"Oh? It seems that there are no oil resources here in Blanca City."
Saint Jose was a little surprised. Although Southern Petroleum's actions in Rome were not considered hidden, there were indeed not many people in Argentina who could get the news.
Many lessons have been learned, and this cooperation with Italy is quite low-key.
The city of Blanca is the territory of San Jose.
He couldn't help but look at Lant. He was about the same age as him. He had been in charge of the consortium for several years and could be regarded as one of the best among people.
He probably still has some ability, but the only pity is that his father offended Bilong.
But Saint Hesse is not afraid of offending Bilong now.
“Our company has information from the National Oil Company that an oil pipeline will be built here, and since the establishment of the Southern Petroleum Company, the country has opened up some oil access thresholds.”
Lant took his time and explained why.
“What size refinery can you invest in.”
Saint Jose nodded, it turned out that it was not the Southern Oil Leaks who asked.
Otherwise, he would have doubts about the quality of his companies.
"800,000 tons, this is almost our limit."
Lant said.
"It seems there is still a little less. I hope you can increase production capacity."
Sanjesé shook his head. Compared with the 3 million-ton refinery supported by Italians in Southern Petroleum, these 800,000 tons are not enough, although it is already considered large in Argentina.
Argentina currently produces about 3 million tons of crude oil and imports 2.8 million tons, which consumes a lot of foreign exchange. The domestic refining capacity is only 1.1 million tons.
The national oil company's technology is backward, its mining equipment is almost at the level of the 1930s, and it has no money to continue investing.
"Oh? Mr. Mayor, you must know that with a production capacity of 800,000 tons, it is already the largest oil refinery in Argentina."
Lant said with some disbelief, feeling quite disdainful in his heart.
He saw that Argentina planned to build a 2-million-ton oil pipeline here, so he planned to make arrangements in advance.
"Our city in Blanca will have a 3 million-ton refinery, and at least 10 million tons of crude oil will be transported here every year to develop the petrochemical industry."
Saint Hesse said directly that the oil production capacity of Southern Petroleum Transport is 10 million tons, and there are still many wealthy people. Deep processing is more conducive to industrial development.
"This is impossible. 3 million tons requires an investment of at least 15 million US dollars... and a construction time of 5 years..."
Rand has a profound research on the oil refining industry, but he is talking about the U.S. price of oil refineries. The price given by the Italians negotiating in the south was 11 million U.S. dollars, which was much cheaper.
Small profits but quick turnover, and the establishment of strategic cooperation with Italian oil giants, not greedy Americans, would not say this.
The bulk of the price of the refinery comes from investment in other supporting petrochemical plants, ethylene plants, and pipeline plants. These are troublesome and troublesome. He does not want to simply import equipment, he is playing with localization.
“How much money can you invest to build this refinery in Blanca City.”
Saint Jose asked again, if it is a refinery that produces gasoline, the process is relatively simple, and it seems that they directly import production equipment.
Lant gritted his teeth and thought for a while before speaking. He also wanted to know more about Blanca City's attitude, but he used a trick, that is, he only mentioned the company's wealth, but not the family's wealth.
"Our company has about 3 million U.S. dollars in reserve funds. German banks can give us a loan of 3 million U.S. dollars, which is also the source of our technology. But we want to build a car factory and the financial pressure is too great."
"Oh? Car factory? Where does the technology come from and how much is the output?"
Saint Jose asked with interest, changing the subject.
"The technology comes from Germany, the annual output is 1,500 units, and all accessories are made in China."
After hearing about the automobile factory, St. Hesse felt that he was not very interested. Although it was already very remarkable, the current German cars were far inferior to those of later generations.
His plan for Thunder Shield Automobile is to obtain the most advanced American automotive technology. He has already asked Sequoia Company to inquire about it. It would be best to dismantle a production line and come back with all supporting factories to complete the engine production line.
The engine production line is the heart of the car, and the diesel engine factory's technical level is still not good enough, so it is left to them to make technical reserves.
To actually build a car factory, even if it can produce 1,000 vehicles a month, is very impressive.
Therefore, he has no regard for the Siam automobile factory that produces 1,500 units a year.
He knows a little bit about the automobile industry. What's inside is the most important. As for the casing, each one is different. Many popular styles are somewhat similar, especially when automobile factories are just developing.
As long as the core components, production lines and processing equipment can be completed, the outer casing is not that difficult. Just copy some of the best-looking models in the world.
He can already draw some classic best-selling models directly.
This is the case in the car manufacturing industry around the world. Many car companies started by imitating other famous brands.
For example, Japan's Toyota started by imitating Ford, and South Korea's Hyundai started by imitating Mitsubishi and Toyota.
Honda still makes motorcycles.
"Let's do this. If you double the production capacity of the refinery, I can help you contact us to provide loans, and we can provide certain support for the construction. I can provide a low-interest loan of about US$3 million."
His thoughts were flying around, and then he suppressed the emotions in his heart, changed the topic of the oil refinery, and said to Lant.
The petroleum and automobile industries complement each other and promote each other. In addition, there are also steel and non-ferrous metal industries, which can stimulate joint development.
If car sales are good and the steel body is large, it will be a huge stimulus to the special steel mills in the steel industry.
After all, the biggest demand of the special steel factory lies in civilian use. He is already very pessimistic about the development of the Rennes military industry and the demand is not large. For example, he regrets the construction of a tank factory. It would be better to build a truck factory.
Fortunately, after the diesel factory and tractor factory were built, there was not too much waste, but there was no need to build production lines, and a lot of the design engineer team also left to the aircraft factory and tractor factory.
"A 1.6 million-ton refinery, the price will be much cheaper, but we don't have so much crude oil to smelt."
Rand's heartbeat was racing and he was very excited. He was very optimistic about Argentina's automobile development by building a car factory, but the oil refinery was Siam's main business, and it was extremely profitable.
"Don't worry about the oil, I already have a source."
Seeing that Lant seemed to be hesitant, Saint-Jesse said confidently, throwing out the bait to see if the consortium would get into trouble. Lant was not telling the truth.
The current domestic oil is certainly not Argentina’s limit. According to San Jose’s estimate of Argentina’s crude oil extraction capacity in later generations, Argentina’s reserves can produce at least 20-30 million tons of crude oil every year. Therefore, he can get it right at once, even if he spends a lot of money. Build a 10 million ton oil pipeline.
This does not include Argentina’s vast shale oil resources.
This is also the source of confidence for San Jose to establish the Southern Petroleum Company, especially in the Neuquén Basin in the Patagonia region, where Thunder Mining has discovered a number of good-quality oil fields.
When Italy's exploration equipment is in place, it can be mined. As long as the mining is successful, the oil produced by Southern Petroleum can quickly meet domestic needs, and it can quickly increase his wealth and alleviate the domestic energy crisis.
"As for oil, Southern Petroleum Company has obtained exploration qualifications in the south, and we will build a 10-million-ton oil pipeline. There is no problem at all."
In fact, 10 million tons is not his limit. When the special steel pipe plant is successfully constructed and a second line is built, it will have an oil transportation capacity of 20 million tons.
"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with the board of directors, and I'll seriously consider it."
Rant chatted a lot with Sanjesé and felt a sense of relief.
He was already very moved, but it wasn't him who had the final say in what happened to Siam now.
In fact, Siam has established many foreign branches now, but they are all tepid.
After all, they have a development awareness that is decades ahead of St. Jose's. Talent selection, project management, assembly lines, and sufficient funds are completely different. It is difficult to develop without development. What's more, St. Jose's is not always smooth sailing. It can solve the problem quickly.
If this negotiation and cooperation is successful, Lant can't help but look ecstatic.
Although he has taken over the Detria Consortium for several years, there has been little progress. Although he has the help of his uncle, he is still struggling.
The development of many factories is very slow.
Southern Petroleum is St. Hesse's industry, and Italian Petroleum can provide high-level workers. He is very confident that the construction will be successful in three to four years.
Of course, building a refinery is not that simple. You can only learn while building it. The construction projects of major Southern Petroleum plants alone can provide at least 5,000 high-quality jobs.
San Jose will also build a petroleum school simultaneously. Argentina’s domestic petroleum industry has been developing for more than 30 years, and there are still many petroleum construction talents, and they can also be hired from abroad. This is not a big problem.
As for the construction of Detria Consortium, the time may be much slower. They estimate that the successful construction will take at least about 5 years. This is a long-term investment.
Oil and steel used to be Argentina's two largest imported products. Now the import of various machinery and equipment has exceeded steel, and most of them are imported by companies owned by San Jose.
In the evening, St. Jose also specially spent money to entertain people like Rand.
To be honest, he rarely has contact with these large conglomerates and families in the country, and rarely cooperates with them.
For him personally, firstly, it is unnecessary, and secondly, it is still unnecessary.
But as the mayor of Blanca City, it is very necessary if we can unite some large consortium families.
This is also to attract investment and build a nest to attract phoenixes.
In the early days, most of the company's factories were owned by their own people, and then they gradually attracted steel plants and electronics factories.
This time I caught a big fish.
But St. Hesse didn't appear too impatient on the surface.
It's not him who's anxious.
He is from the Detria family.
They had already been suppressed very hard by Bilong.
So he stopped clicking and didn't offer any more preferential terms.
He prefers to cultivate a group of small and medium-sized factories.
There are already more than 50 small garment factories in the East District, which can also create a large number of jobs.
And specially built a textile equipment factory independently.
He believes that more and more factory consortiums will enter Blanca City in the future.
It seems that the construction of infrastructure and housing will be accelerated, and he does not want to turn Blanca City into a slum.
…
Winter nights are extremely long, and it snows again.
It was around six o'clock in the morning the next day,
Although the weather today is cold, it is nothing to San Jose.
San Jose has benefited a lot from his strong physical fitness, and he continues to exercise every day.
Occasionally, he would go to a security company to train his shooting skills to prevent shooting accidents.
On such a cold day, Elena and her daughter naturally slept in the warm quilt.
Saint Jose got up gently, without disturbing them, and began this morning's exercise.
Wearing unlined clothes, he did a set of boxing in the yard, practiced briefly for a while, and sparred with his security captain, Achill Cooper, before getting ready to go back for breakfast.
Aqil is in his thirties, very strong, bare-chested, and full of muscles, but his physical fitness is no longer at its peak. Despite this, he is very experienced in fighting skills and is a good sparring partner.
After the practice, Saint Jose stood calmly in the courtyard and saw white snowflakes continuing to fall. The branches were already covered with snowflakes, and a cold wind blew and fell rustlingly.
Saint Jose looked at this white world and suddenly felt refreshed and ethereal. He couldn't help but think of a famous poem.
The cook Anna has prepared breakfast.
For the greater city of Buenos Aires, which has a population of almost four million, this is a difficult winter, and unemployment is an unbearable burden.
Blanca, an emerging industrial city, is showing great vitality.
The population is increasing every month for one reason only: it has the most scarce resource in Argentina right now - jobs.
And businessmen have the most sensitive sense of smell.
The already weakened Detria Consortium also hopes to establish achievements in Blanca City. Saint Jose is of course happy to support the large consortium.
The more refineries the better.
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