The journey starts from the Titanic

Fortunately for France and Germany, Chevron Petroleum has built a Western European oil network along the Atlantic coast in its early years. Competition is fierce along the Atlantic coast. If the European oil market is opened up from Italy to the north, Chevron Petroleum will replace Eck Sen Oil Company became Europe's largest oil supplier.

Ziano’s words touched Sinclair’s heart. Sinclair nodded to Ziano and said slowly: "The European market is what Chevron Oil Company desires. The oil produced by Libya It will eventually flow into the European market. Compared with the strong British and French, the cooperative attitude of friends in Italy (Germany) is sincere. Why don't we join hands?"

Sinclair smiled and asked, without Ciano's answer, he stood up and stretched out his hand friendly...

Ciano also smiled and took the olive branch, and he was secretly relieved.

Since then, the negotiation attitude of the two sides has improved and become more pragmatic and friendly.

Of course, what you should care about is to care about.

But that was not the job of Ziano and Sinclair. Their friendship even developed to go hunting inland, or go fishing on a yacht while drinking fragrant Sumatran coffee.

"This Sumatran coffee is good. The Chinese sold this coffee to Europe. They did a good job, but I still like Italian cappuccino."

Ziano gently stirred the coffee while looking at Sinclair with deep meaning.

"I have no research on Italian coffee, but I know that the Chinese have improved their coffee by adding butterscotch, coconut powder, etc., and made Sumatran coffee into a compound coffee. It tastes good and is cheap and can be produced in large quantities. It has become the darling of the working class. Up."

Sinclair appreciated, took a sip of coffee, and continued, "Chevron Oil Company also spares no effort in crude oil processing. In addition to traditional kerosene gasoline diesel pitch candles, Chevron is vigorously promoting Chevron Lubrication. Oil, competing with brands such as Mobil Castrol, maybe we can cooperate in this regard?"

Ciano nodded, and the other party proposed to cooperate with high-value-added lubricants. There is no reason not to agree?He smiled and said: "Yes, I know that this is a rapidly growing market. It is the United States and Italy's automobile industry that are also developing. I am very willing to add lubricants to the cooperation between the two sides."

This is an important market, and as machinery becomes more common, lubricant sales account for a considerable share of oil companies.Should we build a lubricant factory in Italy, or should we ship lubricants made in the United States to Italy and cooperate with each other for sales?

Sinclair had to ask the United States for instructions, and he preferred the former.

After a quarrel and the negotiators spit countless saliva, Italian oil company and Chevron oil company reached a cooperation agreement, Italian oil company received a long-term stable price of crude oil from Chevron oil company, Chevron oil company supports Italy Oil companies conduct oil exploration in Libya and provide technical support.

In other words, do Italians want to learn oil exploration technology?OK, come to Chevron’s geological survey team to do miscellaneous work, and learn from me for a few years!

The so-called technical support includes equipment procurement. Italy's local petroleum machinery industry is backward and can only purchase oil extraction equipment provided by Chevron Petroleum. This will undoubtedly be smashed.

Chevron Petroleum Corporation's exploration equipment can generally reach one kilometer below the ground and has the world's most advanced drilling technology. If they are replaced by Italians, it is estimated that they will not be able to drill down to four or five hundred meters in Libya.

Technology is very important. If there is no advanced drilling technology, Zhubajie can only drool against Chang'e if there is no advanced drilling technology. Like the later Asia, Africa and Latin America, none of the oil-producing countries has oil extraction technology. A big country came to help them mine.

Those guys are just two skinned faces.

The Italians also understood this and readily agreed to purchase petroleum equipment from Chevron Petroleum. For this reason, the great leader Mussolini specially allocated funds to the Italian Petroleum Company.

According to the agreement, the Italian oil company also obtained the right to use Chevron Petroleum's oil pipeline in Libya, that is to say, the oil extracted by the Italians in Libya can be transported to the port of Silt by the Chevron Petroleum pipeline.

This is very important. I think the old Rockefeller used rail transportation to force small and medium oil merchants in the United States to sell oil fields or crude oil to him. The Standard Oil Empire was built by controlling oil transportation.

Ciano values ​​Chevron Petroleum's pipeline very much and insists on obtaining the right to use the oil pipeline.Of course, it would be better if the ownership can be obtained, but unfortunately the other party's price is too high to reach agreement on this issue.

The Italians had no choice but to retreat and demand the right to use the pipeline.

Anyway, Libya is an Italian colony. According to Ciano, obtaining the right to use the pipeline is actually no different from obtaining the ownership of the pipeline. Will the Yankees dare not let the Italian crude oil pass?

"The premise is that we want to discover oil in Libya and own our own oil fields, otherwise the right to use the pipeline is useless."

Eni, the head of the Italian oil company, was a little worried about Ziano. He didn't want to be as optimistic as Ziano, thinking that he could find oil fields in the inland desert.

The geological exploration capabilities of Italian Petroleum Corporation are too stale, otherwise it will not make Chevron Petroleum Company so beautiful in Libya.

"Don't worry about this. We have reached a cooperation agreement with Yankee. We can hire Chevron Petroleum's geological exploration team to help us discover oil fields. At the same time, we also send technicians to them to learn. They are also willing to help us train qualified Geological talent."

"How kind of Yankee would you? I'm afraid they took our money and deliberately didn't work" Eni worried.

"So our contract is based on basic expenses plus rewards. Engineers will lose money if they only take basic expenses and don't find oil fields." Ciano laughed.

Thinking of something, he told Eni again, "Chevron Oil Company may send cheap Chinese engineers. Keep an eye on them, don't let them lie?"

"Chinese engineers? If it were them, even if we gave the basic expenses, it is estimated that the other party would not pay for the business!"

Eni was worried again.

Can those Chinese engineers work?

There is a big question mark in the Italian mind?

And also let Italian engineers lay hands on the other side, and cultivate Italian technical talents with a reputation?

"Don't worry too much. The Chinese have learned a lot from the Americans. In the first two years, they discovered oil fields on their own near their capital Wuhan. This shows that the Chinese have mastered quite a bit. Oil extraction technology.

South China is one of the top oil producing countries in the world with a well-developed oil industry. I have learned that in recent years, the Chinese have vigorously developed the petroleum machinery industry and made a lot of progress. Even Chevron Oil Company has given them some equipment orders.

If you can, go to the Eastern World to see if you can buy better equipment from them.

This time we were slaughtered by the Yankees. Don't let the Yankees make money so easily next time."

Ciano thought that most of the funds allocated by the leader would go to Chevron Oil Company, and it was painful.

Eni nodded heavily, feeling the same.

Don’t you pay so much just to get the crude oil and production technology you dream of?

In view of the importance of the petroleum industry, even if the kidney is cut, it is accepted.

The Italian Petroleum Company's oil exploration and exploitation negotiations in Libya have basically been completed, and the next top priority is the establishment of a local oil refinery.

The refinery is the most important part of this cooperation package. Therefore, in Italy, it chooses places to build oil terminals, lay pipelines and establish oil storage bases. On this issue, Chevron Oil Company respects the opinions of the Italians.

Sinclair flipped through the map of Italy, focusing on Naples to the north and Naples to the south, which were the best places to build oil ports and refineries.

"Or Naples?" Sinclair asked.

Ciano hesitated and said: "Now! It is the largest port in Italy, close to the northern industrial zone, and the consumer market. In the end, let the leaders decide."

"In that case, Chevron Oil Company will send someone to investigate first, and strive to come up with the refinery construction plan as soon as possible.

After all, this is a large project with an annual refining capacity of 10,000 tons. Half of the funds invested by the US headquarters in North Africa are invested in this refinery. We like to work more efficiently.

As for the work enthusiasm of Italian workers, after all, it is different from us Americans."

Sinclair smiled, with a "you know" expression.

The Yankee was so rude, and as soon as he reached a cooperation agreement, he ridiculed the Italians for their freedom.

Ciano greeted the 10,000 rude Yankee in his heart, but nodded seriously, and did not care about him. He is now ambitious to build an Italian oil industry.

Although half of the oil refinery is owned by Chevron Petroleum, with a refining capacity of 10,000 tons, or more than 70,000 barrels, Italy will surpass Germany and France and have the second largest crude oil processing capacity in Europe.

The first place is the Soviet Union, while Britain and France, especially the United Kingdom, have huge oil production capacity, but the oil refineries are mainly overseas, such as the United States, Mexico, Southeast Asia, and Haifa, which is under construction. On the contrary, the domestic oil refueling capacity is not strong, and the refined oil is mainly Rely on the colony and the United States to supply.

Mussolini was excited when he heard the news from Libya, and he quickly called for Ciano to inquire.