Chapter 108 Kuwait
Kuwait is located in a corner of the Middle East, surrounded by Iraq and Saudi Arabia like a little brother. However, Kuwait is known as the pearl of the Gulf. All of this is because of the huge wealth in Kuwait's territory: oil.
As a typical Middle East, Kuwait's climate is between desert climate and Mediterranean climate. There are no oasis like Iraq, all of which are desert plains, with some hills interspersed with. There are no rivers and lakes, only an endless desert. The climate is extremely hot and dry, with temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius very common, rainfall is very small, fresh water is extremely lacking. In this climate, it is impossible for Kuwait to grow food. Kuwait mainly relies on fishing and collecting pearls to support themselves until they discovered oil.[]
Kuwait's territory is simply floating above oil. The proven oil reserves account for 10% of the country's oil reserves. Moreover, the oil layer is buried very shallow, with the shallowest being only 1,500 meters. The oil pressure is very high and there is no need for an oil pump. As long as a hole is made, the oil will spray it on its own, which is the so-called high-yield self-spray crude oil. Therefore, after Kuwait entered the oil era, the economy began to develop rapidly.
However, at the beginning, Kuwait was in a colony and its sovereignty was not complete. Therefore, at the beginning, an agreement was signed with foreign oil companies to extract oil, which required only 90 cents of taxes to the Kuwait government for every ton of crude oil mined. Foreign oil companies actually went there to mine and invest. From after World War II to 1972, the British and American "Kuwait Oil Company" monopolized all the crude oil production in Kuwait. Large profits were seized by these companies.
Since 1962, Kuwait finally broke away from colonial rule and became a monarchy, and stipulated that Emir was the head of state. The position of the head of state could only be inherited by descendants of Mubarak Sabak. The current head of state Jabir Ahmed Sabak is the thirteenth emir in Kuwait.
The Sabakh family began to govern Kuwait since 1756 AD. The Sabakh family, a long-standing family, together with the Saudi family who ruled Saudi Arabia and the Caliph family who ruled Bahrain, can be traced back to the former Anzai family, which was the most powerful tribe in Arabia. In the early 18th century, due to severe drought in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sabakh family, who lived in the local Bedouin, detoured through Qatar, Bahrain and other places to escape famine. Other small families were accompanied by them. Since then, the Sabakh family has ruled Kuwait.
After breaking away from colonial rule, Kuwait has been fighting against foreign oil companies and nationalizing oil. Until 1975, it took over all shares of the "Kuwait Oil Company". All oil has been nationalized.
In the late 1970s, Kuwait's oil income soared due to its mastery of all oil resources and several oil price increases, and its economy developed quite rapidly, making it the country with the highest per capita national income in the world. In 1981, the per capita income reached US$20,000, ranking first in the world.
After economic development, Kuwait began to vigorously develop seawater desalination industry. The original freshwater was almost entirely imported by Iraq, and now it is gradually getting rid of this restriction. Therefore, some of the huge freshwater input pipelines that were originally built on the border between the two countries are already in a waste state.
Although Kuwait's petrochemical industry is gradually developing, it still cannot meet its needs. Therefore, many of them are directly transported away in the form of crude oil, and the profits of petroleum refining are lost in vain.
Therefore, on this basis, Zhang Feng proposed to use the Abadan oil refinery to refine excess oil in Kuwait, which received full support from President Saddam. In order to avoid diplomatic and political issues, Iraq will use abandoned freshwater transport pipelines to transport Kuwait's oil to Basra. In this way, Kuwait's problems can be avoided. Since it needs to be carried out secretly, Saddam handed over all this matter to Zhang Feng for handling. The Abadan oil refinery will also be managed by Zhang Feng. He only needs to be directly responsible to the president.
After leaving Saddam's office and looking at the white clouds in the sky, Zhang Feng felt very comfortable. In the struggle with Udai, although he seemed to have suffered a loss on the surface, he gave the place he had captured for nothing and asked him to manage it, but the key departments were firmly held by him. The army did not obey Udai's command at all. The greatest interest lies. The Abadan Refinery was also persuaded by him to hand it over to him. Udai took great risks and ran to this newly established province to be the governor, but in the end, he did not get any benefits.
The next step is to travel to Kuwait.
Zhang Feng is not good at political and economic fields, so Zhang Feng went to this negotiation with Tarik Aziz and Shikmat Mizban Ibrahim.
Although both of them are still not very famous small characters in the Freedom Palace, Zhang Feng is well-known for their names. Tarik will be appreciated by Saddam in the next few years and become a famous diplomat, while Hikmat will become the Minister of Finance in charge of the economy. Therefore, while these characters have not been valued, Zhang Feng first dug them into his own power.
Although the two are about forty years old, they are appreciated by You Kusai. When they visit Kuwait, they are both grateful to You Kusai.
They knew that the current Lord Kusai is at its peak and can follow Lord Kusai and occupy an important position in the center of power in Iraq in the future. In particular, they learned from Lord Kusai that this visit to Kuwait has a secret mission.
People who can get in touch with core secrets have only two endings. One is to become core characters and be valued, and the other is to be discarded and killed after use. They firmly believe that the first choice of Your Excellency Kusai is.
When Zhang Feng assigned the two of them this task, they began to make full preparations. In China, they began to gather a large number of skilled personnel to work at the Abadan oil refinery. Their salary was twice that of China. After all, they were just paid, and working there was a great danger.
In addition, they also made sufficient preliminary preparations to prepare for His Excellency Kusai's visit to Kuwait. This time it was a secret action, so it would not be publicized as usual. This requires a safe arrangement to contact the upper level of Kuwait directly.
Half a month later, Zhang Feng led the two men and a small team of the Rattlesnake Special Forces as bodyguards, and did not take a plane, but chose to enter Kuwait from the highway.
ps: Many readers strongly demand that they look at political and economic development. Therefore, after the previous military struggle came to an end, these contents were officially staged. Neighbors contacted each other, starting with Kuwait. Of course, Saudi Arabia is also an important friendly country, and the grievances between Palestine and Israel will be unfolded one by one.
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