PNB Chapter 180: Exploration Begins, Li Guangjie is Confused
Chapter 180: Exploration Begins, Li Guangjie is Confused
Seven days later.
The northernmost point of Dragon Kingdom.
Daqing, Heilongjiang.
As soon as October began, the temperature in Daqing dropped to more than ten degrees below zero.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and snowflakes as big as gravel were falling.
Mixed in the howling north wind, they looked like small knives.
It hurts the skin.
In such a harsh environment, even animals that usually come out to look for food have begun hibernation early.
The entire withered and yellow grassland was dead silent, without even a hint of life.
But at this moment, the roar of a car broke the silence.
Not far away, a fully armed reconnaissance team was driving into this desolate land against the cold wind.
After a while, the convoy finally stopped.
Immediately afterwards, a group of Longguo soldiers wearing military coats jumped down from the car swiftly and efficiently.
Under the guidance of technicians, they began to assemble large machines.
"Director Fang, are you sure there's a large oil field underneath this place?"
Also getting off the bus was Li Guangjie, who had flown to the Great Wall Military Factory five days earlier.
After getting off the car, he looked around and then asked Fang Yu.
It’s no wonder Li Guangjie feels weird.
He originally thought that since Fang Yu chose Daqing, he would definitely follow the old path of the Little Sakura people.
That is, the area near the Liaohe River is being explored.
After all, Sakura had put in so much effort back then, and it wasn't all in vain.
The oil mines opened in the Liaohe Plain still produced some heavy oil.
If we continue digging deeper, we will most likely find more oil.
Although, compared with light oil, heavy oil has disadvantages such as high density, high viscosity, low combustion efficiency and high sulfur content.
Moreover, it is more difficult to mine than light oil.
But at least it solved the dilemma of Longguo having no oil available.
However, what he didn't expect was that Fang Yu actually did the opposite.
Instead of exploring the area near the Liao River, they went directly to the center of Daqing, a desolate area, and began to explore...
Until now, Li Guangjie even felt that he could no longer understand the logic behind Fang Yu's behavior.
"Don't worry, Director Li, it's guaranteed!"
Hearing this, Fang Yu patted his chest confidently and said.
"After all, I signed a military order with the chief and the others. How could I joke about my own life?"
"You think so?"
Hearing this, Li Guangjie frowned even more tightly.
At the same time, a hint of doubt appeared on his face.
He really didn't know who gave Fang Yu this confidence...
……
"All of it—"
Three days later.
A tall drilling rig has been built thanks to the unremitting efforts of hundreds of Dragon Country soldiers.
With a loud bang, the downward excavation work officially began.
100 meters...
200 meters...
400 meters...
600 meters...
As the drill bit of the drilling rig went deeper and deeper, the expression on Li Guangjie's face, who had been watching nervously from the side, became more and more serious.
The drill bit has reached a depth of 600 meters, but until now, he has not seen even a drop of oil.
Although, according to current geographical theories, the general oil storage depth can reach as deep as 2000 meters underground.
However, the shallowest oil fields of those wealthy people in the Middle East are only 20 meters from the ground!
In their own words, if they dig a hoe, what might come out is oil.
Even the deepest oil field is only 200 meters deep.
Apart from the oil giant, the depths of oil fields discovered in other countries are probably 500-600 meters.
Generally, explorers will give up exploration if the depth exceeds this.
According to common sense, Fang Yu's exploration operation this time can be considered a failure.
But, for some reason, when Li Guangjie looked at Fang Yu, he saw that there was no panic on the other's face.
There was even a hint of a confident smile on the corner of his mouth...
"Director Fang, we've already reached 600 meters. Aren't you worried about what to do if we fail?"
"It's only 600 meters, why rush? We have to wait!"
Hearing this, Fang Yu smiled and took a sip of hot tea, then enthusiastically put another enamel teacup in Li Guangjie's hand.
"Director Li, try this bowl of ginger tea. It's good for your health, it keeps you warm and keeps you warm..."
"This... alas..."
Hearing this, a bitter smile flashed across Li Guangjie's face, and he reluctantly took the tea handed to him by Fang Yu.
But his eyes were still fixed on the constantly rotating drilling rig.
I was so focused that I didn't even notice the scalding heat of the teacup...
700 meters...
800 meters...
At this time, the expression on Li Guangjie's face became more nervous as the drill bit continued to go deeper.
800 meters!
Legend has it that the geological exploration team of Little Sakura gave up the exploration completely after drilling to this depth.
After all, in the opinion of these professionals, if no oil is found at a depth of 800 meters, it proves that there is no oil field here at all!
Even if there was, the difficulty of mining at this depth was beyond what Xiao Yinghua could handle at the time...
900 meters...
1000 meters...
At this time, Li Guangjie was already somewhat desperate.
Just as Li Guangjie said just now, although current geographical theory supports that the deepest depth of an oil field can reach 2000 meters underground, the deepest depth of the large oil fields discovered so far is only about 1000 meters.
Once it reaches this depth and still no oil is produced, then it generally means that no oil will be produced.
"Director Fang, the drilling rig has reached a depth of 1000 meters, but there's still no oil."
"I think we've come to the wrong place."
"While we still have time, let's quickly finish this useless work here and find another survey point..."
However, after hearing Li Guangjie's words, Fang Yu said nothing and shook his head slightly.
There was still an expression of great confidence on his face, and he looked at the drilling rig with great determination.
"Director Fang...Fang Yu!"
"The facts are already before us. It's futile for us to continue."
"I know you're young and hot-tempered, and you won't admit defeat easily."
"But now, what's the point of you still being stubborn?"
"Take my advice and end this exploration!"
"I'll work with you to find a solution later. After all, we can't hang ourselves on a tree..."
But, just when Li Guangjie was trying hard to persuade Fang Yu to give up.
“Puff, puff—”
A roar that seemed to have been silent for thousands of years suddenly rang out from the drilling rig, reaching the ears of everyone present...