Homo sapiens.

The black ship in Luzon suffered heavy losses, and some time ago, it also boarded two hundred Navy SEALs.

The Hongshawadi black ship also lost its troops, and now it can't even find a decent agent.

And the recent dark battle with the torch caused him to lose part of his power again.

The headquarters said they would add manpower to Southeast Asia, but all the manpower went to South America and Central America. The Three Leaf Oak organization there has become more and more rampant recently, and it has extended its hands to the mainland of America.

Joshua knew that he would not want to get too much support in the near future.

Victor comforted: "We can't do anything about Siam. There are insufficient manpower everywhere, and we are still rotating personnel internally."

"The headquarters shouldn't blame us for the matter over there. After all, the time is too short, and we didn't even realize it. That woman succeeded. It seems that we should be careful about this woman in the future." Joshua rubbed his temples.

Victor narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Siam's mutation this time must not be done by her alone, or the Shinawatra family can complete it. For example, there must be someone in Luzon who cooperates with the other party, otherwise it will not be so easy for her. Use doubles, people who fooled us, and suddenly Siam appeared."

"Could it be the torch?" Joshua frowned.

But Victor shook his head: "Unlike their style, they rarely use such aggressive methods now."

"Who could it be? Is there such a powerful force in Southeast Asia?" Joshua had a headache.

If there is a clear force, then they would not be so passive. The problem is whether the other party is slippery. So far, the black boat has not discovered the true face of this force.

This kind of unknown opponent is the most troublesome.

Because you don't know its purpose, and you don't know where the opponent's body is, it is difficult to find a suitable target for revenge.

Coupled with the recent loss of too many black ships in Southeast Asia, some areas are almost becoming a vacuum.

This is also the most uncomfortable part for Joshua. He wants to test the other party, but he doesn't have enough manpower.

Now there is one more thing about Siam.

This feeling made Joshua very uncomfortable, as if an invisible big net was being tightened little by little, and he was like a small fish in it, the more he struggled, the tighter he was entangled.

He could only report and complain to the headquarters, and asked the headquarters to squeeze out some manpower for himself.

It's just that he doesn't know it yet.

The recent mutations in Southeast Asia are not just Siam, but another place has also undergone mutations.

That place is Malaysia.

It's just that unlike Siam, which is fierce on the bright side, the changes in Malaysia are the kind of subtle and silent changes.

The person in charge of this silent and secret change is Chen Jianxiong, the head of the security department. He did not choose the radical plan that Domino had in Siam, mainly because the conditions in these two places are different.

Siam is the royal family and the Thai army is difficult to change through infiltration, and a complete transformation must be carried out.

This is different in Malaysia. All regions can pull out nails one by one through covert means.

Anyway, through various vest companies, Chen Jianxiong went to various places in Malaysia for the reason of investment, and then made an appointment with the local black and white to the prepared trap, and directly ended it in one pot.

Fortunately, the cooperation will give them the qualifications of a new human, and even the identity of the spider web manager.

Those who were not willing to cooperate, or those who were evil themselves, were sent back to the furnace by Chen Jianxiong to be remade, and became soldiers one by one.

At the same time when Domino and Qiu Yingle completed the Siam strategy.

Chen Jianxiong also basically completed the integration of Malaysia, and even turned more than a dozen black ship converts and watchmen into "his own people".

In other words, not only Joshua and Victor are being monitored by the security department, but even some of their chess pieces in Southeast Asia have been secretly controlled by the security department.

If the black boat wants to do something in Southeast Asia, it can't escape the eyes of the Ministry of Security.

Even this time, in the dark battle between the Black Ship and the Torch, the Ministry of Security secretly set fire to it many times, so as to hurt the Black Ship's power in Southeast Asia.

The Homo sapiens company took over two regions at one time, which is of great significance.

After all, with the joining of Siam and Malaysia, the relationship between Hongshawadi and Luzon is no longer isolated as before, but completely connected.

The control area of ​​the four major divisions has a land area of ​​182 million square kilometers and a total population of 2.54 million.

Agricultural resources are sufficient to support a population of 3 million, and the potential is still huge.

In addition to relatively few iron ore resources, oil and gas, non-ferrous metals, precious metals, gemstones, and potassium salts are all very rich, enough to support a large internal circulation market.

After winning these four regions, the first phase of Homo sapiens company's layout has been preliminarily completed.

After digestion and integration next year or the year after, the second phase of expansion strategy will start.

Chapter 175 Energy ([-])

Li Qingye in Medan Island received the report from Chen Jianxiong and Domino. After reading it, he was very satisfied with the progress of the security department.

Then input his command into the earphone, and ask Garfield to reply to the two of them as soon as possible.

He himself continued with the work at hand.

At this time, he was in the Zamboanga area of ​​Medan Island, where a methane fermentation plant was set up, and the research base was right next to the methane fermentation plant.

A 30-meter-high dome steel structure was built at this base, which tightly wrapped the interior, and it was declared to be a new type of methane fermentation tank.

Three fresh graduates recruited from Huaguo Petroleum University and two old engineers recruited from Shengli Oilfield are busy drilling wells.

They have already acquired Luzon nationality, and they can participate in this project only when they bring their family members here.

Veteran engineer Qi Yuanchao and his wife Zhang Hong are both veteran engineers of Shengli Oilfield. One is engaged in drilling and the other is in geological survey. They have both retired for several years.

The couple actually didn't want to come to Luzon, but luckily, the only son got lung cancer, which almost used up the old couple's life savings, and the grandchildren were waiting.

As a last resort, the two had no choice but to return to their old jobs, but the country would not want retired old people, and even if they did, the salary level would not be much higher, and the couple were not the kind of people who would make money.

In the end, the HR department of Homo sapiens company came to visit in person. In front of the real money, the couple were still moved.

After arriving in Luzon, his son was quickly admitted to the Homo sapiens company hospital.

Li Qingye even took a shot himself, using genetic technology to cultivate a gene bomb that specifically restrained his lung cancer cells, and directly killed the cancer cells in Qi Yuanchao's son.

Seeing their son gradually recovering, Qi Yuanchao and his wife also reciprocated, not only helping Homo Sapiens explore oil and gas, but also helping to lead some newcomers and compile some teaching materials.

At this time, the drilling equipment in the base had reached about 300 meters underground.

Qi Yuanchao and Zhang Hong carefully inspected the core that was taken out.

"Teacher, this should be oil shale, right?" Another young prospective engineer asked.

Qi Yuanchao nodded: "Yes, starting from 273 meters, it is oil-bearing shale. Now it depends on the specific thickness."

The equipment continued to drill down, and over time, until the depth of 362 meters, the oil shale was interrupted.

They looked at cores from five other wells.

While writing the data, Zhang Hong said: "The average depth of oil-bearing shale in this area is between 260 and 370 meters, and the thickness reaches about 90 to 110 meters. It is a good shale oil reservoir."

The reason Homo sapiens is focusing on shale oil and shale gas is mainly because Luzon's natural gas and oil reserves are too small, and the only natural gas field that can be exploited on a large scale is also on the verge of depletion.

Although the current methane production of Homo sapiens in Luzon reaches 67 billion cubic meters per month, this amount is still too small.

As for oil and natural gas in Malaysia, they themselves will also be exhausted. In addition, many oil and gas fields there are contracted by European and American companies. If the contract cannot be rejected, Malaysia's oil and gas supply is not enough.

In particular, Siam and Hongshawadi are areas with relatively poor oil and natural gas resources.

It is obviously difficult for one to support three in Malaysia.

Therefore Homo sapiens must find a way to tap its own potential resources.

Because the Luzon Islands are located at the junction of plates, it is basically difficult to have large oil and natural gas reservoirs, but this does not mean that Luzon has no potential for fossil fuel mining.

Frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions will lead to the destruction of oil and gas reservoirs, making it difficult to form large oil fields.

However, the igneous rock layer formed by volcanic eruption is a kind of sparse porous rock inside. Therefore, the oil and gas that are destroyed and divided will gradually transfer to the pores of part of the igneous rock during the long-lasting geological movement, forming an oil-bearing igneous rock layer.

The other part is shale, which is also a good oil storage rock.

Homo sapiens is now focusing on finding these two rock formations in Luzon.

Among them, Luzon Island has a lot of igneous rock distribution, while Medan Island has a lot of shale distribution.

As for how to mine.

That's why Li Qingye came here.

After identifying the oil-bearing shale formation, technicians and engineers quickly installed gas extraction lines, as well as water injection lines.

Li Qingye injected the improved version of genetically modified methane bacteria into the water tank with special hormones.

"let's start!"

"Yes, Dr. Lee."

This time, the identity here is Dr. Li Min who studies genetically modified methanogens, and this is also one of Li Qingye's vests.

The technician flips the switch.

Everyone watched as the water solution in the water tank decreased rapidly and was pushed into the underground oil shale by the water injection pipeline.

As time goes by, the gas pressure sensor in the gas extraction pipeline begins to feed back the signal of the downhole pressure increase.

Without even activating the pump, a large amount of methane began to rise from the bottom of the well.

"The air output has reached 400 cubic meters per day...it is still increasing."

"It has exceeded the limit of 1000 cubic meters per day..."

After more than three hours of testing, the five wells can produce 17 cubic meters of methane per day, and the pressure is so stable that there is basically no need for active pumping.

It only needs to inject certain genetically modified methanogens and growth hormones regularly, and the generation of methane will not stop until the organic matter of this piece of underground shale is consumed.

"Compared with the shale oil production technology in North America, the cost of biodegradation is much cheaper." Qi Yuanchao raised his glasses and sighed.

Other than initial exploration and drilling costs, pipelays and auxiliary equipment, the other costs of a well are minimal.

Qi Yuanchao calculated it in his heart, and found that the production cost of this gas well, if the current daily production can be maintained, the cost is about 3 to 5 dollars per thousand cubic meters.

This cost is already very low.

The cost of domestic coalbed methane production is about US$270-280 per thousand cubic meters; while domestic natural gas is about US$45 per thousand cubic meters.

The production cost of shale gas in North America is between US$70 and US$280 per thousand cubic meters; the production cost of shale oil is about US$30 per barrel.

The reason why such a low cost can be achieved is mainly due to the biological decomposition method of Homo Sapiens, which does not require the use of thermal fracturing with relatively high energy consumption.

Thermal fracturing requires not only high temperatures, but also special solvents, which need continuous input.

Although the biodegradable genetically modified methanogens and growth hormones also have a service life, it is a self-limitation specially set to prevent the genetically modified methanogens from escaping and multiplying in nature.

Normally, a portion of genetically modified methanogens and growth hormone can maintain activity for about 30 days.

After the well is dug, as long as genetically modified methanogens and growth hormones are used, methane can be produced continuously and at low cost.

In fact, this technology can also be used in the mining of highly viscous oil and coal, turning it into methane that will overflow by itself, which can effectively reduce production costs.

Moreover, the pollution is also very small. The improved version of genetically modified methane will completely consume all the organic matter in the reservoir, leaving no pollutants.

Of course, if this mining method is used in coal mines, it may cause large-scale landslides.

Chapter 176 Energy ([-])

With the success of oil shale mining by biodegradation method this time.

The crowd applauded happily.

Li Qingye turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Zhang Gong, how much methane do you estimate the oil-bearing shale in Medan Island can produce?"

Zhang Hong thought about it for a while: "I investigated the geological survey report in Luzon before, and found that there are a lot of shale here. If it can be fully developed, it can be equivalent to 20 billion tons of crude oil in preliminary estimates."

Then she added: "If you add the shallow sea and some incompletely explored areas, especially the deep shale, the prospect of Medan Island can be equivalent to 60 billion to 80 billion tons of crude oil."

"In my opinion, with the addition of shale and igneous rocks in Luzon Island, the prospect can reach 150-200 billion tons of crude oil." Qi Yuanchao said with a smile.

Suddenly Li Qingye asked another question: "What do you two think of the rock oil potential in Hongshawadi?"

"Hongshawadi?" Zhang Hong recalled Hongshawadi's geological introduction, and then replied after a few minutes:

"The exploration of Hongshawadi is not comprehensive, especially the deep oil and gas, which is basically blank. If the company wants to invest in the future, unless it uses biodegradation to mine, otherwise even if a large oil field is discovered, the production cost will not be very low."

"In addition, there are many shale and igneous rocks in the Shan Plateau. If new technologies can be applied, there will be great promise in the future."

After listening to Zhang Hong's evaluation, Li Qingye also had a bottom line in his heart.

In order for Homo sapiens to support a population of 2.5 million or more in the future, energy is a key issue that must be considered.

On the basis of the rich agricultural resources in Southeast Asia, if we make up for the shortcomings of energy, this place can withstand the prying eyes of the great powers.