Chapter 64: The Abandoned Oil Well of Nan'er Village

  Nan Er Zhuang Work Area

  District Director Jiang sweated profusely as he directed the on-site construction of Well 511. The work area under his management was mostly old wells, which had already been in deficit by over 10 million tons. Well 511 was one of the few oil wells with a daily output of 100 tons; if it couldn't be restored to production within a short period, this year would be troublesome.

  In an oil field, oil is the hard indicator. With oil comes everything; wanting to get promoted requires increasing production; wanting a house allocation requires increasing production; wanting a louder voice requires higher output.

  An oil field that does not produce oil is like a cow that does not produce milk, it can only wait for its fate to be slaughtered.

  Nan Er Zhuang has been waiting for a good few years. Jiang Guining is most afraid of canceling the work area quota, in that case, he would have to start all over again.

  Xiu Jing's team's Jin Tu Zi poked his head out and shouted: "Director, the pipe won't work, at least 10 days."

  "10 days? You're kidding me. At most 3 days, no way, 2 days! I'll stay with you guys and we'll work overtime to get it done. If we succeed, I'll treat you to dinner." Another 10 days would mean losing another 1000 tons of oil, that's equivalent to Jiang Guining's life.

  He died with his eyes wide open, but saw Jin Tu Zi silent, and couldn't help but say: "Where are you looking?"

  "Hmm."

  Jiang Guining turned around, but saw a man and a woman pushing bicycles walking over, chatting as they walked. The girl was full of youthful vitality, fresh and lovely, with an air of leisurely strolling in the countryside. The boy looked left and right, without any regular behavior, not like a decent person.

  They came to the suburbs for a trip, while I'm exhausted like a dog. Jiang Guining, feeling mentally unbalanced, waved his hand and shouted: "Where did you come from? Oil well operation, no entry for idle people."

  It just so happened that Su Cheng was there, and he saw that the family was busy, but he didn't get annoyed. He took out his work ID and smiled: "Master, I'm also from the oil field's Dahua Industry, formerly known as Shengli Machinery Factory."

  Jiang Guining, who was a worker, didn't scold loudly and instead patted Jin Tuizi on the back, saying: "Hurry up. I'll give your wife a call later, and it must be done within two days at most."

  Jin Tu Zi reluctantly looked at Shu Lan's flowing blue skirt and jumped down the well.

  Su Cheng waited for a moment and asked: "Master, who is in charge of Nan Er Zhuang?"

  "It's me. Who are you looking for?"

  Su Cheng handed over his work permit and said, "I am Su Cheng, the deputy factory director of Dahua Industrial Co., Ltd. I heard that there are many abandoned oil fields in Nan Er Zhuang, so I came to take a look. Can you arrange for someone to lead the way and introduce me?"

  If he doesn't take out this thing, don't even think about asking for any confidential or non-confidential information from any unit. The oil wells are scattered in various remote corners, and it's a waste of time to wander around by yourself.

  Jiang Guining looked at Su Cheng with a suspicious gaze, then turned to Shu Lan, handing the work permit back to him and said in a neutral tone: "We're all busy lately, if you want to play..."

  Just as he was halfway through, Jiang Ninggui suddenly connected "Dahua Industrial", "Su Changzhang" and especially "废油田" together. Suddenly, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he patted his thigh, saying: "Ah, you're that oil boss from Binan? You're now worth tens of thousands of yuan a day!"

  Su Cheng nodded helplessly. Shu Lan had already covered her mouth and started laughing.

  By the late 1980s, the term "ten-thousand-yuan household" was no longer novel, and the phrase "millionaire" had already been coined, but in Dongying, only two people could match this title: Oil Eater and Oil Boss.

  Jiang Guining no longer cared about the oil well and asked with concern: "Which oil well are you looking at?"

  "This hasn't been seen yet."

  "Right, right, you're a professional in exploration, aren't you?" Jiang Guining said with a smile, and then instructed the people beside him for a few sentences, saying: "I'll take you to see it myself. If you find a suitable well, just tell me directly."

  Su Cheng smiled and nodded, thinking to himself: If I really told you about the well I'm interested in, you'd immediately resign and go be an oil tycoon yourself.

  Shulan kicked her shoes and followed Su Cheng with a smile.

  Pressing the road was originally one of the most distinctive dating methods in this era, although Jiang Guining on the side is a bit nagging, but it does not affect her good mood.

  Su Cheng kept comparing the locations of the oil wells, determining the specific positions of those three wells. He was deeply impressed by his senior fellow's thesis, but after all, he hadn't memorized it and couldn't recite the well numbers. Coincidentally, there were a large number of abandoned oil wells in Nan Er Zhuang, with some even having water content as high as 95% still being extracted - the oil pump would extract 100 tons of liquid, but only 5 tons of oil, resulting in extremely severe energy waste - who knows if these oil wells that are still being extracted today will become abandoned oil wells like those in his senior fellow's thesis 20 years later.

  Walking to a cluster of shut-down oil wells, Jiang Guining asked earnestly: "Director Su, what do you think about these oil wells? They were shut down last year and should still have a bucket of oil..."

  "Not bad." Su Cheng nodded.

  Jiang Guining hastily noted down the location.

  After a while, they arrived at a new location, and Jiang Guining said: "These wells have been shut down for three years. If we drill again, who knows, maybe oil will come out."

  "Not bad."

  Jiang Guining quickly wrote it down again.

  "These two wells have been visited before, and the sandification is a bit serious, but it's hard to say."

  "Not bad."

  Jiang Guining once again.

  Shulan secretly smiled: Su Cheng obviously said something good with every sentence, and the other party didn't even notice. It's really, one is bad and the other is stupid, they're a perfect match.

  After visiting dozens of oil wells, it was almost afternoon, Su Cheng said goodbye to Jiang Guining and rode his bicycle away, not giving him any time to react.

  Shulan wrapped her arms around his waist and chuckled: "Are you really interested in the oil well here, or are you just teasing me?"

  "Of course, it's the oil well that caught his attention. Who has the mood to play with him?" Su Cheng once again combed through the position he had looked at earlier, while applying his limited and pitiful exploration knowledge to make a judgment.

  Identifying 3 oil wells out of dozens doesn't sound difficult, but it's not that easy. If the wrong ones are chosen, not only will the cost of re-drilling be wasted, but it may also leave hidden dangers. For three oil wells in the same layer, if they belong to the same person, it doesn't matter how they're extracted, but if one is contracted out to someone else, there will be a scramble for extraction, and the cost will rise sharply, not to mention that the other two wells won't last long either.

  Send Shulan back to Dongying, it's a bit late, but the afternoon classes are usually teacher-less. Shulan is not nervous either, and stuffs the remaining boxed lunch into Sucheng, saying: "I made more this time on purpose, you can heat it up at night and eat it, don't eat too much steak, it's not good for your body."

  Jumping off her bicycle, Shulan smiled and waved goodbye, running towards school with small steps, her clean little legs occasionally exposed outside her skirt, looking very bright.

  Su Cheng felt a little dizzy and put the lunchbox in his arms, riding directly to the library, finding out the oil well map of Nan Er Zhuang, checking data and marking while doing so.

  He roughly located 11 oil wells, of which 2 are in production, both with a daily output of around 3 tons, which is the critical value. Su Cheng had to judge whether they were included in the three low-resistance oil wells. If so, the contract might have to be put off for now.

  After all, the current Shengli Oilfield only allows the leasing of absolutely "low-grade" oil wells. It is not impossible to lease two oil wells with a daily output of 40 barrels, but it is easy to touch the red line, and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages for Suzhou City now.

  He studied geophysical exploration and other courses as a professional foundation course when he was in school, but did not delve deeper. Judging low-resistivity oil wells is not that difficult, but requires precise analysis of instruments and some luck. If not, the paper of that senior fellow would not have been selected to be presented.

  Selecting 3 out of 11 oil wells, or ruling out 2, was already a relatively simple task, but Su Cheng still worked until the end of his shift, with papers full of analysis charts.

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