Reborn Capital Madman

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There is a fact that often not much noticeable, that is, the last century, the nineteenth century, and this century, the twentieth century, the United States ranked first in the world in oil production, and founded by John Rockefeller

Standard Oil is the most vivid evidence. In the end, it was so powerful that it was infuriated by public anger and was ruled by the Supreme Court of the United States as an illegal monopoly.

This situation illustrates at least two issues: the degree of development and monopoly of the United States' oil industry, and the strength of the Zhengfu's control over the oil industry.

The development and monopoly of the United States' oil industry indirectly reflect that except for bitter and cold places like Alaska, the US land oil fields have long been divided up by traditional powerful people, and there is no need for outsiders and latecomers to spend time thinking about it.

For example, Texas, which is more well-known to the outside world, has its prosperity since the beginning of this century, and through the oil industry, it has changed from Texas cowboys to today's developed Texas.

During this historical period known as Texas oil boom, the Houston metropolitan area also developed, and powerful figures such as the four Texas tycoons appeared.

Among them, Hunter, who is still alive, has more than 100 wells in the East Texas oil field, which is rich enough to rival a country. He has married three wives and gave birth to more than ten children.

Hunter's son has two brothers, and he is currently trying to control the silver market in secret. If nothing unexpected happens, it will end in failure. But these two will definitely summarize their experience, make a comeback, and stage a more exciting drama.

The call of oil forces by wind and rain naturally attracted the control of the official government.

Since the Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal, the US government has almost hated supervision of industries like oil that naturally have monopoly attributes. It was only after the war in World War II hit the United States that it had to relax.

Under this atmosphere, the exploitation of offshore oil fields within the United States must comply with official decisions.

This is the case with the upcoming auction of the Eugene Island area, which in turn gives Gao Xian a rare opportunity for outsiders and latecomers to participate.

Of course, just like Lao Bushu is not optimistic, the bidding for offshore oil fields is a bit like a word that became popular decades later - "betting on jade", and the risk of betting is extremely high.

The ready-made lesson is that the US official took out some blocks along the Atlantic coast for auction, and the winners beat several ***s, but none of them had commercial value, and the loss was so complete.

Therefore, this kind of game is destined to be affordable for those with strong strength. If you buy too many games, you can make a lot of money by winning one or two.

Gao Xian said all the truth. He did a lot of homework on the Eugene Island area, but some of them were not worthy of being spoken by outsiders.

After Gao Xian and Bush Jr. accompanied Prince Charles for two days, the day for the US government to auction the leasehold rights in the Eugene Island area has come.

Out of curiosity, Prince Charles insisted on following Gao Xian to join in the fun, so naturally Bush would not leave.

According to Prince Charles, I have seen all auction artworks before, and I have never seen auction oil fields.

Gao Xian quipped: "Or, you can also make some contributions. If you really can meet an oil field, everyone will make money together."

Prince Charles agreed enthusiastically: "Okay, I have 10,000 pounds here, so I'll join the group."

Xiao Bushu nodded with a tough bullet and said, "I happen to have 50,000 US dollars of idle funds here, and I have joined the company."

Gao Xian laughed, "We must be worth the trip!"

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As a land-based nation, the masses usually do not realize the importance of marine rights or are limited to fisheries.

In terms of ocean ownership, in addition to the concept of territorial seas of three nautical miles, six nautical miles, or twelve nautical miles, there is also an exclusive economic zone of two hundred nautical miles.

Although the former colonial empires such as Britain, France and the Netherlands collapsed after the end of World War II, they had a large number of islands on various oceans as overseas territories, and then took this as the center and enjoyed it.

A considerable marine rights.

The United States is unique in this regard. It has Hawaii, Guam, etc. in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, and is a stronghold that combines strategic significance for military, transportation and resources.

The Eugene Island block, which is being auctioned, is located in the exclusive economic zone of the Gulf of Mexico in the United States. It is a region in the traditional sense and is most likely to discover oil fields.

With the advancement of technology, the depth of human beings' exploitation of oil from the seabed has continued to increase. In 1937, it could only reach thirteen feet; in 1955, it exceeded one hundred feet; and in 1962, it broke through.

Two hundred feet.

At this stage, it is no problem for oil companies to exploit oil resources at a 100-meter-level seabed through offshore oil platforms.

The depth of the Eugene Island block is within this range.

According to the plan of the United States Government, the Eugene Island block is divided into 313, 314 South, 330, 331, 332, 337, 338, a total of six and a half

Unit, sell its lease rights to the outside world.

Gao Xian has already carefully inquired about it. International oil giants including Royal Dutch Shell, California Standard Oil, and Chevron in the future are interested in participating. However, they seem to be most interested in the 331 area because according to

The current detection results are the most likely to be commercially exploited.

Gao Xian secretly breathed a sigh of relief because he had a fancy to the 330 area. If the international oil giants were the same, he would have to retreat.

When the auction began, Gao Xian faintly felt a certain tacit understanding flowing in the venue.

Block 313 was first auctioned, California Standard Oil frequently quoted, and other multinational oil companies like Royal Dutch Shell were just waiting and watching.

When the auction started in the Sanyi Sinan block, the atmosphere inside the venue cooled down significantly, and was finally won by a company that had no impression of Gao Xian.

When Block 330 was the third time to appear, a car service company headquartered in Houston, Texas, called Penzel, began to become active.

Seeing that the members of the seven sisters had no intention of taking action, Gao Xian started to appear and directly offered a price of 25 million US dollars, which immediately suppressed Peng Zele's representative so much that his face changed.

It was also from this time that Gao Xian, Prince Charles, and the Little Bush and his group began to be noticed.

Seeing that Gao Xian had finally bet, Prince Charles and his girl were immediately excited and showed an excited look on her face.

Xiao Bushu seemed a little nervous. After all, no matter how ignorant he was, he had some knowledge of his family. He knew that the risks were definitely not entertainment.

Penzel's representative reacted quickly and immediately quoted a new offer of 30 million US dollars; Gao Xian was even more decisive and raised the price to 40 million US dollars in one bite.

As a result, the atmosphere in the venue finally became really warm.

Penzell's representative showed anger on his face. Isn't this a lunatic!

Whether it is possible to find oil is not certain, whether it can produce commercially valuable oil wells, the daily output is uncertain, and the mining period is uncertain...

There are several blocks. Do you want to fight with us? If you have the ability, why didn’t you compete with California Standard Oil just now? Damn it!

After a brief whisper, Penzel's representative quoted a price of $45 million.

Gao Xian is the boss, and you don’t need to ask someone to discuss it. Make a decision on the spot - 50 million US dollars!

Penzel's representative shook his head in frustration and gave up on bidding.

With the sound of a hammer, in this era, the largest exploitable oil field in the Gulf of Mexico shelf in the United States fell quietly into Gao Xian's hands.