Li Qingye, who was in Medan, received a report from Chen Jianxiong and Domino, and after reading it, he was very satisfied with the progress of the Security Department.

Then he typed his command into the headset and asked Garfield to reply to the two of them as soon as possible.

He himself continued what he was doing.

At this time, he was in the Zamboanga area of Medan, where a methane fermentation plant was set up, and the research base was next to the methane fermentation plant.

The site has a 30-meter-high steel dome that wraps the interior tightly and claims to be a new methane fermenter.

Three fresh graduates recruited from Huaguo University of Petroleum, plus two veteran engineers dug from Shengli Oilfield, are busy drilling wells.

They have already acquired Luzon citizenship and have brought their families with them to participate in the project.

Qi Yuanchao, a veteran engineer, and his wife, Zhang Hong, are both veteran engineers in the Shengli Oilfield, one is engaged in drilling, and the other is engaged in geological surveying, and they have both retired for several years.

The couple actually didn't want to come to Luzon, but the only son had lung cancer, and almost spent all the savings of the old couple's life, and their grandchildren were waiting to be shopped.

As a last resort, the two of them can only return to their old jobs, but where will there be retired old people in China, even if they do, the salary level is not high, and the couple is not the kind of person who can drill camps.

In the end, the personnel department of Homo sapiens company visited in person, and in front of real money, the couple was still moved.

Soon after arriving in Luzon, his son was admitted to the hospital of Homo sapiens.

Even Li Qingye personally took action, using genetic technology to cultivate a genetic bomb that specifically restrained his lung cancer cells, and directly killed the cancer cells in Qi Yuanchao's son's body.

Seeing their son's gradual recovery, Qi Yuanchao and his wife also reciprocated, not only helping Homo sapiens to explore oil and gas, but also helping to bring some newcomers and compile some teaching materials.

At this time, the drilling equipment in the base has reached more than 300 meters underground.

Through the taken out core, Qi Yuanchao and Zhang Hong carefully examined.

"Teacher, this should be oily shale, right?" Another young would-be engineer asked.

Qi Yuanchao nodded: "Yes, starting from 273 meters, it is oily shale, and now it depends on the specific thickness." ”

The equipment continued to drill downwards and over time until the oily shale was interrupted at a depth of 362 metres.

They looked at the cores from five other wells.

Zhang Hong said while writing the data: "The average depth of oil-bearing shale in this area is between 260~370 meters, and the thickness has reached about 90~110 meters, which is a good shale oil reservoir. ”

The main reason why Homo sapiens is eyeing shale oil and shale gas is that Luzon's natural gas and oil reserves are so small that the only natural gas field that can be exploited on a large scale is also on the verge of depletion.

Although Homo sapiens now produces 6.7 billion cubic meters of methane per month in Luzon, this amount is still too small.

As for Malaysia's oil and gas, it will also be depleted, and many of the oil and gas fields there have been contracted by European and American companies, so Malaysia's oil and gas supply is not enough if the contract cannot be relied upon.

In particular, Siam and Honsavady are also areas with relatively poor oil and gas resources.

It is obviously difficult for some strong people to rely on Malaysia to raise three.

Therefore, Homo sapiens must find a way to tap into its own potential resources.

The fact that Luzon is located at the junction of tectonic plates makes it difficult to have large oil and gas reservoirs, but this does not mean that Luzon does not have the potential to tap fossil fuels.

Frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions will lead to the destruction of oil and gas reservoirs, making it difficult to form large oil fields.

However, the igneous rock layer formed by volcanic eruption is a kind of porous rock with sparse interior, so the oil and gas that has been destroyed and divided will gradually transfer to the pores of some igneous rocks in the geological movement for a long time, forming an oil-bearing igneous rock layer.

In addition, there is a part of shale, which is also a good oil storage rock.

Now Homo sapiens is focusing on finding these two rock formations in Luzon.

Among them, there are many igneous rocks on Luzon, and there are many shales in Medan.

As for how to mine.

This is the reason why Li Qingye came over.

After identifying the oily shale formations, technicians and engineers quickly installed the gas extraction pipes, as well as the water injection pipes.

Li Qingye injected an improved version of genetically modified methanobacteria with special hormones into the water tank.

"Let's get started!"

"Yes, Dr. Lee."

This time, the identity of Dr. Li Min, who studied genetically modified methane bacteria, is also one of Li Qingye's vests.

The technician presses the switch.

The crowd watched as the aqueous solution in the tank rapidly decreased, and was pressed into the oily shale underground by the water injection pipe.

Over time, the gas pressure sensor in the gas extraction pipeline begins to feedback the signal of the downhole pressure increase.

Without even starting the extractor, large amounts of methane began to rise from the bottom of the well.

"The gas output has reached 400 cubic meters per day...... Still improving. ”

"Exceeding the limit of 1,000 cubic meters per day......"

After more than three hours of testing, the five wells can produce 170,000 cubic meters of methane per day, and the pressure is very stable, and there is basically no need for active gas pumping.

Only a certain amount of genetically modified methanobacteria and growth hormone need to be injected regularly, and the production of methane will not stop until the organic matter of this underground shale is consumed.

"Compared to shale oil production technology in North America, the cost of biodegradability is much cheaper." Qi Yuanchao raised his glasses and sighed.

Aside from the initial exploration and drilling expenses, piping and ancillary equipment, the cost of a well is minimal.

Qi Yuanchao estimated it in his heart and found that the production cost of this gas well, if the current daily production can be maintained, the cost is about 3~5 US dollars per thousand cubic meters.

This cost is already very low.

The domestic coalbed methane production cost is about 270~280 US dollars per thousand cubic meters; Domestic natural gas is around $45 per 1,000 cubic meters.

The production cost of shale gas in North America is between 70~280 US dollars per thousand cubic meters; The cost of shale oil production is around $30 per barrel.

The reason why this low cost can be achieved is mainly due to the biodecomposition method of Homo sapiens, which does not require the use of thermal fracturing, which has relatively high energy consumption.

Thermal fracturing requires not only high temperatures, but also special solvents, which require a constant flow of input.

The biodegradable transgenic methane bacteria and growth hormone, although they also have a useful life, but that is to avoid the escape of the genetically modified methanobacteria and multiply in nature, specially set self-limitation.

Normally, one serving of genetically modified methanobacteria and growth hormone can maintain activity for about 30 days.

After drilling wells, methane can be produced at a low cost as long as genetically modified methane bacteria and growth hormone are incorporated.

In fact, this technology can also be used to extract highly viscous oil and coal, which can be converted into methane that will spill on its own, which can effectively reduce production costs.

The improved version of the genetically modified methane completely depletes all the organic matter in the reservoir and leaves no contaminants behind.

Of course, if this mining method is used in coal mines, it is possible to cause large-scale landslides.

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