Chapter 250 Oil Changes Destiny
We drove to old Carl's ranch, where two independent villas, stables and cow sheds had the charm of the last century. The area was neither too big nor too small, about 35 hectares, 3500 mu, or 525 acres.
Old Carl bought it from the previous rancher for nearly $17.
There are dozens of cattle and sheep on the ranch, divided into two pens. Old Carl's children will come here to look after the cattle when they have nothing to do.
His son was more ambitious and saved money to open a convenience store and a fast food restaurant in the small town.
"It's right here." Old Carl led the way to the flat slope in his backyard and circled off a large area of land with wooden tags.
Zhang Ailun looked at the environment and geographical location. It was a plain with high and low slopes. He asked, "Are you sure you want to dig a well here?"
"Of course. I asked a professional oil surveyor to take a look a long time ago. It cost more than two hundred dollars. He said that if we drill a well here, we will definitely find oil," said Old Carl.
"Ok."
Can the person you find for two hundred dollars be reliable?
But seeing that Old Carl was so confident, Zhang Ailun still didn't say anything. He waved to the Beggar Gang disciples, and several of them drove the platform truck to the place marked by Old Carl. They prepared the preliminary work, connected the drainage pipes, filled the platform truck with gas, and immediately started the drilling process.
The drill bit was pointed at the ground, and the alloy steel drill bit began to drill with a buzzing sound.
Dirt splashed and the drill began to extend underground.
Zhang Ailun and Old Carl sat on chairs nearby and watched. The Labrador dog in the ranch led a few puppies over and ran around them, occasionally barking at the lambs that had crossed the boundary in the pasture next to them.
"Suck, suck." Zhang Ailun took out a piece of sausage, waved at the puppies and threw it out. Several Labrador puppies trotted over and scrambled for it.
Seeing this, the chief was also very satisfied and asked Old Carl, "When will my hunting dogs arrive?"
"It will only take two days. I contacted my friend yesterday and he will pick out some high-quality hunting dogs for you." Old Carl signaled him not to be anxious.
Several people were chatting and laughing, and old Carl's son also brought over drinks and snacks. The atmosphere was very pleasant and relaxed.
The drilling work went very smoothly at the beginning. They drilled dozens of meters underground in half an hour. The soil began to contain slurry and mud. This was within old Carl's expectations. After all, the underground water resources were relatively abundant, and there was an underground river. As long as they drilled through it, everything would be fine.
After a while, the drilling platform worked more than 100 meters underground, and the Beggar Gang disciples also determined that there was black substance in the underground soil they had pumped out.
He picked up a piece of soil, put it in his mouth, chewed it, tasted it, and ran over to report to the chief leader: "Boss, we found oil about 167 meters underground, but there is still a lot of water in it, and the quality of the oil is also relatively poor, but it also means that there is indeed oil underground."
Old Carl laughed loudly: "Okay, okay! I told you! There is definitely oil underground. I'm going to be rich!!"
Zhang Ailun remained calm and signaled the Beggars' Sect disciples to continue maintaining the mining work.
A few dozen minutes later, a large amount of mud suddenly burst out of the drilling machine's pipe. The white slurry kept gushing out, and the black oil substance that was originally attached to it disappeared.
When Old Carl saw this situation, he felt a little panicked. After all, the most frightening thing about oil extraction is encountering a bottomless riverbed, which can easily make people go bankrupt!
But he still said calmly: "Don't be afraid, we just drilled into an underground river. After all, there is basically water 200-300 meters underground. We will be fine once we drill through it."
Start comforting yourself.
He also called on people to take out the pumps to draw out all the water gushing out from the underground river and irrigate the pasture grass on the other side to make good use of the waste.
The cows eating grass looked up at the pipe that looked like a shower head. It was a sunny day, but it suddenly rained for no apparent reason. They were a little confused.
210 meters, 250 meters, 280 meters, 300 meters, 360 meters...
Seeing that the water spray was still unstoppable, Old Carl began to doubt his life and could only ask the Beggars' Sect disciples to suspend their work, let the drilling machine cool down, and dig out some dry soil from the side to start leveling the ground.
After all, too much water flowed out, and half of the wheel was almost buried. It would affect the stability of the platform vehicle, and it would be difficult to deal with if the tire got stuck.
He ran to the side, lit a cigarette, and puffed out smoke.
"That makes no sense. We're already 360 meters underground, how come there's still so much water?"
Old Carl's hands were shaking as he held the cigarette.
After all, it concerns his dream of becoming a multi-millionaire or even a billionaire, so he cannot help but be terrified.
Zhang Ailun comforted him: "You are going to mine 500 meters underground, which is still a long way off."
"you're right."
Old Carl calmed down, finished a cigarette, and quickly adjusted his mentality. He came back and asked the Beggars' Sect disciples to start the drilling machine. With a buzzing sound, the drilling machine continued to work underground.
After more than an hour, the drill bit reached about 470 meters underground. At this time, the gushing water and mud were finally stopped, and instead all that was pumped out was soil rich in black-brown substances.
From wet to dry and then back to wet. The black soil is rich in liquid clay.
Seeing this, Old Carl also laughed: "It appears! Liquid gold!!"
Zhang Ailun also picked up a handful of soil and clenched it in his hand, then smelled it. There was indeed a pungent smell. The color of the soil began to change, indicating that the crude oil content had begun to increase.
526 meters underground. As the Beggars' Sect disciples tried to pump oil again, there was a tremor like a blockage at first, and a viscous substance like mud was sprayed out. Soon, a large amount of black-brown liquid suddenly spurted out like a flood, and the pipeline was directly unblocked! !
“It’s oil!!”
The Beggars' Sect disciples shouted. Looking at the large amount of black viscous material gushing out of the pipe, which was basically no longer rich in any soil material, he reached out and touched it, and all that was hanging on his hand was sticky crude oil.
“There is really oil!!”
Old Carl stood there in a daze, his face flushed instantly. He suppressed his inner excitement, his hands were shaking, and he couldn't help laughing up to the sky: "Hahahaha! I'm rich!!"
Zhang Ailun was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that after all his troubles, he actually managed to produce oil for Old Carl.
Blessing: "Congratulations, Carl. You are really lucky!"
"It's just so-so." Old Carl waved his hand, trying hard to suppress his excitement.
The Beggars' Sect disciples stopped wasting oil. Judging from the amount of oil pumped out of the pipeline, there is still a lot of underground resources. At least two million barrels of crude oil can be extracted, and the total market recovery value is between US$9500 million and US$1 million.
One well can provide old Carl with at least 65-80 barrels of crude oil every day, so he doesn't have to worry about resource depletion for twenty years.
Converted into US dollars, leaving aside the water and electricity bills, the minimum income for a well that is left there doing nothing every day is 5000 US dollars, the minimum monthly income is 15 US dollars, and the minimum annual income is 180 million US dollars.
This is just the income from a single oil well. If two more wells were drilled nearby and pumped non-stop for 24 hours, the production and income would double, and the minimum profit for a year would be $ million! !
This kind of miserable life with tens of thousands of dollars coming in as soon as you open your eyes can be enjoyed for twenty years.
Oh my god. It is oil that really changes destiny! !
Zhang Ailun immediately asked the Beggar Gang disciples to take out the alloy steel drill bit and fix the mining pipeline.
After celebrating with his son and daughter-in-law, old Carl urgently contacted a nearby mining company and ordered a kowtow machine.
Anyway, it is a foregone conclusion that there is oil underground. What remains is to install a nodding machine to extract the oil stably and find a refinery to cooperate in selling it. This thing can earn you dozens of dollars just by using it. It will nod to you 24 hours a day and pump money out of you.
There is no doubt that people from oil companies or other channels will come to you and try to negotiate cooperation with you.
After all, the oil reserves on Old Carl's land are about two million barrels.
Even if ordinary people can extract oil from the backyard of their ranch, the reserves are only a few hundred thousand barrels. But there are also lucky guys who can extract tens of millions of barrels of crude oil reserves underground. They even filed a lawsuit!
If you are not strong enough, you really can't control this thing! It is easy to die from suicide with 27 bullets in the back.
Hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil are enough to make people jealous, not to mention that this is a market worth 100 million US dollars!
After spending some time dealing with the mining site, Old Carl installed railings near the mining pipeline to prevent hunting dogs and lambs from getting close. He was also in high spirits and ready to go over to help the chief to extract oil.
Old Carl paid for a new tank of gas for the platform truck, paid the chief leader $4 for the mining fee, and drove to the Green Field Ranch.
Zhang Ailun returned to his own territory, took out his mobile phone to check the geographical location, and directed the Beggar Gang disciples to drive the drilling vehicle to the coordinate area of to extract shallow oil 160 meters underground.
Old Carl has a different opinion. "What can you find from 160 meters underground? There is nothing but groundwater and gravel. I think you should drill directly at 500 meters underground!"
The Beggars' Sect disciples also consulted the chief leader whether they should drill for oil at this location. Zhang Allen nodded and said confidently: "It's right here. I have a hunch that there is definitely oil under this land."
Seeing that he could not persuade the chief leader, who was determined not to turn back until he hit the wall, Old Carl shook his head and said, "Even if you have a platform machine, it will cost you at least $4000 to dig a well, or even more. If no oil is extracted, you will have to find a way to fill the hole."
"Don't worry, you spent $200 to hire such an unreliable person to locate the oil, and if they can extract the oil from underground, I'm sure I can, too." Zhang Ailun waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to worry.
After all, he hadn't bought the oil chickens and oil dogs from the professional oil hunters yet.
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For ordinary people, this thing is similar to finding a gold mine, which mainly relies on metaphysics and luck. Once you encounter it, it will change your fate! But for the chief leader, it has already been a done deal.
What he needs to consider is how to protect this family business and maximize the profits from oil.
He immediately ordered the Beggar Gang disciples to start drilling on the spot.
After preparing the preliminary work, the Beggar Gang disciples started the drilling rig at the location designated by Zhang Ailun and began to dig holes on the spot. With a buzzing sound, the alloy steel drill bit plunged into the ground violently, and soil splashed.
Old Carl and Zhang Allen waited patiently nearby. After more than ten minutes, they saw that the mud spraying out of the pipe had changed color.
The Beggars' Sect disciple was shocked and picked up a handful of soil to identify it. "Good news! There is really black oil in the soil!"
"What!?" Old Carl was a little confused. His expression changed quickly. He hurried over to take a look, grabbed a handful of soil, and said in disbelief, "We've only dug less than 60 meters down there, and there's oil?"
Zhang Ailun's mouth curled up. He quickly regained his composure and ordered, "Keep drilling! Drill at least 160 meters underground."
"Okay." The Beggars' Sect disciples continued drilling. They kept a close eye on him and were a little nervous.
After all, this is a major issue that concerns whether the leader can create an oil empire!
The leader is rich now, would he still treat them unfairly?
Old Carl scratched his head, puzzled, and lit another cigarette, "There's no reason. No matter how you look at it, this piece of land doesn't look like there's oil."
"If everyone thinks like you, this land will never be developed, and treasures and truth are often in the hands of a few people," Zhang Ailun replied.
The drilling platform continued to work and soon drilled 150 meters underground.
The color of the soil began to turn black at a speed visible to the naked eye, and crude oil mixed with mud sprayed out.
The Beggars' Sect disciples could not help but get excited and shouted loudly, "Boss! It's crude oil! There really is crude oil! There's so much crude oil before we even get to 160 meters underground!"
"If I really have oil underneath, the content will definitely not be less than Mr. Carl's oil. There are at least two million barrels of oil, with a total value of at least 1 million US dollars. There will be no problem of resource depletion within 7000 years. If I directly contract and sell it to an oil company, I should be able to get a price of 8000- million US dollars!"
The discerning Beggar Gang disciple analyzed the oil content of the pipe and roughly analyzed the situation. His calm face began to turn red, and he suppressed his excitement. "And this land definitely has oil not only in this shallow area, there must be oil areas in other places, at least one!"
Old Carl doubted his life. He looked at Zhang Allen, who remained calm, and could not help but envy him: "You can buy land rich in oil assets for 180 million. You really got a great bargain!"
"It's just so-so." Now it was the chief's turn to wave his hand modestly.
Soon the drilling rig entered the shallow oil zone 160 meters underground. With a buzzing sound, a large amount of brown-black oil gushed out of the pipeline, pouring out. It seemed that the amount of oil here was even richer than that on Old Carl's land.
The Beggars' Sect disciple was shocked and said, "I misjudged. The oil content of this land is at least 250-300 million barrels! The total value is at least over million US dollars!"
Is this the charm of oil?
Suddenly he became a billionaire! ?
Zhang Ailun was also amazed.
Immediately, let the Beggars' Sect disciples stop pumping oil. Now what is spraying out is all money! One spray can be tens or hundreds of dollars!
The Beggar Gang disciples hurriedly stopped the machine.
Old Carl scratched his head, and seeing that Zhang Allen was still planning to command the Beggars' Sect disciples to move the platform truck, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you plan to continue drilling and extracting oil in other places?"
"What else? Now that we have luck, we must strike while the iron is hot!" Zhang Ailun answered without hesitation. He asked the Beggar Gang disciples to pull out the drill, reinforce the oil extraction pipeline, and install railings nearby.
He directed the Beggars' Sect disciples to fill up the gas tank, move the platform truck, and reach the coordinates of . After confirming the location, he started drilling down! The distance of 500 meters underground was marked.
With a buzzing vibration and splashing soil, the drill began to extend downward. About half an hour later, the pipe vibrated and spewed out a large amount of gravel.
The Beggars' Sect disciples quickly reported this not-so-optimistic situation to the chief leader, "Boss, we may have encountered shale and a lot of underground ore. If there are too many rocks, it will easily damage the drill bit. Should we continue drilling?"
"Doesn't shale contain natural gas and oil?"
Zhang Allen and Old Carl walked over to take a look and found that the broken rocks did not seem to contain oil and natural gas. They immediately gave the order, "Keep drilling. The alloy steel drill bit, which costs tens of thousands of dollars, is originally used to break rocks. Let's see whether the rocks are harder or my drill bit is harder!"
(End of this chapter)
