According to Adan Company's propaganda, the oil reserves of Elizabeth Oilfield are only 15 million barrels. According to the current production scale, it can only be exploited for three years, and then there will be no oil to be recovered.
Calculating based on this data, it is easy to conclude that the current output of the Elizabeth Oil Field is five million barrels per year. However, after observing and analyzing the oil tankers that enter and leave Elizabeth Port every day, technicians from Standard Oil and Shell Oil concluded that the annual output of the Elizabeth Oil Field is
It far exceeds the data released by Adan Company, which is definitely only 5 million per year.
Even at five million barrels per year, the oil production of Port Elizabeth has exceeded the oil production of the entire Romania, second only to Russia and the United States, so one can imagine the attention Adan Company has received.
The huge wealth brought by oil has rapidly expanded the strength of Adan Company. In just two years, Port Elizabeth has developed from a small fishing village to the largest port in the Persian Gulf. The new Cape of Good Hope military port can dock 10,000-ton giant ships. Southern Africa has sent
destroyers were stationed at the New Cape of Good Hope to control the entire Persian Gulf. After Adan Company took over Muscat, it even tore down the entire city and rebuilt it. Tens of thousands of people were working for Adan Company.
Unlike most colonial countries that only plunder and not build colonies, since Adan Company has invested so much money in the peninsula, it is impossible to abandon the peninsula in the future. From McMahon's point of view, he is actually happy to see the results. Southern Africa
The interests of the United Kingdom do not conflict with those of the United Kingdom. They are complementary to each other. McMahon's term as Egypt Commissioner also has a term. Once the term is up, he will serve elsewhere and does not care about the future ownership of the peninsula.
"It would be great if Port Elizabeth could be integrated into southern Africa, but it doesn't matter if it can't. Without the oil from the Elizabeth Oilfield, Port Elizabeth would be worthless." Rock said sincerely. If Port Elizabeth was still the small fishing village it was before, it would indeed be worthless. Now,
Port Elizabeth would still be of great value even without oil.
"Lord, be honest, I am seriously discussing the future of Port Elizabeth with you." McMahon didn't like Rock's attitude.
"I'm serious, Colonel, but what we are discussing is not the future of Port Elizabeth, but how to deal with the dangers facing Egypt." Rock doesn't care whether McMahon likes it or not. The future of Port Elizabeth is not up to McMahon. How to deal with the Ottomans
McMahon's goal is to survive the potential dangers brought about by the additional troops.
To be honest, the role that diplomats can play in international affairs is very limited. McMahon's status in Egypt does not indicate how high McMahon's ability is, but the rights given to McMahon by the British government, which others respect.
It is the position of "High Commissioner to Egypt", not McMahon himself.
This is the same as the situation of Ade in southern Africa when there was no autonomy in southern Africa. As governor-general, Ade was indeed a very powerful person in southern Africa. However, after leaving office, he could not even afford a house in London if it were not for Roque's help.
, Adelaide and Sidney Milner can only stay in a hotel, the reality is so cruel.
Rock's words clearly touched McMahon's sore spot. They were also colonial officials. Rock was a powerful frontier official and could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops at any time. The British only had a few thousand troops in Egypt, and
McMahon doesn't have the right to transfer yet, which is really annoying.
In fact, the Ottoman Empire cannot be entirely blamed. The Ottoman Empire sent more troops to Damascus after Roque led the southern African army to Egypt. Although London sent more troops to Egypt nominally to deal with the guerrillas in Cyrenaica, from the perspective of the Ottoman Empire
Come on, this is a threat to the Ottoman Empire, so it is natural for the Ottoman Empire to increase its troops.
In the context of the arms race, such an increase in troops is normal. All countries in the world are frantically expanding their armies. The end of the Balkan War did not bring peace. The divisions within the Balkan Alliance have led to more acute conflicts. The previous two
During the war, Britain, France, Germany and Austria did not end directly. Now as the situation gradually becomes clearer and the Entente and Central Powers are clearly distinguished, if war breaks out again in the Balkans, Britain, France, Germany and Austria will be dragged into the water, and then a world war will break out.
London mobilized troops from southern Africa to reinforce Egypt, indicating that Britain's war potential has been squeezed to the limit and began to mobilize colonial troops. Germany's situation is even more dangerous. Britain still has colonies to call upon, but Tanganyika and Southwest Africa do not have the ability.
To feed back the German mainland, everyone is now waiting for the "x" factor to break the deadlock, and the arms race has come to an end.
It ended with a world war of unprecedented scale.
In this war that will determine the fate of the future world, the strategic value of the Suez Canal is very important. Britain has now begun to build fortifications along the Suez Canal, which is an obvious violation of Britain's original commitment.
"Okay, let's not discuss Port Elizabeth. Once the war breaks out, the Ottoman Empire will definitely launch an attack on the Elizabeth Oil Fields when it attacks Egypt." McMahon put it another way, which Farrock could accept.
"Then the Ottomans will suffer a bloody blow." Roque was very domineering. As long as Port Elizabeth was not involved, everything would be easy to negotiate.
The reason why Roque refused to discuss Port Elizabeth was to send a signal through McMahon to prevent some people from taking advantage of the Elizabeth oil field. Roque was willing to share Elizabeth's oil, but it must be in Roque's way.
"Okay, Lord, if you need my help in any way, please don't be polite." McMahon settled for the next best thing. Rock's promise would be enough.
"It is true. Colonel, you also know that Adan Company is rebuilding Muscat and needs a large number of workers. There is currently a serious shortage of workers in Muscat. If possible, I hope that Adan Company can be opened to recruit workers in Cairo." Rock
There were indeed requirements. The peninsula was sparsely populated and could not provide enough labor. In order to solve this problem, Rock racked his brains and once considered sending workers from southern Africa to Muscat.
Southern Africa still needs immigrants to supplement its labor force, and it really does not have the ability to support Muscat.
"Muscat is still short of workers? There are not enough workers in Cairo." McMahon is really not shirking. Before the split, the Sultanate of Muscat was the most populous country on the peninsula. Now it also has the problem of labor shortage. It is conceivable that
How much damage did the war cause to Muscat?
"There are in Cairo. Those beggars and homeless people will be qualified workers. It doesn't matter if they don't have skills. Adan Company can train them." Roque never mentioned why there is a shortage of people in Muscat. Training skills is an excuse. Adan Company needs them.
What is labor is, to put it bluntly, coolie.
"Those beggars and homeless people are hopeless, so they are left to fend for themselves -" It seems that McMahon has also paid attention to this problem, but the effect was not good.
"It doesn't matter, we have enough and responsible supervisors." Roque is not worried, as long as the work is done properly and there are no unqualified workers.
Of course, Rock's request for McMahon's help was not free. Li De came to Cairo that night and took the initiative to report the situation to Rock.
"Twain went to Khuzestan. We are cleaning up the refugees and bandits in Khuzestan, gradually cleaning up the oil fields destroyed by oil companies, and hiring professionals to evaluate the oil fields in Khuzestan. All aspects of work are progressing steadily.
The reconstruction work in Muscat is progressing well. We are identifying the farmland around Muscat, hoping to resume production as soon as possible and try to be self-sufficient." Li De is serious and responsible for the work. The interior of the peninsula is a desert, and the coastal areas are actually deserts.
It's pretty good, especially around Muscat.
"Stop the assessment work in Khuzestan and do not develop the oil fields in Khuzestan within ten years. We are now going to cold-treat Khuzestan." Roque does not irritate the Persians. The higher the value of Khuzestan, the more variables will come in the future.
The bigger it is.
"Brian is one of our own and will not reveal the true situation in Khuzestan." Li De knew that Roark's purpose was only to assess, not to resume production.
"We must do a good job in protecting the Elizabeth Oil Field. Once the war breaks out, the Ottoman Empire is likely to launch an attack on the Elizabeth Oil Field." Rock has reached a tacit agreement with McMahon. The umbrella will help protect Egypt. In return, McMahon will also
Protect the interests of the umbrella company.
"There are currently four thousand mercenaries in the oil field. If a war breaks out, another four thousand can be added within forty-eight hours. We have built fortifications around the oil field, so we don't have to worry about the Ottoman Empire's attack." Li De said about the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company.
Confidence, as long as the logistics can keep up, the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company can definitely take on enemies ten times their size.
"Then be more radical. If a war breaks out, Umbrella must be ready to take the initiative. We must open up the channel to the Mediterranean. Then the oil from Port Elizabeth can be sent directly to the Mediterranean without going around the Suez Canal." Roque.
The requirements are high, and the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company can play a greater role.
Although Adan Company is also a British company, Adan Company's tankers also charge fees for sending oil to the UK through the Suez Canal, which makes Roark very unhappy.
If the seaport to the Mediterranean can be opened, then oil can be directly loaded onto ships from the Mediterranean using oil pipelines. This not only saves time, but also reduces costs. No matter how you calculate it, it is appropriate.
"No problem, Ali's troops once approached Damascus, and the Ottoman Empire's army was weaker than we thought." Li De was not afraid at all. The Ottoman Empire's army could not even defeat the army of the Sultanate of Najd, let alone the Umbrella Company's army.