The internal combustion engine on the drilling bench is constantly working, and the rumbling noise has long been accustomed to the drilling team, some of which seem so ordinary, only the occasional report makes people know how many meters of depth has been hit.

"2789 meters."

"2790 meters."

“…………”

It may seem boring to sound from time to time, but it is an essential part of digging a deep well. Especially when the depth of the drill is quite deep, it is necessary to let everyone know every meter of drilling. Because the deeper the underground drilling, the more complicated the situation becomes, at this time, it is necessary to report the number at any time to make everyone vigilant.

"2796 meters."

Just as the reporter was reporting the drill numbers, he suddenly heard a "pop" sound, followed by a surge in the pressure gauge and then the drill bit sinking.

"If there is a situation, go and call the captain to come over and have a look."

"It's too late, the pressure gauge is already worth it."

Sure enough, as soon as these words fell, they felt the platform begin to tremble, and everyone knew that something powerful was rushing to the ground along the pipe they were drilling.

"It's not good, it's a blowout! Call Captain Robinson over. ”

"It feels much stronger than the last blowout, it's not good to run, I feel like I can't hold it down, it's too dangerous here."

In a panic, they didn't know that this was a treasure that had been buried for hundreds of millions of years and was about to reappear.

"Boom!"

There was a loud and loud noise, which frightened everyone and quickly hid further. And the black liquid broke through the restraints and rushed directly into the air.

Robinson and Garcia, who were arriving, looked at the hundred-meter-tall black spray column and were stunned.

"Oh my God, how much oil is down here!"

In contrast to the surprised deputy, Robinson turned and hugged his deputy.

"See, Garcia, we did it, we did it." He said, pointing to the erupting column of oil in the distance. "This time, if the company doesn't give us double the oil production reward, I'll be done with them."

"The reward will be released first, and it is important for us to quickly plug the wellhead."

Garcia, who came back to his senses, quickly stopped his captain from dancing, pointed to the team members who were dodging the oil rain, and hoped that the captain would quickly come up with a solution.

"Hurry up and call the rest of the camp over and ask them to bring the cement as well."

Looking at the hundred-meter-high column of oil in front of him, Robinson, who had come back to his senses, felt a headache, and he had no confidence to stop the blowout.

Indeed, after three days of rescue work, they could only watch the oil rain that continued to rain as they ran out of cement.

However, in addition to the fact that there is no way to stop the blowout, it is not without good news, first of all, this oil is light and low sulfur, which is very high-quality oil, and secondly, according to the estimate, the well they drilled has estimated that the daily spewing of oil has reached 1,000 tons, and according to calculations, there is at least 100 million tons of oil field underground.

All kinds of news were transmitted quickly to Benghazi, to the Italian oil company, and to King Carlo's desk.

At Carlo's table, Mr. Anderson, the general manager of Petroitalia, listened respectfully to Carlo's instructions.

"Has the oil well stopped blowing out?"

"Your Majesty, thanks to the efforts of hundreds of oil workers, the blowout phenomenon has stopped."

Carlo summoned the general manager of the oil company precisely because of the good news that Libya has oil. Speaking of this Mr. Anderson, it was also difficult before, because he ordered the Italian oil company to invest a bit of money in Libyan oil exploration, and the performance of the oil company, many people have ridiculed before, it is better to find oil in the desert of North Africa than to find water.

Of course, we don't know what the motives of these people were, but of course it is doubtful that the oil companies are wasting money from the state, and they have been in several newspapers.

Well, now that the oil company has found oil in Harigai, it's enough to shut up.

"What are you going to do next?"

In response to Carlo's inquiry, the head of Italian oil immediately spoke. "Your Majesty, we at Petroitalia intend to intensively drill in the Hariguai area in order to expand production capacity, and we will also carefully explore the oil reserves in the area, and we must not relax our exploration work in other parts of Libya."

Anderson is very confident in the exploration work in other areas, because the oil fields are rarely isolated, and it's like digging for potatoes, if you find one, then there will definitely be one.

After seeing that his oil company was paying special attention to Libyan oil, Carlo was relieved.

Now that the oil companies are paying attention, what else can he say is to encourage.

Of course, for oil companies, the discovery of oil in Libya must be taken seriously. After all, it's close to the mainland, unlike Balikpapan, which is half a world away. Secondly, although the current amount of oil consumption is much less due to the relationship between electric lighting.

But Anderson is very confident about the future of oil, because oil is not only kerosene, but also has a bright future as a fuel supply for internal combustion engines, such as gasoline and diesel.

Don't look at the current internal combustion engine, but its efficiency far exceeds that of the steam engine, which determines the status of the two to be replaced. If you think of the steam engines that are now all over the world, you can think of the vast market for the internal combustion engine in the future, and then oil will definitely be the indispensable blood of the future industry.

Of course, oil has a bright future, but in addition to looking at the future, we also need to look at the present. The current predicament of oil must allow more people to use oil, so the internal combustion engine needs to be promoted as the standard for using oil.

(This is one of the main reasons Rockefeller invested in Ford, which was not quite perfect to sell oil to promote the car.) ）

Of course, this is all a topic that is far away, and only a small number of economic newspapers have published the news of the Italian oil discovery in Libya. At this time, the importance of oil had not yet been realized, and even cars were still toys for the aristocratic and wealthy.

As for the diesel engine, well, mines and inland river transportation are in need of this kind of powerful internal combustion engine, because in addition to the advantage of high horsepower, the quality of its burning waste oil is commendable, the only bad thing is that the noise is relatively large, in addition to being a bit expensive. (At this time, diesel is waste oil, which is very cheap)

So the news of the discovery of oil in Italy is skipped. Of course, some people have noticed, but it is a pity that Rear Admiral Fisher, who served as the commander of the British Empire's West Indian naval formation, is not a big man now, so his opinion is not enough to attract the attention of others.