Chapter 1427 Two Thousand Meters Deep

"The exploration of our oil field here is thanks to Comrade Guberkin." Beside Beria, Kritlov, who was appointed as the head of the oil field, said.

Guberkin, the father of oil geology of the Soviet Union.

Guberkin once went to the United States to investigate. He absorbed the experience of the Americans and combined it with the actual residues of oil and gas exploration in the Baku area. Then he began to study and explore the Devonian strata north of the Caspian Sea to the front of the Ural Mountains. edge. He prophesied. The vast area on the front of the Ural Mountains will become the second Baku.

Unfortunately, his exploration went through hardships and only discovered the Chusov small oil field in 1929. In 1932, the slightly larger Ishenbay oil field was discovered, with a total annual output of less than 1 million tons.

And now, the oil field under their feet was discovered in 1937, and by this year it has developed into the Dumaz oil field, a large oil field.

Even so, the annual output is less than 2 million tons.

The main problem is that they are not drilling deep enough. The drilling rig from the Baku oilfield can only drill to a depth of 1,000 meters. Gubojin died two years ago, and the oilfield here has not continued to expand.

until now.

Several large drilling rigs nearby were all transported from the United States. These drilling rigs can drill to less than two kilometers. The Carboniferous and the mud-salt layers below the Permian are the real ideas proposed by Gubojin. Where oil is buried.

Beria nodded. He looked at the tall drilling rig in the distance, and then looked at the newly built factory nearby, where oil refineries will soon be built.

From mining, to refining, one step, and then by rail, the refined oil is directly transported to the front line.

It's a pity that the oil refining equipment transported by the United States actually had an accident in the Arctic Ocean, which made him a little anxious. Although the military order was issued in front of Comrade Stalin at the beginning, it was under the condition that the United States did not hold back, but it really could not be established. , Stalin would not say so much.

Now, the Baku oil field is very dangerous, and the foolish country of Turkey actually obeyed the instigation of the Germans and ran to attack Armenia! In his eyes, Turkey is not terrible, but Iran is terrible. In the end, the Baku Oilfield may fall into the hands of the Iranians!

Therefore, the establishment of the second Baku here must not go wrong!

Thinking of this, his hand gently waved the whip, these people, whoever dares to be lazy, will whip anyone!

There are also guards nearby. If anyone dares to escape, they will be shot directly. After all, many people here are prisoners in the prison.

On the tall drilling platform, the drilling rig was rumbling, and suddenly, a strong gas erupted upward from the hollow part of the drill bit.

"Successful, successful, we drilled out the oil!" The operator on the rig shouted loudly, he flipped the switch, and in the electric spark, the gas above was ignited!

In the drilling of the oil field, there will be some gas in the upper part of the oil field, and almost all of these gases are burned out, just like now, the burning flame makes everyone excited.

"Sure enough, at a depth of two thousand meters, there is still oil!" Kritlov was also extremely excited.

Kritlov and Beria, both ran over, watching the flames coming out of the oil well, they were very excited.

At the same time, the other drilling rigs also burst into flames one after another!

At this time, they have not drilled to 2,000 meters, and at 1740 meters, they have obtained a lot of oil!

"General Beria, the total reserves of our oil fields here will definitely reach 100 million tons!" Kritlov made a simple calculation and said excitedly to Beria.

The detailed data will be calculated in a few days. The total reserves of oil fields here are around 300 million tons. Finally, the second Baku is worthy of its name.

This is just an oil field. In the entire area predicted by Gubojin, the oil storage area is 700,000 square kilometers. I don’t know how many oil fields with huge reserves can be produced!

Beria put down the whip in his hand: "Today we hit oil, it's a day to celebrate, you can rest this afternoon."

These days, Beria has been supervising every day, and even two prisoners died under his whip. No one dared to be lazy. At the same time, because of lack of food, many prisoners were already exhausted. exhausted.

Ordinary oil workers can say that if these prisoners continue like this, they will be tortured to death by Beria.

Letting them rest for half a day this afternoon is a kind of reward for their reform through labor. Until tomorrow, they have to continue to work hard. After the oil well is drilled, it is all hard work.

After receiving Beria's order, all the prisoners cheered. For them, it is best to rest.

A thin middle-aged man, after receiving the order, was also relieved. He sat down beside a pipe, took out a piece of paper, used a pencil, and calculated it on it. immersed in his own world.

Several years of heavy physical labor made him pale and thin, but his brain was still extremely active. He smiled while calculating, and he didn't notice a pair of big feet wearing leather boots appearing in front of him.

"Korolev, it's not yet time to rest, you still have to go back to work, it's not even afternoon!" At this moment, a stern cry came from the ear, and behind the cry, almost It will be accompanied by the sound of a whip.

When he heard this sound, Korolev immediately stuffed the paper back into his pocket and wanted to run, but if he ran too slowly, he would be whipped.

However, someone called him to a halt.

"It's all right, Korolev can rest now."

The people around Beria were extremely surprised. When did he, a stern and ruthless person, actually soften his heart?

Korolev raised his head and saw Beria, his body seemed to move, then he took out the paper and continued to calculate, as if Beria never existed.

Beria sat down next to him, silently lit a cigarette, took a puff, and handed it to Korolev, who took it unceremoniously, smoking, while continuing to calculate.

This scene stunned everyone else. Now, who would dare to be disrespectful to Beria?

And what Beria said made everyone continue to be surprised: "When the oil field here is over, you can be semi-free. This is the greatest authority I can give you. All prisoners can work under your leadership."