The journey starts from the Titanic

"Is there oil in Bulltown?" Bush quickly asked.

"Don't you know that the entire East Texas is crazy now, everyone is looking for oil!"

The man was a little surprised. He looked at the shabby collar of Bush and smiled, "I'll give you a piece of advice, my buddy, if you want to get rich, you have to rely on this!"

Speaking of fists twitching up and down, gestures for a pumping unit working.

On the way back to Houston, Bush saw more and more trucks heading to Bull Town, loaded with various oilfield equipment.

"The deserted and remote East Texas is going to change!" he murmured.

Next, he heard news about the East Texas oil field almost every day. Some people said that Rockefeller had taken a fancy to it, some said that Mellon’s Gulf Oil Company had also come, and the local oil rich were not to be outdone. Thousands of small oil merchants flocked to East Texas like locusts.

With more people, the bootleg business will be better, and Bush will attend more frequently.Occasionally, you will see planes flying in the sky, and big oil companies use planes to investigate East Texas oil fields, and the sky is not peaceful.

Halliburton Oilfield Company was very efficient. It found oil in Bull Town a month later, and soon a huge oil storage tank was built in Bull Town, and an oil pipeline from Bull Town to Houston was also established.

"Oh, I'm not dead!"

Bush once again came to Bull Town, and Reagan's tavern expanded and became a veritable hotel, still unable to satisfy the influx of oil workers and merchants and other dream chasers.

"The bank is still the same bank. In the past, everyone didn't pay attention to its name. Recently it changed its name. Everyone knows it is called Wells Fargo Bank."

Reagan was very happy to see Bush and excitedly introduced Bush to the changes in Bulltown.

"The story of Reagan and Bush is very popular in Bulltown. Reagan was a winner, oil saved his tavern, and Wells Fargo financed him to expand his business. Bush was a frustrated man. Before the big development, he sold his farm."

In the tavern, the vice president of Occidental Petroleum Corporation and the head of the engineering department, Dr. Pratt, is smilingly telling the story of Bull Town to visiting Situ Nan and Henda Brown.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation owns almost the entire East Texas oil field. If it seizes the East Texas oil field, it seizes the energy lifeline of the United States. This is what Situ Nan is most proud of.

"The story of Reagan and Bush is really good."

When Situ Nan heard these two names, he had to laugh secretly and couldn't help but look at it. Fortunately, it was just a coincidence. The two guys did not grow into the faces of handsome Hollywood guys and the faces of communist fighters.

"I said that this is a treasure of tens of billions of tons. The doctor brought in Halliburton Oilfield Company. The two sides cooperated and did a good job. Otherwise, Occidental Petroleum alone would not be able to develop this super oil field."

Situ Nan said in a low voice, admiring Pratt.

Pratt is in charge of oilfield development, Hengda Brown is in charge of oil company affairs, and Stuart is more focused on coordinating the close cooperation of the major companies of the William Consortium and repelling other forces' coveting of the East Texas Oilfield. .

"We have successfully drilled 200 wells. If we work harder, we can drill 1,000 wells.

Despite optimistic estimates, the East Texas Oilfield can produce 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day."

Pratt danced with excitement.

The success of the East Texas Oilfield has established Occidental Petroleum's dominance in the US oil industry, and it is of great significance to this country-Occidental Petroleum has the faint momentum of the Standard Oil Empire back then.

"The fly in the ointment is that oil prices are too low now. The price of Houston crude oil has fallen to 15 cents a barrel, and we have suffered heavy losses." Henda Brown frowned.

"Low oil prices allow us to make a lot less, and at the same time it can kill other oil companies!"

Situ Nan smiled, with a confident look on his face, took a look at Dr. Pratt, and thought: Dr. Pratt's estimate of the East Texas oil field's production capacity is still too conservative, and the oil field output can be doubled.

Continue to describe in a seductive voice: "Think about it, when we put a huge amount of oil to the market, the Mobil Exxon Bay bp Shell, which had just suffered a heavy loss in the economic crisis, was beaten by us again, and they were even worse than us. Anxious."

"That's right! We will try to expand our market share as much as possible before the second oil conference. It will look good then!"

Henda Brown quickly reflected.

Pula nodded.

The decision to expand production capacity and combat competitors was soon reached.

The discovery of the East Texas Oilfield changed the pattern of the international oil market. Nowadays, Western oil companies have built an oil artery from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes region. The oil transportation network covers the east and west coasts of the United States, as well as Europe and Asia, and has established an oil network around the world. , Than Rockefeller’s Mobil-Exxon two oil empire is better than that.

Manipulating oil prices, attacking the enemy, and affecting the world, Situ Nan’s methods and vision are no worse than later OPEC.

Most of the countless "others" who hoped to get a share of the East Texas oil field failed to do so. Many people were poor and let go, but soon lost everything and were completely unemployed. On the Texas prairie, I can't sing the gorgeous jazz that was popular in the past.

The time is short, and the memories in my mind are still gone, but I feel that the flashy and prosperous twenties are as far away as ancient legends, so unfamiliar, so unprepared.

"Low oil prices have caused heavy losses to major oil companies, and it is the small and medium-sized oil merchants who have hurt even more."

Coming to Texas, Situ Nan naturally wanted to visit his old friend Senator Anderson.

Seeing Situ Nan, Anderson complained.

"Therefore, many people take risks and even steal oil from Occidental Petroleum."

Situ Nan said, "This behavior is shameful. The company has invited a security company to protect the oil field."

The complaints of small and medium-sized oil merchants do cause headaches for senators and state government officials, but what is it about Situ Nan?It is a good thing to say that there is something to do. You can buy oil fields from small and medium oil merchants at low prices.

"I heard that the state government is going to set up an oil railway transportation committee and implement emergency martial law if necessary?" Situ Nan asked directly.

Situ Nan wanted to reach an agreement with the local officials in advance if he could not go to the Palace of the Three Treasures.

The senator nodded.

Under his recommendation, Situ Nan met Governor Ross Sterling, one of the four major oil tycoons in Texas.

Ross Sterling is a hardline conservative. As soon as he met, he directly asked: "Texas Petroleum is crashing. I have received many complaints from Occidental Petroleum, and I also believe that Occidental Petroleum’s aggressive increase in production has caused Texas. Oil prices have plummeted."

When I met and ate a nail, I was asked in a questioning tone. Situ Nan didn't have a good face anymore. He said lightly: "So what?"

"I hope Occidental Petroleum can take the initiative to limit production and contribute to the increase in oil prices. This is also beneficial to Occidental Petroleum."

Ross Sterling quickly realized that he had a good tone just now, that the character in front of him was a real big man, and he should be polite.

Speaking again, he respected a lot.

Situ Nan also knew that the small oil merchants who went bankrupt were about to riot. Occidental Petroleum and other big oil companies had bought a large number of oil fields during this time, and the Rockefeller family agents were also quietly buying Texas oil fields.

It's time to slow down!

Situ Nan thought for a while, nodded, and agreed in principle to limit production and protect the price.

But whether to do it or not, how to do it, is another matter. Occidental Petroleum is not afraid of the state government.

With the acquiescence of major oil companies, the state government imposed military control on several major oil-producing counties and sent thousands of National Guard troops to the oil fields. The oil fields temporarily stopped production within a few days.

At the same time, the Railway Transportation Commission also enforced quota production. This was a ruthless move that immediately restricted the export of crude oil. Small and medium-sized oil merchants were unable to transport oil to the outside world and had to grit their teeth.

A week later, the oil price in Texas returned to 90 cents per barrel, and even Situ Nan had to admit that the governor had "moved a knife with a gun" and the effect was really good.

Of course, Occidental Petroleum and Chevron Petroleum have their own transportation pipelines, which are not restricted by the Railway Transportation Commission at all and can produce according to their own plans.