The Songnen Plain in December has long been covered with a thick quilt,

In the cold wind of minus ten degrees, a huge oil field is still working in full swing.

A few kilometres away from the field, two new wells that have been drilled in the past few months are standing.

Unlike conventional oil wells, it has a much smaller kowtow machine, and it hasn't actually run once since it was built.

The oil workers who work here are very curious about these two oil wells that suddenly appeared, and originally wanted to come up and see what new models they were.

As a result, they were surprised to find that around these two oil wells, at least one battalion of soldiers was deployed!

These soldiers, wrapped in green army coats, sealed off the area tightly, and immediately persuaded them to retreat.

They are all mixed, and they know very well what to ask and what not to say.

But the curiosity in my heart is still strong,

When I'm working, I look over there from time to time.

On this day, an oil worker was out to check the hydraulic gauge when he suddenly stopped and looked carefully at the new oil well.

"Hey, that little kowtow machine seems to be moving......"

"Huh? Let me see. ”

"It's really moving!"

In addition to the oil workers, the soldiers patrolling the cordon also looked at the two special oil wells.

As early as two days ago, an extra-long heavy truck pulled a round object here, and after removing the curtain, everyone knew that the task this time was to protect this giant insect-like equipment to complete the test.

On the afternoon of the day the equipment arrived, a heavy crane lifted the giant worm's tail, turned it face to the ground, and began to drill down the well.

In the process of drilling, the warriors were surprised to find that this mechanical giant insect was actually like a real bug, and it could poop......

Regardless of what this giant insect was doing, this picture alone made them feel very shocked.

There is a feeling of living in a futuristic sci-fi film.

Since the oil worm has to go deep into the rock formation 3,000 meters underground, and the endurance of the oil worm is only 600 meters, the first thing to test and solve is its ability to dock with the pipeline.

In the process of drilling down, Huaguo Petroleum Group has set up a pair of interfaces every 400 meters in addition to the front end of the pipeline according to the requirements put forward by Kangchi, which is used to solve the energy supply problem of oil production insects drilling upstream.

This interface principle is a bit like the interface of a space station.

It's just that when the space station is docked, it is pressurized and inflated inside, while the counterpart interface of the oil extraction insect has to discharge rocks and soil outward, and the docking accuracy and sealing are not as high as those of the space station.

In addition, it does not have to be very clean, and it can free up a space that can meet the real docking of interface pipes.

The first interface is set up in a shallow layer 30 meters underground, so that in case the underground docking fails, it can be dug out more easily......

Fortunately, the test went very smoothly.

The first docking, the second docking......

After a full seven docking, it finally reached the designated rock formation and completed the horizontal attitude adjustment.

After the last pair was fully charged, the official production testing finally began.

As a technical consultant sent by Datang Heavy Industries, Yan Hui was originally a little nervous, but calmed down at this stage, after all, the oil production test had been completed before, and now it was just a change of environment, and the challenge was not as tense as the docking test.

Following a pre-set route, the oil worm departed from Well A and took about an hour to reach Well B, which was 50 meters away.

The main reason is that the oil shale here has an oil content of up to 15%, and if the distance between the two wells is too long, the same route needs to be collected repeatedly, and the efficiency is even lower.

At the same time, this is only a preliminary test, and the 500-meter extreme oil production test is scheduled for the next two days.

"Point B starts docking."

"The docking is complete, and the soil removal operation begins."

"Drain the soil and start the pipe docking ......"

Under Yan Hui's instructions, the engineers of the three barrels of oil carefully completed each operation step in accordance with the operation manual, and the probe camera installed in the docking pipeline also clearly recorded the entire docking process and broadcast it to the screen in the control room in real time.

As the most critical moment came, the leaders who sat on their chairs and waited patiently for more than an hour couldn't help but stand up and keep their eyes glued to the big screen.

"Pipeline docking is complete, resupply ...... begins"

When the operator said this, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Yan Hui.

Yan Hui nodded directly and said, "Start the pumping unit." ”

The operator then used his finger to gently press the pumping button on the console.

"The pumping unit starts and starts pumping."

After the briefing, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at the kowtow machine outside through the glass in the control room.

Because it was the first time to pump oil, the oil pipeline was still full of air, which caused the whole process to last for half an hour, and an excited voice finally came out of the walkie-talkie: "The oil is out, the oil is really out!" ”

It's oily!

Hearing this news, everyone in the control room immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile began to appear on the corner of their mouths.

However, they are still waiting patiently,

After about ten minutes, the voice of the walkie-talkie sounded again:

"After the oil pumping is completed, a total of 4.1 tons of oil were produced in this test, which is 0.35 tons higher than the expected target of 3.75! The first round of testing was successfully completed, and we succeeded! ”

Hearing the news, a deafening cheer broke out in the control room.

As engineers and researchers at PetroChina, they know all too well what the significance of the successful commercial testing of this technology is.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this very moment, the initiative to end the oil hegemony of country M has completely fallen into the hands of China!

The leaders of the Energy Bureau and the National Security Bureau glanced at each other, and they both saw the suppressed joy and solemnity in each other's eyes.

The power of this technology, in some specific situations and areas, is not even overwhelmed by nuclear weapons!

After all, nuclear deterrence is a last resort, and no one will try to use it unless absolutely necessary.

But this shale oil extraction technology, if used properly at a relatively peaceful moment, could exert far more power than imagined.

China has imported a total of 500 million tons of crude oil this year, which is 4 million tons less than last year, but due to the rise in oil prices, it has spent more than 700 billion yuan more, and the total expenditure is 2.4 trillion yuan.

Therefore, even if this technology can reduce the purchase price of crude oil in China by 10%, it can save hundreds of billions every year!

It's about the same as an aircraft carrier.

If you are bold and directly hit the price of crude oil from $80 to 30, you will have all the military spending for that year!

But on the other hand, it is also more risky and may go in the other extreme direction.

For example, a certain country was so angry that it directly lifted the table.

This is not alarmist, those on the other side of the ocean attach no less importance to oil hegemony than technological hegemony.

And Huaguo is obviously not ready to flip the table now,

So this thing can only be done step by step,

While mining abroad, it can also be slowly collected at home.

At the same time, through 'openness', we will slowly regulate international oil prices.

Anyway, they don't know how much it costs to extract a ton of oil from oil extractors.

This is the same as boiling a frog in warm water, Huaguo can say a little higher at the beginning, and later claim that after the technical improvement, the cost will slowly come down, giving them a psychological buffer time......

(End of chapter)