From the Island Owner to the King

Many people know that there is a lot of oil in the Middle East. It is a large natural oil depot. Its oil reserves account for 57% of the world's total reserves, and its oil production accounts for 31% of the world's total production.

However, what many people do not know is that the region stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea all the way to South America is a region of high oil production.

On Google Maps, above Tortuga Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, is recognized as one of the most oil-rich areas in the world.

Under the map of Tortuga Island, Venezuela, one of the top ten oil-producing countries in the world and one of the four founding countries of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has oil recoverable reserves, ranking first in the Western Hemisphere and fifth in the world, with crude oil production It accounts for 3% of the world's total crude oil production and 10% of OPEC's production.

Geographically a little further, under the Caribbean Sea, Colombia, the fifth largest oil producer in Latin America, accounts for 5% of the output of the entire Latin American region.

It would not be surprising if one day a super-large oil field was discovered in the Caribbean Sea.

When Chen Rui just bought Tortuga Island, he knew that there is a super-giant oil field on the seabed, located in the sea about 40 to 50 nautical miles northwest of Tortuga Island. The reserves are very amazing, and the reserves may exceed billions of tons, enough to It is discharged into one of the top ten oil fields in the world.

At that time, Chen Rui did not obtain the sovereignty of Tortuga Island, and the sovereignty still belonged to the sea. Even if the oil was explored, this super-giant oil field was finally cheaper from the sea.

Now, Chen Rui has obtained the sovereignty of Tortuga Island, including, territorial waters, 200 nautical miles of exclusive economic zone, becoming an independent sovereign state, plus. Chen Rui's international influence, and the hidden strength that any major country in the world should be afraid of, can completely explore super-giant oil fields.

Chen Rui talked with other exploration workers on the exploration ship for a while. Had lunch with everyone on board and then. Leaving the exploration ship.

Standing on the yacht 'Starfish', looking at the sea below.

Chen Rui can imagine that when a super-giant oilfield with reserves exceeding billions of tons, ranking the top ten in the world, surpassing the second Baku and Tyumen oilfields in Russia, producing most of the light oil with very good quality and little wax content. How will the world react when it is discovered.

The whole world was shocked.

Then. Oil prices fell.

Any oil-exporting country or oil-exporting organization in the world who wants to manipulate international oil prices for maximum benefit cannot ignore the voice of Tortuga Island.

--------

Chen Rui returned to Tortuga Island on the yacht 'Sea Star'.

Arrive at the National University of New Chang'an by car and park at the school gate.

Then, walk into the campus and come to the Institute of Biology.

The Institute of Biology was originally an independent scientific research institution. After the establishment of the National University of Tortuga, the Institute of Biology was merged into the University's Department of Biology.

Walk through the gate of the Institute of Biology.

"Welcome Mr. Chen." An old man of about 5 or 60 years old, with a strong spirit and a yellow face, greeted him and extended his hand to Chen Rui.

The old man's name is Li Hongying, Chinese. An internationally renowned biologist with deep research on biological cell cloning, he has successfully cloned 10 calves with the somatic cells of a 12-year-old cow. He is currently the Director of the Department of Biology and Director of the Institute of Biology at the National University of Tortuga.

Chen Rui stretched out his hand and shook hands with Li Hongying, "Hello, Professor Li."

"Mr. Chen, come to my office to talk." Li Hongying said.

"Okay." Chen Rui nodded.

Follow Li Hongying to his office.

Li Hongying poured Chen Rui a cup of tea.

"Are there any results for dinosaur cloning?" Chen Rui took a sip of tea and asked Li Hongying up.

The two dinosaurs found in Antarctica were transported back to Tortuga Island and kept in the underground ice bank, but at that time for research and realization like the plot in the sci-fi movie "Jurassic Park". To clone a living dinosaur, scientists at the Institute of Biological Studies extracted a small number of cells from the dinosaur's hind rump. Some results so far.

Li Hongying smiled, a little excited in his tone. Said, "We successfully obtained several somatic cells with complete DNA information from the cells extracted from the Tyrannosaurus Rex yesterday, so I will inform you immediately."

After listening to this sentence, some people must think it is very strange.

With the complete corpse of the dinosaur, it is not difficult to extract individual cells, so why is it so exciting! ?

But, you have to know the fact that each nucleotide in DNA can be maintained for 6.8 million years under extremely perfect conditions.

When did dinosaurs die? About 65 million years ago, DNA could not be preserved for such a long time.

Even the most eccentric rich scientist wouldn't say they wanted to clone dinosaurs unless Henry VIII rode them to battle -- absolutely impossible.

For those fans of "Jurassic Park", you are disappointed. In the film, the genetic genes of dinosaurs are extracted from the blood of dinosaurs in the bodies of prehistoric mosquitoes condensed in amber, and the prehistoric giants that have been extinct for 65 million years will be extracted. The scene of the resurrection of the beast is absolutely impossible in reality, because DNA cannot be preserved for such a long time, not to mention that the desert is definitely not such an excellent environment.

However, there are always special cases where the DNA map in a somatic cell is completely preserved.

The preliminary work of the cloning of the Institute of Biology was to find that special case from the somatic cells of dinosaurs, and the somatic cells that still completely preserved the DNA map.

The job is definitely not easy.

It depends on the luck of winning the lottery ticket, and it also depends on incomparable patience.

After more than a year.

Dozens of biological scientists and their assistants finally found that special case, several somatic cells with complete DNA information.

"Congratulations," Chen Rui said.

Li Hongying said, "When I watched Jurassic Park, I thought it was impossible to clone dinosaurs like the plot of the movie.

I didn't expect that you could miraculously find two dinosaur corpses that were frozen in Antarctica and their bodies were very well preserved, and miraculously found a dinosaur body cell with complete DNA information. Two 'almost impossible miracles' made it extinct for 6,500 years. The prehistoric behemoths are likely to come back to life.

However, obtaining the complete genome of dinosaurs is only the first difficult and almost impossible first step. The second step is even more difficult to break through. The genomic information is inserted into specific embryos through "cloning" technology and transplanted into specific recipients to produce individuals. Effective animal cloning needs to be carried out between species of the same or very closely related species. Currently, animals on the earth are far away from dinosaurs. "(To be continued)