Chapter 935 Nanyang is also about to be a rogue (first update, please subscribe)
“This is the largest exploration project since the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey obtained Saudi Arabia’s 1 million square kilometers of oil exploration rights in 1933. Mining rights concession!”
Compared with the surprise of oil companies in Europe and the United States, Nanyang’s reaction was direct-the shares of Nanyang Petroleum Company listed on the Yongan Stock Exchange directly rose by more than 3%. It's because the market is not yet sure whether there is oil there.
The market is uncertain, but Li Yian is very certain.
Walking to the map and staring at the Sirte Basin on the map, Li Yian smiled proudly and said, "Okay, the Sirte Basin is ours!"
Libya's oil is mainly distributed in the eastern and western coastal areas, especially the Sirte Basin, which is the most important oil-producing area. In another world, oil companies have explored 88 large oil fields in the Sirte Basin, and the quality of crude oil is Light and low in sulfur content. Because the terrain is flat and oil is easy to extract, ports and natural gas pipelines can reach Europe directly without passing through the Suez Canal.
In terms of transportation costs, the transportation costs of Libyan oil are the cheapest in Europe!
Now, Libyan oil belongs to Nanyang!
Looking at Libya on the map, Li Yian picked up the cup and drank a cup of tea. He felt quite comfortable and just looked at the map.
“It’s not easy!”
Li Yian looked at the map and said.
“Now we have finally enclosed a piece of land and have a large overseas oil field that belongs to Nanyang.”
However, while looking at the map, he could not help but think about it. One person... is the Ka Dazuo who offended all the five gangsters.
Li Yi'an didn't know much about Colonel Card, except that he could be so arrogant that he didn't take the five gangsters seriously, and he also had some weird behaviors, such as sleeping in a tent in New York. , what a female escort.
In general, this is all that is known about Ka Dazuo.
However, Kadzo was a Libyan. Like many subsequent Arab leaders, he came to power through a military coup.
After he became the ruler of Libya through a military coup, there was one thing he did that Li Yian could not ignore.
“Nationalization of oil!”
Muttering this term, Li Yian frowned.
Before we obtained the exploration and mining rights in the Suter Basin, things like oil nationalization had nothing to do with Nanyang.
But now it is different. Now Nanyang has obtained the oil exploration and production rights in the Suter Basin, which is a super oil field equivalent to several Daqing oil fields.
If Colonel Cardano launches a military coup in the future and takes control of Libya, the oil nationalization he promotes is destined to seriously damage Nanyang's interests.
"In which year did the colonel come to power?"
Li Yi'an had no impression of this at all. Who usually pays attention to this issue when they have nothing to do?
But with a little imagination, Li Yian came to a conclusion.
"We can't let them nationalize Nanyang's oil fields."
Almost subconsciously, Li Yian realized that Ka Dazuo would seriously damage Nanyang's interests.
“This won’t work!”
Frowning, Li Yian’s expression became serious. Just now he was proud of getting the big oil field in the Suter Basin. Now What I am thinking about is how to ensure that Nanyang's interests are not harmed in the future.
“What was the reaction of those Western oil companies when President Khaleda nationalized Libya’s oil?”
Although he knew nothing about this, Li Yian knew that the oil companies in Western countries must be angry, but they were also powerless.
Otherwise, how could it be possible to allow countries including Libya to nationalize their oil fields?
In the 1960s and 1970s, it was not just Libya, nor was there only one Colonel Kadir who pursued the policy of nationalizing oil.
Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia...almost all oil countries have achieved oil nationalization in different ways, taking the oil fields controlled by foreign oil companies into their own hands, at least all of them. Most of the profits were recaptured.
This is also the origin of the so-called "Middle East tycoons". It is the huge wealth brought by oil that makes the Middle East synonymous with tycoons.
The reason why Cardano is able to do those weird things around the world is because the huge wealth brought by oil allows him to squander that wealth as he pleases.
Not only Cardano, but countries such as Iraq and Kuwait have launched "petroleum nationalization policies" at different times, which has allowed them to gain huge wealth. This is also the fundamental reason for the rise of tycoon countries in the Middle East. , "Nationalize oil."
Muttering this word, Li Yian walked back and forth in the study, and then he walked to the table and took out the cigar box He picked up a cigar, lit it, and took a puff silently.
“When Cardano and others implemented the policy of nationalizing oil, what was the reaction of those Western countries? Why didn’t they stand up to protect the interests of their own country’s enterprises?”
The answer is very simple.
The Cold War was an era when the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, faced each other.
The traditional European powers are in a period of political decline, and they simply do not have the strength to safeguard the interests of their own businesses. Not only did they lack strength, but the post-war international environment also prevented them from safeguarding their own interests as openly as they did before the war.
Because the existence of the United Nations has given those small countries some protection to a certain extent - big countries cannot invade those small countries as unscrupulously as they did before the war.
Except for superpower invasion of course.
It is precisely the changes in the rules of the international game that prevent those traditional Western powers from invading small countries as unscrupulously as they did before the war.
And this is also the fundamental reason why Ka Dazuo jumped around and did not hesitate to offend the five gangsters - because he knew that offending the five gangsters was not a big deal.
Even later, when he bombed several American planes one after another because of his support for terrorist activities, he never worried that the country would perish - because he knew that the rules of the international game would protect him. What can the United States do in the end?
It was nothing more than launching an air strike, but even so, it was accused of being an "invasion", because according to the rules of the international game, the US air strike was indeed an invasion, and it even gave him the title of "anti-American hero" ", and later some Middle Eastern countries were still able to ignore the economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations on Libya due to the air crash and continue to communicate with it.
It can be said that the rules of the game after the war are definitely beneficial to small countries. No, it should be said to be beneficial to gangsters!
"If they dare to take action against Libya, the Russians will definitely not sit idly by. For Russia, this is the time for them to expand their influence."
Li Yian frowned after taking a puff of cigarette. Frown.
"This won't work. Nanyang doesn't just have the Suter Basin in its hands. It also has oil fields in the Persian Gulf. Together, they can produce hundreds of millions of tons of oil a year, and it's all in vain. Money.”
Although he is obsessed with dismantling oil hegemony, Li Yian understands the important value of oil in industry.
The promotion of electric vehicles is just to reduce the direct connection between oil and ordinary people's lives, so as to avoid being threatened by OPEC.
If it is just industrial raw materials, it is difficult for ordinary people to feel its existence. Even if the price increases occasionally, the direct impact will be very limited. It is not intuitive that you need to spend several times or even ten times the price to refuel. This also leaves OPEC with no bargaining chip for kidnapping.
Returning oil to a common industrial raw material is the fundamental reason why Li Yian is determined to develop electric vehicles.
But as an important industrial raw material, oil will feel safer only if it is in your own hands.
This is also the fundamental reason why Li Yi'an will benefit from Nanyang Petroleum Company's oil exploration and production rights in the Persian Gulf and Suter Basin.
It is to take control of the big oil fields and oil pipelines in our own hands.
However, if those countries are allowed to use "oil nationalization", the oil fields that Nanyang has spent a lot of time and money to build will be taken away.
This is not good.
"Destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents!"
Taking a puff of cigarette, Li Yi'an let out a long sigh.
“It’s not that I don’t respect the political rules of international games, but agreements always need to be abided by. If you want to tear up the agreement...then don’t blame Nanyang for turning into a hooligan.”
"No matter what, we cannot let them take away the oil fields in Nanyang."
Based on ability, no, it should be said that the contract that has been signed can never be torn up. This has nothing to do with anything else, this is It is the most basic business rule. If certain countries are allowed to act rogue and tear up commercial contracts that have been signed at will without paying any price.
Then the cornerstone of world trade will be destroyed. For Nanyang, which has established a "nation based on trade", maintaining a fair mechanism for world trade is fundamental to ensuring the interests of Nanyang countries.
So, from now on... Li Yian took a puff of cigarette and talked to himself.
“In the future, Nanyang will also be a gangster—no, it should be said to be the defender of the world’s commercial order.”
(End of this chapter)