to produce basic materials such as grain, clothing, and medicine, and relies entirely on imports.

The topic returns to the tanker that has been circling the Pacific Ocean for most of the year.

The oil tanker originally wanted to sell the oil to Samsung Chemical in the country of Bangguo, in exchange for some medicines, food and other materials in the country of Bangguo, and transport the materials back to the country to solve the urgent need.

Now it's okay, as soon as the United States sanctions, oil can't be sold.

Why don't you go back to Venezuela? Because I didn't have anything to eat when I got home, I only starved to death. This led to the tanker's request to dock at Turquoise Island to apply for resupply.

Liu Ping understood the general situation, spread his hands and said, "A shipload of oil? The Bluestar Group doesn't need oil. ”

"Then I'll reply to the other party and refuse to let them land." The subordinate said.

"Wait!" Liu Ping said: "Latin America is the backyard of the United States...... The blue island is weak in the North Pacific...... I'll report to my boss! ”