Chapter 173 Samotlore Oilfield
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The large number of unemployed people brought about by the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has posed a huge challenge to the Soviet government. How to resettle these people has become the biggest headache for the Gorbachev government. In fact, even if there is no withdrawal of troops, the actual unemployment rate in the Soviet Union is also gradually rising. Because of the fluctuation of wages, those companies that were not doing well in business had to cut the wages of their workers, and those oil and gas companies that were originally well paid The monopoly industry has raised wages. This rise and fall, coupled with the already serious inflation problem, has made life even more difficult for many ordinary Soviet families.
Now because wages have actually shrunk greatly, more and more young people have joined gangs to engage in profitable smuggling business, especially those who have the opportunity to go abroad, and have become the main force of smuggling in the Soviet Union. Smuggling of perfume and cigarettes is now a fashion among Soviet civil aviation personnel. This situation, on the contrary, corresponds to Brezhnev's famous saying-"None of us can live on wages!"
Under such circumstances, the underground currency exchange industry in the Soviet Union gradually developed. On the black market, the exchange rate between the rupee and the US dollar was already twice as low as the official exchange rate. Facing this shrinking wealth, People tried every means to convert their rubles into dollars.
Against this background, Seriosha decided to let the Gorky Brothers give up the low-end industry of smuggling and concentrate on engaging in the underground financial industry. Now the Soviet official exchange rate price of the ruble to the U.S. dollar is still maintained at about 1.5:1, but on the black market, this price is close to 3:1. In this case, the easiest way is to buy rubles from the black market and then Then go to the official bank to exchange, but it is difficult for ordinary people to exchange in this way without being discovered by the Soviet Union's financial regulatory agencies, so those who can do this kind of business must have a strong background and connections.
Seryozha has unique conditions for doing this kind of thing. When he first took over the VTB Bank, Seryozha tried it on a small scale a few times, but now Seryozha has completely emptied the VTB Bank. The RMB 1 trillion in foreign exchange reserves has been successfully transferred to the Bank of Colombia. How to balance this account is the most important thing for Seryozha to consider now. Taking advantage of this wave of foreign exchange, Seryozha decided to use Rubles are used to fill this bad debt, because foreign-funded enterprises such as Volkswagen, McDonald’s, and Kraft have already appeared in the Soviet Union, and more foreign capital will enter the Soviet market in the future. There is a good excuse for the continued inflow.
But one trillion is not a small amount. It is unbelievable that three or four foreign companies want to exchange so much foreign exchange. Therefore, Seryozha wants to acquire more multinational companies and let them enter the Soviet Union. The market, let’s level up this account together, so that we can satisfy ourselves to control as many companies as possible in the US capital market, and also allow the Soviet Union’s foreign exchange deficit to be reasonably explained.
Sergey still has Glencore in his hands, and the Soviet Union is extremely rich in natural resources. If Glencore can take advantage of the wave of the Soviet Union's opening up to foreign investment to occupy the Soviet oil market as soon as possible, then Glencore may You can trade with Mobil in oil,
Oil giants such as BP are on par. In addition, Seryozha is also very interested in the natural gas of the Soviet Union. Can he try to use foreign capital to build more natural gas pipelines, so as to increase Glencore's voice in the European natural gas market?
The natural gas of the current Soviet Union mainly comes from the Caspian Sea, where various forces are entrenched, and it is basically impossible to reach out. Seryozha felt that only Tyumen Gas, whose construction had stagnated due to lack of funds, was still a little bit ahead. The current minister of the Soviet Union’s natural gas industry and the leader of the All-Soviet Tyumen Gas Joint Company is Chernomyrdin. This person has a good relationship with Yeltsin, and even Seryozha has some friendship with him. Chernomyrdin was very impressed, because when I was a child, I listened to news broadcasts, and I often heard this name in news about Russia. When Yeltsin was the Russian president, Chernomyrdin once served as the Russian prime minister. Therefore, a hero like Chernomyrdin is a partner that Seryozha must not miss in any case.
So after the ministerial meeting on the withdrawal and resettlement of Afghan troops, Sergesha found an opportunity to stop Chernomyrdin, and wanted to discuss with him the establishment of a joint venture gas company and pipeline company in Tyumen.
After a brief introduction by Seryozha, Chernomyrdin fell into deep thought, and after a while, Chernomyrdin said to Seryozha: "Seryozha, the issue of natural gas is really too sensitive. , I don’t think Secretary Gorbachev will agree to foreign capital’s participation in our natural gas business, but I think maybe we can use a piece of chicken ribs to trick those foreign capitalists?”
Hearing that Chernomyrdin planned to cheat foreign investors who came to invest, Seryozha couldn't laugh or cry. Glencore is his company, and now he wants to discuss with Chernomyrdin how to cheat his own company. What a big joke. However, Seryozha still intends to ask Chernomyrdin how to cheat foreign businessmen.
"Seryozha, do you know the Samotlol oil field?" Chernomyrdin said hehe.
"No way, that is the largest oil field in our country. The government is willing to allow foreign capital to intervene in the exploitation of the Samotlol oil field?" Seryosha asked in disbelief.
"If there is no problem, foreign capital will definitely not come in. But now the output of the Samotlol Oilfield has dropped sharply, and the international oil price has continued to fall. In terms of cost, Samotlol has nothing. Mining is worth it!" Chernomyrdin said with a long sigh.
"How is it possible? If I remember correctly, the Samotloor oil field was not discovered in 1965, and its output once surpassed that of the Garhwal oil field in Saudi Arabia. Why did the output drop so drastically?" Sergey asked in confusion. .
"Hey, it's hard to say! The Samotloor oil field is no longer able to create benefits for the country. If there is no foreign capital to take over, we can only let the local oil workers grow food for a living..." Chernomell Kim said.
"How much money are you planning to cheat foreign businessmen?" Seryozha asked curiously. He wanted to know what happened to Samotlore. Why did such a large oil field fail after more than 20 years of exploitation?
"For 10 billion US dollars, foreign companies can obtain exclusive mining rights for 50 years!" Chernomyrdin cautiously proposed a figure, and after listening to it, Seryozha was overjoyed.