The journey starts from the Titanic

I think so, but behind Shell Petroleum is the British government, and he wants to confront the British overseas. Situ Nan has a guilty conscience.

Over the years, he has "taken roots" and he has gradually realized that although the strength of the British is gradually being caught up by the Americans, the British are still the well-deserved bosses in the world. The remaining power they have accumulated over the past century has not yet Dispersed, not to mention the little brother who followed the Americans in a hundred years!

But things will happen for the first time, and it will be sooner or later that Occidental Petroleum competes with Shell.

Situ Nan thought that now the British are in a state of exhaustion, just when they don't need the Americans, it seems like it's a big deal to offend.

"I don’t believe that Occidental Petroleum plus the Gulf oil of my father-in-law can’t compare to Shell Oil? Let’s do a fight with them! Anyway, I can afford to lose! It’s not going to work anyway, just like before, let some oil fields be better for them. Up."

If you want to play, play bigger!

Situ Nan, who had made up his mind, immediately responded to Gudas. Not only did he fully agree to Gudas’s suggestion, but also encouraged him to be bolder, especially to lease as much land as possible in the Maracaibo Lake area. No matter how big the price is, it is worth it.At the same time, he reminded him to pay attention to the small actions of Shell Oil Company.

After receiving the telegram from Situ Nan, Guadas hesitated, chasing behind Pratt's butt, and constantly asking how deep he has drilled today, and when will the oil come out?

I look forward to the Pratt geological exploration team drilling a high-yield oil well as soon as possible, which puts a lot of pressure on Pratt.

Afterwards, he took the trouble and simply ordered the security guard not to let Gadas approach the well.

It's not that Guadas doesn't want to negotiate with Ronald Gomez, but the most feared thing about this major negotiation is that he can't hold his breath.

He knew that if he appeared too eager, it would arouse the other party's vigilance, and instead would lose the initiative in the next negotiation, he had to be patient and wait for the other party's initiative to come.

He also secretly contacted local oil companies and encouraged the Venezuelan oil dealers who had been sluggish in recent years to sell their oil exploitation rights to the Panama Petroleum Development Company.

After a round of secret transactions, the Panamanian Petroleum Company invested US$1 million in the largest local oil company, Caribbean Petroleum, and became the largest shareholder with a 42% stake.

At the same time, it also bought the mining rights of more than 1 million hectares in the Maracaibo east coast of Surya State and the Orinoco Delta from the local oil dealer Antonio Aranguren, and then obtained it from others. Two million hectares of leased land in the Coron area on Maracaibo Lake and Tregles leased land across 12 states.

This piece of land later became Venezuela's first large-scale oil field-the Maine Grande oil field, with a reserve of more than 160 million tons of oil.

But at this time, Guadas didn't know what kind of sensation his feat would cause. While he was hesitant, he was also a little worried because he was out of money!

To be precise, the Panama Petroleum Development Company is out of money. The US$3 million that Guadas brought from the United States was spent in just a few days in exchange for a lot of contracts for land transactions.

Fortunately, within a few days, Gudas's troubles were gone!Because a powerful business group came to Maracaibo from Los Angeles, headed by Situ Nan’s personal intelligence assistant Thomas, his official identity is the director of the overseas investment department of Wells Fargo Bank.

Thomas and his party of more than 20 people have an unprecedentedly strong lineup. Representatives from Wells Fargo, Bethlehem Steel, California Agriculture, and U.S.-China trade have all come.The identities of these guys are on par with Gudas!

When Gedas received the list of the business delegation, he was surprised "Goodbye! This is simply a national-level economic and trade cooperation!"

He knew that Situ Nan was going to be real, not just mining Maracaibo's oil.

Adhering to Situ Nan's usual practice, sneak into the village, don't shoot!Because they didn't want to attract attention, the business group's arrival was very low-key and without fanfare.

But Ronald Gomez's ears are very different.He has just returned from the capital Caracas. Prior to this, he had discussed a lot with his father, Venezuelan dictator Juan Gomez, and decided to accept Guadas’ terms in principle.

Not long after he secretly returned to Maracaibo, he was caught off guard by a larger business group sent by Situ Nan.The representatives sent by Situ Nan were bigger than the others.If it is not possible to keep a low profile, Venezuela must at least send the country’s leaders to greet it.

Robles didn’t dare to neglect. After getting all-round cooperation from the other party, he immediately notified Caracas and urged his father Juan Gomez to rush to Maracaibo because of the business team’s The chief representative Thomas appointed to meet with Juan Gomez.

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In the hotel by the Maracaibo Lake, Brook Owen looked at the quiet Maracaibo Lake out of the window, frowning, turning a blind eye to the exquisite seafood in front of him. These things that usually seem very delicious did not arouse his appetite at all. .

"The waters of Lake Maracaibo will no longer be calm, and the company pigs will regret its shortsightedness." Brooke said to himself.

As the representative of Shell's Maracaibo office, Brooke has been developing Maracaibo's oil for the company in recent years, but his enthusiasm is always indifferent.

A few years ago, Shell Petroleum Corporation invested huge manpower and material resources in Maracaibo to conduct a vigorous exploration in the West Bank, which caused a sensation at that time.

The most enthusiastic among them, except for the head of Shell Petroleum in Maracaibo, Brook, is Ronald Gomez. He has obtained a large amount of land by cleverness, and he wants to pay attention to the upcoming oil Make a fortune in the tide.

Unfortunately, the results were disappointing. Except for a few low-yield oil wells, the other oil wells did not produce oil, so the company's senior management who began to be impressed by Brooke's rhetoric felt cheated. They were very disappointed in Brooke.

At this time, there was a sudden oil boom from Texas in the United States, so Shell Oil Company could not sit still. They gave up the exploration of Maracaibo and hurried to Texas for fear of their old rivals. Mobil Petroleum waited first.

As a result, Shell Oil Company was not disappointed. They withstood the pressure and obtained a large number of long-term cheap crude oil supply contracts from the underfed Occidental Petroleum Company, because the other party did not have its own refinery at that time.Except for Mobil, it can only be sold to Shell.

However, in recent years, Occidental Petroleum's development has exceeded everyone's expectations. After laying pipelines and owning its own refinery, it has also actively expanded upstream and downstream, finally completing its own production chain.

After several years of continuous mergers, Occidental Petroleum formed a threat to Shell Oil Company and began to annex Shell Oil more and more markets.

Especially after the marriage of Situ Nan and the Mellon family, the second largest oil system in the United States-Occidental Petroleum and the third largest oil system-Gulf Oil Company formed an alliance and began to tacitly confront Standard Oil, which is ahead of them. System and Shell Petroleum System.

The world war has spurred a huge demand for oil, so now the major oil companies are living well, but people have no foresight and must have immediate worries. Brooke expects that once the war is over, the market shrinks and competition will become extremely fierce. Shell Oil Will face enormous challenges.

Moreover, as soon as the oil contract arrives, Occidental Petroleum will no longer continue to provide Shell with stable and cheap crude oil, and Shell Oil, which lacks its own oil reserves, will be in a very unfavorable situation.

So we must have more oil reserves and control more oil fields in advance.In Brooke's view, the best choice is Lake Maracaibo. He has always believed that there is a huge super oil field here.

So even if his application was rejected again and again, he did not give up.The arrival of Gudas convinced him even more.

At the same time, the arrival of Gudas also made Brooke feel bad. He did not expect that he was not waiting for his company's geological exploration team, but an opponent from Shell Oil Company.

And this group of Americans started quickly!Before Brooke had come to react, the Panama Petroleum Development Company had already taken a large area of ​​land on the east coast of Lake Maracaibo.

The Pratt Geological Team has added drilling in the Coron area on Lake Maracaibo that it just won in the past two days.

Brooke ran to see it secretly. The sound of the rumbling rig made him uneasy, because that piece of land was almost taken by Brooke a few years ago. Unfortunately, by mistake, it has now become Occidental Petroleum Corporation’s prohibition. .

Back at the hotel, Brook was lacking in interest. He just received the news. This morning, one boat after another sailed into Maracaibo Port. A group of well-dressed men descended on it, and then they moved into Gudas’ station. The hotel, they are in a group.

Can't wait any longer, we must report this important information.Thinking of this, Brooke wrote:

"Dear Sir, as the representative of Shell Petroleum in the Maracaibo area, I now solemnly remind you that, according to the information I have received, Panama Petroleum, the outpost of the U.S. Occidental Petroleum Company, has begun to conduct operations on the east and west banks of Lake Maracaibo. Geological exploration.

Also, the other party bought more than one-third of the land on the east bank of Lake Maracaibo in a very short time..."

Chapter 175

In the middle of the night, in a luxurious manor in Maracaibo, the night was quiet, but there were still two stern soldiers standing at the door, their bodies stretched straight and motionless, stifling any malicious invasion at any time By.

In the room, the lights were brightly lit, and two men sat facing each other. A fifty-year-old with big eyebrows and a majesty of his own. I saw him holding a document in his hand, frowning while looking at his brows, as if he had encountered something. Difficult things.

Another man in his early thirties, with his feet closed, his hands on his knees, looked at the man opposite, his head hung slightly, respectfully, as if waiting for him to speak.

The coffee presented in front of them was twice as fragrant, but the aroma of coffee floating in the air did not attract their attention at all.

Judging from the appearance, the outlines of the two seem to be somewhat similar, and they seem to be closely related.In fact, they are a father and son-Juan Gomez and his son Ronald Gomez.

After receiving the heavyweight business group sent by the William Consortium, the old Gomez hurried over from the capital Caracas secretly.

He had to rush over because his troops hadn't paid for three months. If they didn't raise enough money to appease the soldiers, it is estimated that Juan Gomez would be overthrown by his subordinates just like his predecessor.

"These Americans have a lot of appetite. I really want to swallow Lake Maracaibo!

Before the negotiations started, one-third of the land on the east coast of Lake Maracaibo was bought. Do you think we have to agree to their terms?"