In addition to his daily office work, San Jose also found time to watch several football matches.
In recent times, as the Southern Oil Rome matter is coming to an end.
Good news has come from the southern oil exploration sector in the province of Neuquén, west of the city of Blanca.
In addition to Neuquén province oil, the Chubut province team in the south also has good news, with two places blooming.
Southern Petroleum Company is now fighting on two fronts. Except for the cooperation of Rome Italian Petroleum Company, Southern Petroleum exploration team is all derived from Thunder Mining Exploration Team and does not need to be reorganized.
Saint Jose has actually been coveting Patagonia's oil for a long time. Before obtaining the oil mining license, it had used Thunder Mining's exploration team to establish mining sites in the south.
Instead, Thunder Mining discovered oil in the closer Neuquén province, which excited him.
Without reading the report carefully, I planned to go check it out. I was even more excited than taking over the iron ore in Uruguay's Thirty-three Provinces.
Neuquén Province is right next to La Pampa Province. It is only 100 kilometers from the place where oil was discovered to Neuquén City, the capital of Neuquén Province. There is a direct railway connection. The distance is very close. Maybe the pipeline can be built faster. Saint Jose plans to first Go check it out.
In order to get a holiday, he is ready to take the team to the south and west, but this requires parliamentary approval and can only wait patiently.
In Argentina, there is nothing that cannot be solved by watching a game of football. If there is, then watch another game.
The weather in Blanca City has just risen to 3 degrees, and the Argentinians have already begun to prepare for the football match.
This kind of weather is not suitable for outdoor construction, so construction workers began to find happiness on the football field.
It even led to an increase in sales and sales of Prairie Food Beer in winter.
It has to be said that eating barbecue in winter is also the best way for Argentinians to socialize.
Argentine steaks, even the most common varieties, are very delicious and juicy after being raised for a long time.
This may be God-given fertile soil. It basically takes more than ten years to raise a cow. They can move freely on the grassland and are much more comfortable than their relatives raised in captivity.
This is one of the reasons why Argentinian beef has always had a market for American beef. Pampas Super Ranch, although San Jose feels that the utilization rate is not high in his heart, he is honest in his words.
At around ten o'clock on Saturday night, Saint-Jesse, who had watched the football match with Elena, chose an ordinary steakhouse near his home.
The second floor is cleaner, and San Jose adds some black pepper to the beef.
The beef has been roasted to perfection and is ready to be eaten. Many people in the store, like him, are eating meat and have not noticed the mayor.
At this time, Saint Jose did not speak, nor did he look at the movements in Elena's hands. Instead, he turned to look at the bustling crowd outside the window, wondering what he was thinking in his heart.
After cutting out a small piece, St. Jose put the steak into his mouth with a fork.
The steak is soft in the mouth, tender and juicy.
The major shops and night-time restaurants in Blanca City, under the initiative of San Jose, have become the latest ones to close in the city, which has promoted consumption in Blanca City.
This has even become a standard feature in Blanca City, because the power generation capacity is sufficient and the main streets in the east and west districts of the main city are fully covered with street lights.
The nightlife is very lively and the security conditions are very good. The reason why St. Jose is a little confused is that it turns out that a peaceful nightlife is so rare.
Even so, the nighttime security in the suburbs of Blanca City is still a bit poor, but it is already very rare.
Saint Jesé thought for a moment. He didn't go to many places. Even in cities like Cordoba, Montevideo, New York, Chicago, and Buenos Aires, he rarely went out at night.
Of course, even if he goes out, he must have a reliable security team around him at all times, otherwise he would rarely take Elena out at night.
In the end, Saint-Jesse persuaded the parliamentary staff to get a seven-day holiday and arrange specific work matters.
The first stop in Saint-Jesse is the province of Neuquén to see the oil there.
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On June 18, San Jose took a train from Blanca Blanca to Neuquén with a professional team.
Neuquén is the capital of Neuquén Province and a city and river port in central and western Argentina. It is at the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers and is 265 meters above sea level.
This small provincial capital has a small population of just over 30,000 people. As soon as I got off the train, I felt that the temperature here was higher than that of Blanca, and there were many dogs in the city.
Saint Jose couldn't help but think of an anecdote.
I heard from news reports that people in Neuquen love dogs very much. The most important animal here is dogs. There are at least 50,000 dogs here, more than there are people in the city.
This is also one of the important wine-producing areas in Argentina, with a large temperature difference between day and night, and the weather is relatively dry.
In the simple reception room of Southern Petroleum in Neuquén, Saint-Jesse shook hands cordially with Dr. Duke Sage.
Dr. Duke, who was in the exploration team and turned out to be one of the chief exploration experts of Thunder Mining, was in his 40s. This time he came to the provincial capital in advance to greet him.
Dr. Duke felt quite flattered, because it took just over five days for his exploration report to be answered so quickly.
And the big boss personally led the team here.
In Neuquén province, in the Vaca Muerta mining area, the southern oil development boom is giving rise to new prosperity.
This mining area is located near the town of Aneg, about 100 kilometers away from the capital of Neuquen Province. In order to meet the work, life and housing needs of thousands of workers and technicians in the oil and gas development projects that may be launched by the Southern Petroleum Company, Dr. Duke has built A small gathering area.
After exchanging pleasantries in the capital of Neuquen Province, Saint-Jesse took a car and headed to the oil field mining area with Dr. Duke from the oil exploration team. The first commercial oil well of Southern Petroleum produced oil a few days ago.
On the way Duke excitedly introduced to Saint Jose:
"Currently, more than 1 million tons of oil reserves with commercial production value have been explored in the valley. In addition, according to our calculations, there will definitely be more reserves near the valley. The first oil well produced oil a few days ago. It is light oil. High-quality crude oil! More than 100 tons of oil are produced every day! Boss, we need to build an oil pipeline."
Saint Jose frowned slightly and asked with some disappointment,
"Is the maximum reserve here only 1 million tons?"
It's far from enough. 1 million tons will be mined in a few months quickly. What he needs is oil and black gold mines. It seems that there is no need to continue investing in Neuquén.
There is simply no value in continuing to exploit it, or with the current southern oil, there is no need to spend money here.
"Yes, with reserves of 1 million tons, it is already one of the largest oil wells in our country."
Dr. Duke continued to describe, but did not see Saint Jose's face getting any worse.
"It only requires an investment of US$2 million to fully mine it, and there may be a huge mining area near here."
Saint Jose is already planning to leave here and go to Chubut Province.
"One million tons is too little and does not seem to be worthy of large-scale mining."
Saint Jose said euphemistically, after calculating in his mind, the price of the equipment is US$1 per ton of oil, and it still needs to be transported. It may be needed when it arrives in Blanca City. He plans to take a look, but is not ready to continue investing. The money will be spent on On the blade.
Not including the subsequent mining and maintenance costs, these 1 million tons of oil, approximately 7 million barrels, are worth 14 million U.S. dollars. It seems very uneconomical. If we need to build various facilities, it will cost 800-1000 to invest in miscellaneous things. Ten thousand US dollars, and there is no follow-up mining.
If the estimated reserves are tens of millions of tons, it is still quite cost-effective.
After getting off the bus, San Jose saw the members of the exploration team, sleeping in the open air and spending the cold winter here.
"Boss, look, this is everywhere here. Oil shale can also be exploited as petroleum energy. There are at least 20 million tons of shale oil here."
Dr. Duke was a little anxious and quickly grabbed a handful of brown mudstone-like objects from the ground and handed it to Saint Jose for viewing.
“What is oil shale?”
After hearing the scale of 20 million tons, Saint-Jesse finally got a little more energetic, but he only wanted to exploit cheaper and more useful light crude oil, not shale oil.
"Oil shale, also known as kerogen shale, is a sapropel material formed from lower plants and minerals under deep water reduction conditions in inland lakes or coastal lagoons. It is a sapropel coal with high ash content."
Dr. Duke introduced seriously and said, "To Saint Hecekop,
“The development and utilization of oil shale can be traced back to the 17th century. By the 19th century, the annual production scale of oil shale reached one million tons. Oil shale can produce kerosene, lamp oil, paraffin, fuel oil, lubricating oil, grease, and naphtha. , lighting gas, chemical fertilizers, ammonia sulfate and other products. Due to the emergence of cars and trucks at the beginning of this century, oil shale was exploited in large quantities as a transportation fuel."
"Oh? How much is the estimated mining price?"
After hearing this, Saint Jose was still not very interested. He seemed a little impressed by shale oil. Wasn't it something that Americans would exploit a lot in later generations? There seemed to be shale gas as well.
"It costs about US$8 per ton."
Dr. Duke gritted his teeth and said a number.
"Is it so expensive? One ton of light oil in the international market now only costs 14 U.S. dollars, and a barrel costs 2 U.S. dollars."
St. Hesse had read the International News and said that the price of crude oil produced by British Petroleum Company in Persia was only 50 cents per barrel, which is equivalent to the price of $3.50 per barrel.
And the $8 is not the final cost, there are all aspects of transportation.
Now shale oil has almost been replaced by oil from the Middle East. Kuwait, Syria, Egypt, Persia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Iraq have all discovered a large number of light crude oil fields, and the prices for sale are quite cheap.
More recently, countries such as Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia also have large amounts of oil available for extraction.
"To be honest, there's not a lot of mining value here."
As a profit-oriented company, Southern Petroleum does not have much funds to invest in an oil field with uncertain conditions, so it will probably have to be left for future development.
Chubut province seems to be more suitable for extracting higher quality oil.
"Boss, as long as we have more advanced equipment, the price is expected to be cheaper. As long as the company can provide another $200,000 in exploration funds, I am confident that we can discover a few more oil fields. We have only explored part of this basin."
Dr. Duke had realized that Saint Jose was not interested in this place, and he said in a pleading tone.
It is not easy to find oil in the Neuquén area, and shale oil is relatively low-quality and expensive. Even if there are 20 million tons of reserves, it is far from enough.
"Then I'll give you another year, and I'll allocate more exploration funds to you."
After a final decision, San Jose finally decided to support Dr. Duke's exploration plan.
As a backup, after all, an oil well with a capacity of 1 million tons can be discovered, and it is also possible to discover several large oil fields.
And looking at this exploration team, the scale is indeed a bit small. It is not bad to be able to spend so much money to discover an oil well.
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At the invitation of Dr. Duke, after a simple dinner, Saint Jose hurriedly left Neuquén and took the train south again to Admiral Rivadavia City in Chubut Province.
General Admiral is the largest port city in Patagonia, southern Argentina.
This city is located on the shores of San Jorge Bay. It currently has a population of 47,000. It was originally a wool export port. In 1907, due to the discovery of oil nearby, it developed into a major center for the country's oil production and export.
The Patagonia region is mainly located in Argentina and includes almost all the land in southern Argentina, covering an area of approximately 673,000 square kilometers.
The special structural foundation and complex geological conditions have created a good resource environment and rich mineral deposits in Patagonia. Patagonia is the area with the most promising development prospects for the mining industry in Argentina.
This is also one of Saint Jose's confidence. Patagonia has large oil reserves and is widely distributed. More and richer oil and natural gas resources have been found on the coastal continental shelf. Patagonia, centered on Rivadavia, The Niagara region has become Argentina's largest oil base.
Since the 1940s, two Argentine governments have attached great importance to the colonization and development of Patagonia, and have formulated and implemented policies to encourage the relocation of population, capital, technology, materials, and equipment that are beneficial to the development of the region. Turn it into a region with developed animal husbandry, agriculture, and industry, and then become a new growth point that drives the development of the entire national economy.
The guidelines and policies issued by Bilong last year to encourage development mainly include: First, formulating preferential conditions to attract mainland residents and foreign immigrants to colonize and develop here.
The second is to encourage the development of industry in this area and stipulate that new industrial and mining enterprises will be exempt from paying value-added tax for 10 years from the date of putting into production.
The third is to encourage domestic and foreign private capital to explore and develop oil and natural gas.
The implementation of these policies is expected to effectively promote the development of Patagonia.
Saint Jose was even more confident about this place. He carefully read the report of Dr. Traston Lerza. He saw in the report that the oil well they discovered had reserves of 150 million tons, enough to satisfy the needs of the city of Blanca. The future of petrochemical industry.
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