Resource Tycoon Reborn

Fang Mingyuan nodded slightly. It can be said that Pu Zhuohou's views on the development prospects of the global shipbuilding industry in the next few years won his approval. With such a clear understanding, it is no wonder that Pu Zhuohou was appreciated by Li Jianxi.

"I want you to come here this time, mainly because I want to hear your views on the future development of the shipbuilding industry. Although Samsung Heavy Industries still has a lot of ship orders, the number of new orders last year declined. President Park cannot do it because the company last year

If the profits are still good, then we relax our vigilance." Fang Mingyuan said, "I also think that the shipbuilding industry will have to live a hard life for a few more years."

"Yes, I will definitely keep Mr. Fang's teachings in mind!" Su Zhuohou was ecstatic in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface. He stood up and bowed.

"Sit down, you don't have to be so polite." Fang Mingyuan waved his hands and said a few words before bowing. Even after so many years, he was still not used to it.

"Yes!" Pu Zhuohou sat down, his attitude a little more respectful.

Fang Mingyuan thought for a while and then asked: "How is the negotiation between the company and Shell regarding the construction contract of the new floating liquefied natural gas facility?"

Su Zhuohou was immediately refreshed and said with joy: "The main content has basically been agreed upon, and now there are still some details to discuss. If there are no surprises, it should be done in this half month

Once you are here, you can officially sign the contract.”

Floating liquefied natural gas facility, also known as LNG, is a floating production device used for the development of offshore natural gas fields. It is positioned at sea through a mooring system and has the functions of extracting, processing, liquefying, storing and loading and unloading natural gas, and through liquefaction

The use of natural gas (LNG) ships to realize the exploitation and transportation of offshore natural gas fields is a new technology for the development of offshore natural gas fields.

At present, offshore natural gas fields are generally exploited using production platforms and submarine pipelines. Compared with the development of natural gas fields using floating liquefied natural gas facilities, the traditional development method has quite obvious limitations. For example, if the natural gas field is far from the coast

If it is too far away or the gas storage scale is small, then the economic benefits of exploiting it will drop significantly or even make it impossible to recover the investment. If there are insurmountable difficulties in laying submarine pipelines, this gas field will basically be unable to be exploited.

The emergence of floating liquefied natural gas facilities has ended the single mode of pipeline transportation for offshore gas fields. There is no need to lay long-distance submarine pipelines, which saves a lot of transportation costs. Moreover, floating liquefied natural gas facilities are in

At sea, far away from human settlements, safety is greatly increased. Moreover, after the natural gas fields are exhausted, the floating LNG facilities can be moved to other natural gas fields by tugboats to continue production, which makes it possible to develop small and medium-sized marginal gas fields far away from the coast.

It has become a realistic and feasible project.

The floating liquefied natural gas facility can also be invested in the development of deepwater natural gas fields. Its huge body makes all-weather mining a reality. Unlike now, once extreme bad weather occurs at sea, the production platform must not suspend mining to avoid strong winds.

Big waves.

At present, there are two offshore natural gas field projects around the world that have determined to use floating LNG facilities for extraction, and dozens of offshore natural gas projects plan to use floating LNG facilities for extraction. Relevant personnel are conducting preliminary demonstrations and preparations for these projects.

Bidding. One of the two offshore natural gas fields confirmed to be exploited using floating LNG facilities is Shell's Western Australia prelude development project, which is in negotiations with Samsung Heavy Industries.

Shell is the world's top LNG supplier. Its gas fields are located in Indonesia, Australia, and Qatar. It is also one of the world's largest owners and operators of LNG carriers, supplying LNG to many countries around the world.

.The floating liquefied natural gas facility it plans to build is like a giant ship, with a length of more than 480 meters, a width of more than 70 meters, and a height of more than 110 meters. It can produce approximately 5 billion cubic meters per year.

The liquefied natural gas can also produce 1.3 million tons of concentrated oil and 400,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas. The empty weight exceeds 200,000 tons, and the full load weight is as high as more than 600,000 tons! You must rely on tugboats

It can be moved. Shell chose Samsung Heavy Industries to build such an unprecedented floating liquefied natural gas facility, which also shows its recognition of Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipbuilding technology.

Moreover, Su Zhuohou believes that as long as the first two floating liquefied natural gas facilities can be put into production normally, subsequent orders will continue to flow. After all, the demand for liquefied natural gas due to global economic development is increasing year by year. This is an indisputable fact.

The emergence of floating liquefied natural gas facilities can make marginal gas fields that were previously difficult to profit recoverable. Moreover, floating liquefied natural gas facilities are also suitable for the early production of gas fields, which can ensure that development companies can obtain profits as soon as possible.

At times, capital has always been quick and decisive.

Fang Mingyuan nodded. Zhuo Zhuhou's judgment was quite accurate. He was also very optimistic about the future liquefied natural gas market. Compared with coal and oil, liquefied natural gas is undoubtedly a clean energy source. China has now also paid attention to the issue of environmental pollution.

Especially in the north, the haze hazard has reached the point where it has to be rectified. For example, the coal-to-electricity and coal-to-gas projects in Beijing have been in progress, and the demand for liquefied natural gas can be said to be jumping.

The land is growing, and the number of LNG carriers around the world is constantly growing. This is the most obvious example. As the demand for LNG increases, these companies will naturally increase their exploration efforts, and floating LNG facilities have many advantages.

, naturally you don’t have to worry about future orders. And for a giant ship like a floating liquefied natural gas facility, it takes a long time to build one, and the investment is extremely staggering.

Su Zhuohou suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart. Would Fang Mingyuan ask Samsung Heavy Industries to transfer the technology for building floating liquefied natural gas facilities to Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd.? Kuok Shipping Group Company won the contract to build super tankers.

After developing high-end ship construction technology, it was licensed to a number of domestic shipbuilding companies in China, which has caused a significant decline in the market price of high-end ships such as supertankers. If the technology for building floating liquefied natural gas facilities is further spread,

Life for Samsung Heavy Industries is even more miserable. China's shipbuilding industry has been booming in recent years, but it has actually taken away a large number of ship orders from Korean shipbuilding companies, including Samsung Heavy Industries. This has also forced South Korean shipbuilding companies to generally

Set up a branch factory in China to reduce ship construction costs and keep only the construction of high-end ships in China. Although Samsung Heavy Industries and Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd. are both companies under the Fang family, they stand in a sincere and honest position

On the other hand, it is human nature not to want to spread the technology to affect the performance of Samsung Heavy Industries.

Fang Mingyuan pulled out a folder from the briefcase behind him and pushed it to Zhen Zhuo Houdao: "This is the information of a private shipbuilding company located in Donghai Province, China. Take it and take a look. It has now fallen into serious losses. Donghai

The provincial government hopes that Guo's Shipping Group Company will acquire it, and I would like to hear your opinion on this."

Su Zhuohou was startled for a moment, then happily took it and said: "I will learn about the current situation of the company as soon as possible and report to you."

Fang Mingyuan nodded and filled the cup of coffee in front of him. Zou Zhuohou took it with both hands, somewhat flattered. Fang Mingyuan said again: "Zhuohou, President Li has a very high overall evaluation of you. I hope you will not let him and his family down."

What I expect from you."

Su Zhuohou left with joy. Fang Mingyuan pulled out the performance report of Samsung Heavy Industries and read it for a long time, his brows knitted together.

Although the performance of Samsung Heavy Industries is still quite good, although Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd. is still maintaining considerable profits, and although Feldspar Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. is also making gratifying profits, Fang Mingyuan has a sense of crisis.

It has stayed in my mind for a long time. The prospects for the global shipping and shipbuilding industries in the next few years are definitely not good, but it is hard to say how bad it will be.

The global shipping industry has overcapacity and the shipbuilding industry has overcapacity. Both excesses broke out during the global economic crisis. The lethality is definitely not as simple as one plus one. As far as Fang Mingyuan knows, a new round of reshuffle in the shipping industry has already begun.

There are clues. Although Kuok Shipping Group Co., Ltd. does not have to worry about being acquired by its peers, it is the bottom line to ensure that its market share is not squeezed.

He vetoed Kuok's Shipping Group's continued expansion of its fleet business. The problem of overcapacity does not exist for the current Kuok's Shipping Group. However, Samsung Heavy Industries, Heungkong Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd. and Feldspar Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

He was a little unsure whether he could survive the cold winter of the shipbuilding industry independently and smoothly without the help of the parent company, and turn the disadvantages into advantages.

"What a pity!" Fang Mingyuan sighed. Although Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd. is said to be the top shipyard in China with advanced technology, domestic warships have never been built by private enterprises. Otherwise, if they can get

Orders from the military have made life more comfortable these days. I didn't realize that Hyundai Heavy Industries relied on orders from South Korea. Even during the economic crisis, its performance was good. What's more, from the news he knew,

The next few years will be a period of intensive construction of naval warships, and a large number of new warships will be built. Such a big cake can only be watched helplessly being eaten by other manufacturers without having its own share, which is also relatively

It’s frustrating. In European and American countries, the large shipyards that remain today mainly focus on building military ships, which is also a decisive factor in their survival.

Fang Mingyuan has officially considered the request made by the Donghai Provincial Government and Shangguan Yi. The fact that Donghai Shipbuilding Industry Group Company was made difficult by the Belgian shipping company is not an embarrassment at all for him. He has already discussed it with Anjie

Lina said hello and believed that the Belgian shipping company would soon correct its attitude and resolve the matter. On the contrary, Rongsheng Heavy Industry Group Company made him scratch his head.

From a purely profit perspective, Fang Mingyuan does not want to get involved in the troubled waters of Rongsheng Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd. Even if he does not lack funds now and wants to continue to expand Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd., there are better acquisitions

Object. He just asked Zuo Zhuohou about the current situation of South Korea's ST Group. Zuo Zhuohou's answer was that although everything on the surface of ST Group is still normal, as a peer, he has heard a lot of things that are not good for ST Group.

Some of the rumors have been confirmed. However, they have not been released to the Korean public.

If ST Group cannot obtain strong financial support in the short term, it is likely that a debt crisis will break out in the next one or two years. In the past few years, ST Group has acquired five domestic companies in South Korea and two foreign companies.

enterprises, but most of the funds invested in acquisitions relied on different forms of borrowings and loans. Before 2008, due to the rapid development of the global shipping industry, shipbuilding companies held a large number of ship orders and obtained loans from the financial sector.

Quite easy. But after 2008, due to the strong impact on South Korea's financial industry and the severe tightening of the financial market, it became impossible for ST Group to easily obtain loans.

Although the current ST Group has not yet reached that point, if the operating conditions have not been significantly improved during this year, or it has not received strong financial support, then the future of ST Group will be worrying. At this point

, Fang Mingyuan and Su Zhuohou still have quite the same views.

If the future prospects of ST Group are not good, Fang Mingyuan is still very interested in the shares of ST Sanshan Shipyard and Aker Shipbuilding Group in its hands. However, the shares of Aker Shipbuilding Group, Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry

There is no need to worry about the Group Co., Ltd. Europeans are still very wary of Chinese capital entering the shipbuilding industry. However, Samsung Heavy Industries can consider acquiring it to enter the construction field of luxury cruise ships. And ST Sanshan Shipyard is Fang Mingyuan.

The acquisition targets that are valued are intended to be used to expand the production capacity of Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd., thereby completing the industrial layout of Xiangjiang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd. in the north.

However, the Donghai Provincial Government pushed Rongsheng Heavy Industry Group Company in front of itself. Even if it had to reject it in the end, it still had to consider the face issues of the Donghai Provincial Government and Shangguan Yi.