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    After discussing the history of China for half an hour, Jonas lost his composure and withdrew the topic.  "Uncle Gandel, you know the situation in Nigeria relatively well. I wonder what your views and decisions are on President Obasanjo's intention to hold this political and business forum?"

    Gandel said with a smile: "I won't tell you that I don't know the inside story at all. In fact, when President Obasanjo planned this forum, I already understood most of his intentions. He wanted to change the pressure on the oil industry.  The monopoly situation of Western multinational companies has ordered the government to legislate on the localization of oil development and formulate a series of policies to ensure that local companies have a minimum level of participation in the operations of multinational companies. The goal is to enable domestic companies to enter the Nigerian oil industry in 2006.  The goods and services provided in the field reached 45% and 70% by 2010. To this end, the Nigeria Petroleum Resources Bureau has established a localization working committee to work with Nigeria¡¯s major oil and gas companies and domestic companies reorganized in accordance with the law to improve Nigeria¡¯s localization  degree and accelerate the pace of utilization of local resources. At the same time, the Nigerian government issued a tender for 116 onshore marginal oil fields, stipulating that only local companies are eligible to participate in the tender for marginal oil fields, and foreign companies can cooperate with local companies as technical support partners.  The purpose of participating in the development together is to focus on cultivating the technology and operational capabilities of the Nigerian petroleum industry and prepare for the opening of marginal oil fields to local companies."

    "So how is he going to deal with the pressure from multinational companies?"

    "Open up the deep-sea oil fields. They themselves do not have the ability to mine deep-sea oil, so they will completely let go of control of the deep-sea oil fields. As far as I know, they will relax the control of deep-sea oil and give greater concessions to multinational companies."

    "According to your understanding, can his plan be implemented smoothly?"

    Gandel laughed.  "The plan is wonderful, but it's hard to achieve even half of it."

    Jonas asked: "What about the downstream links? For example, refining, warehousing, and transportation."

    Gandel smiled: "The National Petroleum Corporation of Nigeria has stated that it will invest more than 1.05 billion US dollars in the future to ensure that the refinery is in good production condition and effectively improve its refining capacity. However, due to their backward infrastructure and limited management level, their refining capacity is still at a low level.  At a lower level. Currently, the daily production capacity of the refineries they control is 17 million liters, while the domestic demand is 30 million liters, leaving a gap of 13 million liters per day and relying on imports. In order to reduce the import of petroleum products and meet domestic refining needs, Austria  On the one hand, Basanjo hopes that foreign investors will purchase 51% of the shares of four refineries and complete the privatization process as soon as possible. On the other hand, Basanjo has liberalized the policy on downstream oil operations and introduced a number of measures to encourage private refining companies to participate in downstream oil production.  However, the technology in this area is in the hands of foreign companies, and it depends on our face whether they want to reform in this area. As for warehousing and transportation, Obasanjo has no plan at all, because they simply do not have the money to invest.  "

    Jonas knew of the four refineries, two in Port Harcourt, one in Warri and one in Kaduna, north of Abuja.  Asked: "So are you interested in our investment in this area?"

    Gandel smiled and asked: "Us?"

    Jonas nodded.  "Yes, is us."

    Gandel asked: "Does Mr. Rich support this plan?"

    ¡°He told me to go big,¡± Jonas said.

    "So what's your plan?"

    Jonas pondered for a moment. In fact, he had no specific plans, but was confident in investing in Nigeria.  He is not a petroleum professional. Although he has an investment plan, it is only a directional investment, and specific measures need to be coordinated by professionals.  But he still said: "Uncle Gandel, in fact, although we have some investment intentions, we have not yet formed a plan. We will form a specific investment plan based on Nigeria's reform plan. However, according to the current assumptions, we  There is interest in a 51 percent stake in the refinery and the expansion of the port.¡±

    Gander shook his head and said: "The construction of the port is of course a good project, but to be able to expand the capacity to a tonnage of more than 100,000 tons of oil tankers, the investment required is relatively large. I remember that Nigeria made a plan last year  , but couldn¡¯t afford the $600 million project cost, so we gave up. Jonas, have you ever thought that now Shell and Mobil have specially customized oil tankers of less than 80,000 tons to run on these 40 kilometers of rivers?  How to ensure profitability?¡±

    Jonas said: "What if we expand the port in Warri first? The interests of Port Harcourt are too complicated. We might as well find another way and start with Warri Port."

    Gandel perked up and asked, "Will Mr. Rich support us fully?"

    Warri is a central city in Delta State, one of the three main oil-producing states in Nigeria. Although it and Rivers State, where Harcourt is located, are both major oil-producing areas,The environment was much worse and the riots continued.  This is also because the Delta State was the first area where oil was discovered and the first to be developed.  Due to Shell's irresponsibility, the local ecological environment has become seriously uninhabitable. The local people have broken out countless protests. As a result, Shell colluded with the Abacha dictatorship and executed a peace fighter and a famous writer.  Nine protesters were led by Saro Viva. Since then, the armed riots in Delta State have begun vigorously.

    Although the Abacha government later returned power to the people, the damage to the ecological environment by companies led by Shell has not been improved, which has also caused riots. The current oil extraction volume in Delta State is far lower than that of adjacent rivers.  state.

    Jonas also learned a lot about the rights and wrongs from Ganenko¡¯s investigation data, and felt speechless about many situations.  The main reason for environmental pollution was that the dictatorial government took away almost all the profits, resulting in no benefit to the local tribes.  And these tribes will try their best to steal oil and cause destruction. Shell's serious irresponsibility is also a very important reason. It can destroy an area of ??hundreds of square kilometers except for people and animals. How is this?  Pollution, a river can be so polluted that there isn't even a single fish left in it. It's scary to think about it.

    The Nigerian government does not have territorial management rights. The irresponsibility of the three parties has caused the current vicious circle. It also caused the situation to not improve much even if the Abacha government fell. This vicious circle has continued.  .  Delta State is now the most chaotic state in Nigeria, and the government¡¯s credibility is gone.

    Therefore, if you want to invest in the Delta State, it is more important to maintain friendly relations with different tribes. In this regard, even Gandel is not as good as Rich.  Therefore, only if Richie makes every effort to deal with these tribes will Gandel be interested in working together to conduct further investment and development in Delta State.

    Jonas nodded and said: "Yes, although Mr. Rich will not publicly participate in shares, he will leave a share of my shares for him."

    Gander said: "I also think it is feasible to invest in the Warri refinery. Today, the Warri refinery is almost completely scrapped. The oil in Delta State needs to be transported to Harcourt for refining through pipelines." He paused.  After a while, "Actually, if Mr. Rich can appease the Urhebo tribe, we can build a new port in Brutus. In this case, we only need to invest 100 million US dollars to build a 100,000-ton port."  The ports above.¡±

    "Brutus?" Jonas said with some shame: "I don't know much about Nigeria."

    Gander smiled and said: "Brutu is located southeast of Warri, at the junction of Delta State and Bayelsa State. It is not only an oil producing area, but also close to the seashore. The hydrological survey there shows that there is a river capable of carrying thirty  The waterway for large oil tankers with a capacity of 10,000 tons. However, because the area there is hundreds of kilometers surrounded by their sphere of influence, no one dares to invest."

    Jonas asked: ¡°Since it is close to the seaside, will it be difficult to transport crude oil?¡±

    Gandel said: "Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages everywhere. Harcourt and Warri are closer to the oil-producing areas, but external transportation is difficult. Although Brutus is a little further away from the oil-producing areas, external transportation is convenient.  . Another advantage is that it is the seaside. Although it is the control center of the Urhebo tribe, it is far away from the riot area, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. You know, there are rivers there, all of which are small and small.  island."

    Jonas nodded and said: "Uncle Gandel, then I will go back and analyze the specific situation, and then discuss it with you in detail."

    Gandel nodded.  He didn't know much about Jonas, so naturally he couldn't make any commitment to cooperate now.  Although Rich is behind him, he has to wait until the other party takes a positive attitude before he can consider further cooperation.

    Back in the room, Cassinari, who temporarily acted as Jonas¡¯s secretary, began to report on the communication between the company¡¯s executives and people in the industry.  "President Obasanjo's detailed reform plan has just been sent to Gamada. This plan has caused quite a stir, especially local companies are excited about it, but large companies have responded coldly to this plan.  . No less than ten local oil companies have contacted us, most of them are seeking financial and technical support."

    Jonas was stunned for a moment and asked: "Has the detailed reform plan been made public now?"

    Cassinari said: "Yes. Do you need to see it in person?"

    "No need, I just went to see Mr. Gander, and he already told me most of the content."

    Cassinari said with a smile: "Wait a minute, the dinner is about to start. Although the terms of the plan will not be discussed in detail tonight, we still need to give everyone?Give participants a reaction time.  The delay in making the reform plan public until now also shows that Obasanjo is not confident in this plan.  "

    Jonas asked: "In your opinion, what should we do?"

    Cassinari said: "Nigeria is not only short of funds, but also lacking of technology. Now, while it wants to attract foreign investment and introduce technology, it is setting up obstacles for our overseas companies. I think it is difficult for President Obasanjo's intention to be realized. Deep Sea  Although oil fields are a piece of fat, the development costs are far higher than land-based production and marginal oil wells. In my opinion, as long as we overseas companies join forces, this reform plan will be in vain."

    Jonas said with a smile: "This reform plan has no restrictions on existing companies. Currently, Shell, Mobil, Chevron, and Total all have large investments and interests in Nigeria. They will definitely agree to this reform plan for latecomers."  A plan to increase restrictions. Therefore, they will do it by increasing a little financial and technical investment conditionally, and we don¡¯t have to be the villain."

    "Then just sit back and wait for this plan to be implemented? This is not good for our interests."

    "But there is no harm. We just need to be able to get cheap oil, no matter which company extracts the oil. What's more, we can also go in the opposite direction and support this reform plan."

    Cassinari asked in surprise: "Jonas, I don't understand."

    Jonas said: "Kasinari, Nigeria's reform is the general trend. We should not go against it, but follow the trend and take advantage of the opportunity to plunder our interests. A big oil country does not use gasoline and diesel. This is a big problem for anyone."  It¡¯s a shame to the government. We should do better than others in order to get more benefits.¡±

    Cassinari asked: "Is there anything else I don't know about this?"

    ¡°Our company¡¯s interests in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea are less than 10% within the company, and my godfather and I both feel that the interests should be expanded to more than 10%, or even 20%.¡±

    "I understand." Cassinari said: "Jonas, you can communicate with me first in the future, so that I can better arrange and carry out the work in a targeted manner."

    Jonas hugged Cassinari and said with a smile: "This time it was my negligence. I originally wanted to wait until Nigeria's reform plan was finalized before discussing specific countermeasures."

    ¡°I know this is your first development project,¡± Cassinari said with a smile, ¡°so you want to do better.¡±

    Jonas smiled and said: "To be precise, this should be the second time. The copper mine in Chile is the first time."

    Cassinari covered her mouth in surprise.  "Jesus, Jonas, I didn't know you were involved in the copper mines in Chile."

    Jonas smiled and said: "Yes, I did not participate in the specific affairs. I just initiated the exploration and development." Telling Cassinari this is what Jonas must establish in front of Cassinari.  A capable image.  As Richie's right-hand man, Cassinari is more important to Jonas than anyone else.  Her support can save Jonas half of his energy from dealing with all kinds of trivial matters.  For this reason, Jonas must also change his fledgling image as soon as possible.

    (It¡¯s really exciting to receive support from male brothers every day. I also have new friends, the fallen boy. Your generosity makes me very happy. Thank you.)

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