Chapter 1017 A Feast of Technology

Of course, watching beautiful women play tennis is really addictive, but Fan Danbing’s matter is really annoying. Soon after, he received a call from Russia, discussing with him the plan to import Russian natural gas and oil into mainland China through pipelines.

"Oh, I have to go back. This time the matter is a bit big." Fan Wubing said to Huiqi.

In fact, this matter is indeed quite big. In the history that Fan Wubing has experienced, China has three West-East Gas Transmission lines.

The early West-East Gas Transmission was approved and launched by the first meeting of the State Council in February this year. This is another major investment project second only to the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River. It is also a landmark construction project that kicked off the western development.

The planned West-East Gas Transmission has a total length of about 10 kilometers and an investment scale of more than 100 billion yuan. It is currently the longest and largest gas transmission pipeline in China. The diameter of the pipeline is millimeters, the design pressure is, Yu Si Pa, the annual design output is, Li billion cubic meters, and the whole The line adopts automatic control, and the gas supply range covers the Central Plains, East China, and the Yangtze River Delta.

This West-East Gas Transmission Line starts from the Lunnan Oil and Gas Field in Tarim, Xinjiang in the west, crosses nine provinces and regions including Xinjiang, Gansu, Jiangsu, and Shanghai, and ends in Shanghai.

The West-East Gas Transmission Line 2 starts from Horgos in Xinjiang in the west, passes through Xi'an and Nanchang, goes south to Guangzhou, and ends in Shanghai in the east, passing through thirteen provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. The total length of the trunk line is more than 1,000 kilometers, plus several branch lines, the total length of the pipeline exceeds 1,000 kilometers.

The third natural gas pipeline of the West-East Gas Transmission Line. The route has been basically determined to be from Xinjiang through Jiangxi to Fujian, transporting natural gas from Russia and northwest China to The Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta regions have huge energy demands.

However, due to the appearance of Fan Wubing, the cooperation with Russia has suddenly become closer, especially after Fan Wubing provided Putin with a $50 billion interest-free loan, he obtained the right to develop oil and gas resources. At this time, the third West-East Gas Transmission Line, which appeared later in history, must be put forward.

Because this is a big deal, Fan Wubing must first greet the State Council and coordinate some of the work links. Then he can start construction.

Fan Wubing looked at the time. It was just the afternoon when he started work. He had to wait for his father to come back. It would take a long time to get home, so it would be better to go there directly. Besides, the investment in this matter would not be done, and he would have to sit down with the senior executives and talk carefully.

So he went directly to the door, went directly to the State Council, contacted his father through the General Office, and went directly to his office to wait.

Fan Heng and his friends were in a meeting, probably studying something intensively. After waiting for more than half an hour, he saw Boss Zhu and his father Fan Heng coming together, and several vice premiers, talking and laughing. After seeing Fan Wubing, they all smiled and greeted him.

"Since all the leaders are here, can we sit together for a few minutes? I have some important business to report here." Fan Wubing saw that the State Council team was basically all there, so he simply proposed.

"What's the matter? Why are you so anxious?" Boss Zhu was very interested.

"The cooperation between me and Russia has been finalized, and now we are preparing to transport Russian natural gas directly to the mainland through pipelines." Fan Wubing said to everyone very directly.

"Ah?! "Everyone was stunned after hearing this. No one thought that the domestic West-East Gas Pipeline was just a beginning, and Fan Wubing took the lead in cooperating with Russia and planned to introduce Russian natural gas through pipelines.

"In fact, I originally planned to introduce oil through pipelines at the same time,

but later I considered that this problem would be bigger, so I introduced natural gas first. As for oil. I plan to build several refineries on site and then transport the finished products back, or transport the crude oil directly back to the northwest through railway channels and build several refineries to digest it. "Fan Wubing simply said all his thoughts directly, and then let everyone digest them slowly.

Everyone was indeed stunned for a moment before they came back to their senses. The West-East Gas Transmission Project is of great significance for adjusting the domestic energy structure and promoting the improvement of environmental conditions.

12 billion cubic meters of natural gas is equivalent to 9 million tons of standard coal, which can reduce the annual emission of atmospheric pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, 153,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 270,000 tons of dust. Therefore, the East welcomes the West-East Gas Transmission Project very much. And the development of the eastern region does need the West-East Gas Transmission Project very much.

At the same time, the West-East Gas Transmission Project is also conducive to expanding domestic demand, increasing employment, promoting the development of related industries such as metallurgy, machinery, electricity, chemicals, and building materials, and promoting the construction of natural gas-related industries and system engineering.

Natural gas is a green energy, it is clean, the emissions of sulfur dioxide and dust are close to zero, and the emissions of carbon dioxide are also very low. There is almost no pollution. The development and utilization of natural gas is also an important direction for the current world energy development. Now the proportion of natural gas in energy utilization has risen to more than 25%.

"What does Vice Premier Zeng think? "Boss Zhu first asked Vice Premier Zeng, who was in charge of the West-East Gas Transmission Project.

"This is a good thing!" Although Vice Premier Zeng had not seen Fan Wubing's detailed plan, he blurted out a positive attitude.

The annual gas supply of the West-East Gas Transmission Project can reach about 12 billion cubic meters in the initial stage. In the future, the gas supply will be gradually increased with the deepening of resource exploration and the development of the downstream gas market.

The most important thing is that this project will greatly accelerate the economic development of Xinjiang and areas along the central and western regions, correspondingly increase fiscal revenue and employment opportunities, bring huge economic and social benefits, and also promote the adjustment of energy structure and industrial structure. Promote the development of related industries such as steel, building materials, petrochemicals, and electric power. Cities along the route can use clean fuel to replace the fuel and coal used in some power plants, kiln chemical enterprises and residents' daily lives, which will improve the atmospheric environment and improve people's quality of life.

However, the biggest problem with the West-East Gas Pipeline Project is the relatively large investment, including the construction of oil and gas resource exploration and development, gas pipelines, urban pipeline networks, industrial utilization and other related projects. It is initially predicted that the investment in the first phase will reach about 120 billion. .

According to preliminary estimates, the project will use tons of steel and consume tons of welding rods. The amount of earth and stone to be excavated and filled exceeds 10,000 cubic meters, which also requires a large amount of water, wood, gas, mercury, and instruments.

Since more than two-thirds of the pipelines in the West-East Gas Transmission Project are constructed in the western region, the fixed asset investment in Xinjiang gas fields exceeds 20 billion. This kind of capital investment can drive local economic development, increase fiscal revenue, and provide a large amount of employment opportunities, while also promoting economic ties between the west and the east.

Now that Fan Wubing actually wants to directly import natural gas from Russia, the investment should only be a lot more. After all, the pipeline network investment is a big one, and it always takes more than 200 billion to accomplish this.

Vice Premier Zeng is worthy of being a technical person. After a brief moment of confusion, he immediately asked a lot of questions, "The most important thing in the West-East Gas Transmission Project is the pipeline. Compared with the pipelines currently built in China, this kind of pipeline It has six major characteristics: first, it has the highest design pressure; second, it has the largest transmission volume; third, it has the longest distance; fourth, it uses the highest grade of steel; fifth, it has the largest investment; and sixth, it passes through the most provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions. At the same time, the geological conditions along the pipeline are complex and diverse, passing through various landforms such as deserts, Gobis, salt soils, loess gullies, mountains, hills, plains, and network, and the conditions for transportation and construction operations are difficult. There are more than 200 rivers, and more than 70 mountain passes must be set up to cross the Tianshan Mountains, Jiangnan Hills, etc., as well as the Guozigou Pass, Meiling Tunnel, etc. The design and construction of deep water channels are difficult and risky.”

The West-East Gas Transmission Project was launched. A large amount of steel pipe materials are needed as support. The project requires that most construction steel be made of low-carbon or ultra-low carbon micro-alloyed steel. The pipeline project requires large pipe diameters, high-pressure rich gas transportation, and high-cold and corrosive service environments. Therefore, pipeline steel should have high strength, low Bauschinger effect, high toughness and resistance to brittle fracture, low welding carbon content, good weldability, and resistance to fly corrosion.

"Currently, most of the pipes we produce domestically still have a gap of three certain pressure values, which is a big problem." Vice Premier Zeng said to Fan Wubing, "Once the two lines are started, the supply capacity will definitely not be able to keep up."

Fan Wubing nodded. “Vice Premier Zeng is right, but we must also see that in fact, this project is undoubtedly a technological feast for the steel industry, steel pipe manufacturing industry, and steel pipe equipment manufacturing industry, and it is also a technological feast for my country’s oil and gas industry. Steel pipe and steel production companies, steel pipe production companies, and steel pipe production equipment manufacturing companies have improved their technological level and are a new starting point from domestic to international. In addition, in addition to the steel used in the West-East Gas Pipeline, there are more than five supporting ancillary facilities along the line. Thousands of kilometers of urban pipeline network construction, oil and gas processing, storage facilities and other related projects will further increase the demand for steel. This is a huge market. Therefore, some large domestic steel companies should carry out technical transformation in a timely manner. , or directly build a group of larger new steel companies with a higher starting point?”

While they were talking, some staff members had already sent over more detailed statistics. In Fan Heng's office, everyone started a discussion, and some experts rushed over to project some data on the projection.

A senior expert from the State Council introduced to everyone, "According to estimates, our country's annual natural gas consumption will increase at a rate of 15%. In thirty years, our country's natural gas consumption will increase from the current 400% per year." From 5 billion cubic meters to 300 billion cubic meters, consumption will increase to 450 billion cubic meters in 50 years. At the same time, my country's oil consumption will increase even more in the next ten years. A total of 50,000 kilometers of oil and gas pipelines will be built, and nearly 5,000 kilometers of steel will be laid every year on average. The amount of steel required for laying natural gas pipelines alone will reach 4 million tons.”

"Such a huge demand. If we add the pipelines laid back from Russia, the demand is estimated to double. After hearing this, Boss Zhu asked hesitantly, "Can the supply be increased? "

The expert replied, "Although since the 1980s, our country has introduced more than 30 resistance welded pipe production lines from abroad. After years of practice, the equipment and technology level has also been greatly improved, and product quality has also been continuously improved. This Some products have developed from fluid transportation pipes and structural pipes to oil well pipes and pipeline pipes in the application field of seamless pipes, but the gap is still relatively large compared with the current demand. "

"What do Mr. Fan think about this?" Boss Zhu asked.

In fact, everyone now has a consensus, that is, Russia's oil and gas resources should be as much as possible. If you can use as much natural gas as possible, you can save as much butterfly charcoal and oil resources as possible, which is more troublesome than storage. Natural gas resources, coal and oil are easier to collect as strategic reserves.

Therefore, after Fan Wubing mentioned that he was discussing with Russia about introducing natural gas through pipelines, everyone felt that it was very promising, and it seemed that the price here was cheaper and the quality was better.

Fan Wubing replied. "Currently, the steel companies under Fanshi Investment Group are working hard on technical research. It is expected that products that meet the requirements will be produced soon. Once the technology upgrade is completed, we can unite the steel companies in Panshi, Jiangnan Province and Lingxi Province. Let's set up a large pipeline production group to supply this part of the demand at full capacity. In addition, the first phase of the Jiangshan Port shipping channel has been put into use. High-quality iron ore from overseas can be continuously shipped in to specifically meet this demand. Partial demand, so I think the problem of pipeline demand is not big

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In fact, Fan Wubing is not too worried about technical issues. After all, there are naturally people to worry about this matter, which is what he is concerned about now. It is China National Petroleum Corporation that has effectively blocked the West-East Gas Transmission Project. Although it was said that the top management was dissatisfied with them and deliberately beat them, this is a state-owned enterprise after all. And it is a central enterprise.

The sudden intervention of someone from my side and the introduction of natural gas pipeline construction from Russia will obviously surprise the senior management. The biggest obstacle now is to clear these institutional obstacles first. Only then can we confidently and boldly carry out the West-East Gas Transmission Project.

if not. Without government policy permission, I can’t do what I want to do?