Tesla's factory in Saudi Arabia has officially been put into operation, where all Tesla Group models, including models of other brands, can be produced.
The Middle East is also a huge market. There is also a large population here, and a lot of money has been made in the past by selling oil.
Building a factory here can directly reduce Tesla's car costs. This can further increase sales and increase profits.
At the same time, it can also increase Zhang Fan's influence in this region. The more investment here, the greater Zhang Fan's influence will be.
What's more, most of this area is a desert area. At the same time, it is rich, and this is also the largest market of Luyin Group, so this place is very important to Zhang Fan.
"Your Highness, when I come this time, I have another business I want to discuss with your country. That's it, our private oil reserve has been built, and we hope to import high-quality oil from your country..."
Upon hearing Zhang Fan's words, Prince Saudi Arabia immediately became excited.
Oil, what Saudi Arabia is most in need of is oil. However, in the past two years, their oil production has been declining because the market is shrinking rapidly.
Cars are the largest users of petroleum, but now fuel vehicles have been almost completely replaced by electric vehicles.
Without such large consumers, oil consumption continues to decrease. Saudi Arabia's oil production has been significantly reduced, and the price is not as high as before, but even so, oil sales are still shrinking.
The consumption of the petrochemical industry alone is very small. What's more, many countries now focus on recycling and reuse, and many petrochemical products can be recycled and reused.
What was once liquid gold is now constantly shrinking in value. Now Zhang Fan suddenly wants to buy oil, why is the Saudi prince unhappy?
"How much do you want to buy?"
The Saudi prince quickly asked if he had plenty of oil at home and could get as much as he wanted.
"This number..."
Zhang Fan stretched out two hands.
"One hundred thousand tons?"
The Saudi prince was a little disappointed when he heard this number.
"One billion tons, at least."
Zhang Fan said with a smile, this sentence made the Saudi prince's eyes widen. One billion tons, this amount is too scary. You must know that after Saudi Arabia's production reduction, the annual production is only about 200 million tons.
Now Zhang Fan wants Saudi Arabia's output for ten years at once. According to the current international oil price, one ton is US$200, so one billion tons is US$200 billion.
This is a big business, absolutely a big business. For Saudi Arabia, which is a little short of money now, this is definitely a super big customer.
"Do you have such a large reserve?"
Prince Saudi didn't know what to say, so he could only ask casually.
"Of course we have the reserve. But let's make it clear first, we want the best quality oil."
Zhang Fan said with a smile, and the Saudi prince nodded and directly guaranteed to give Zhang Fan the best quality oil. Saudi oil is of higher quality and has fewer impurities.
Not only that, Zhang Fan also requested that all oil be initially refined in Saudi Arabia. Advanced equipment should be used to remove some impurities and increase the oil content again.
There are no problems with all the conditions. It’s a billion-ton contract. This contract is super big.
The transportation problem is solved by private parties. In order to transport the oil, Zhang Fan has placed an order for DSIC to build a supertanker.
Super tankers with a carrying capacity of more than one million tons are driven by nuclear power. With such super tankers used to transport oil, millions of tons of high-quality oil can be transported at a time.
In an era when the global oil market is shrinking, Zhang Fan's private estate has built such a large oil reserve. Saudi Arabia will not understand the reason.
Not only do they not understand, but many countries do not understand. Only the strongest countries understand the value of oil.
Cars can use no fuel, trucks can use no fuel, and even tanks can use no fuel. But fighter jets must use fuel, and current technology cannot meet the technical goal of using electricity.
Not only that, the hypersonic aircraft currently being developed by several major countries must also be propelled by fuel. At the same time, large aircraft must now also use fuel as fuel.
Therefore, the value of fuel is still very high. Not only that, some of the things now being researched by private research institutes require oil.
For example, the private sector is currently developing a special composite material. Eighty percent of the raw materials required for these composite materials come from petroleum.
Therefore, in the future, private sector's consumption of oil will not decrease, but will increase. However, the utilization of oil is no longer so rudimentary.
As the use of oil becomes more advanced, liquid gold is still liquid gold. As petrochemical technology continues to increase, the value of oil will become higher.
It’s just that the consumption of oil will no longer be the same as before. After all, petrochemical products do not consume too much oil, and many petrochemical products can be recycled and reused.
The private sector does not produce oil, so it is necessary to build huge oil reserves. The private sector's oil reserves are underground, hundreds of meters underground.
The defense level is the highest, and even missiles cannot penetrate it. At present, the first phase of the entire oil reserve project has been completed, and the entire project can store 200 million tons of oil.
The second phase of the project is also under intense construction. According to the plan, the total oil reserve capacity of the oil reserve shall not be less than one billion tons.
With a billion tons of oil reserves, even if the supply is cut off in the future, relying on these billion tons of oil, the private sector can persist for ten or eight years without any problems.
With the development of the private sector, Zhang Fan has more things to consider. In particular, the national security issues of the private sector must be considered.
The completed strategic resource reserve system and the complete national defense system need to be gradually improved step by step.
Regarding the issue of oil reserves, Zhang Fan began to negotiate with Saudi Arabia. The large order of one billion tons made the royal family very excited.
Not only that, regarding the issue of fund settlement. The vast majority of funds will be in the form of goods.
Saudi Arabia has no problem with this. After all, Saudi Arabia now needs to import a large amount of some things. Zhang Fan can provide these things at the right price, which is absolutely fine.
Bartering is the fairest and happiest way of trading. You don't have to use foreign exchange funds, and you can also benefit from it.
In addition to oil reserves, Saudi Arabia is also negotiating with Zhang Fan to establish an advanced petrochemical industry system in Saudi Arabia, but the relevant technology needs to be imported from China or the private sector.
It is crucial for Saudi Arabia to establish the top petrochemical system. With these systems and cheap raw materials, Saudi Arabia will definitely be in an advantageous position in international competition in the future. This is an advantage that petrochemical companies in other countries cannot have.