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If the French leave, it will seriously affect the morale of the army! The next one is probably Spain! Originally, Spain planned to watch the British show, but Spain was still thinking about how to regain Gibraltar! If it weren't for the coercion and lure of the Americans, Spain would not have sent warships to come with the formation. And now, the Argentine Navy has a big killer, and the Spaniards will definitely follow and leave the formation!

Next, there will definitely be navies from other countries leaving, and finally, it will become a formation of the US Navy and the British Navy! In this way, the original plan was in vain!

Another purpose of forming the United Fleet this time is, of course, to use this name to continue to rule the entire Europe and let Western Europe know that the United States is still the boss! Now, the authority of the boss is also decreasing! The French were disobedient, which played a bad role, and then there will be other disobedient people. In the end, the whole of Western Europe will try to get rid of the United States!

No, force must be used! However, if more aircraft carrier battle groups are really dispatched, the increased military expenditure will be an astronomical sum! Especially now, the US economy is also facing a serious crisis.

With the breakthrough of the Soviet Union in the Middle East, the U.S. dollar oil system came to naught. It is foreseeable that as the U.S. dollar continues to flow back to the United States, the currency that the United States has been issuing over the years will make the U.S. economy even worse! And once the momentum of depreciation of the dollar starts, it will get worse! The United States is now almost entirely supported by oil exports, and this huge war will make the United States even more unable to make ends meet.

Who would have thought that the United States would be reduced to such a point, that it would not dare to fight because it had no money! However, even if it is a swollen face to make a fat man, this war must be completed. This is the mission of the United States!

Thinking of this, Reagan asked Energy Secretary James Edwards: James, has our shale oil production increased further? Our country's economy now depends on our energy industry!

Reagan's question was naturally to see the progress of the oil industry. As long as the investment continues, more shale oil can be extracted! Thanks to shale oil, the U.S. economy has been transformed and rejuvenated!

Unexpectedly, when he heard his words, James' face showed a kind of bewilderment. James' mouth moved a few times, but he still didn't speak.

Reagan was stunned for a moment: James, what's the matter, you just say it directly!

Our Energy Information Administration is now reassessing our Monterey shale oil base. It is possible that our previous forecasts were not accurate, and we may significantly reduce the recoverable reserves of Monterey shale oil, James said. .

Lower reserves? Hearing this, Reagan was taken aback for a moment. Now that the U.S. economy is recovering, it all depends on shale oil! Now, actually want to reduce shale oil production?

Why? Reagan asked.

Several of our oil wells were exploited in advance and were expected to have a production life of four years, but now, in less than a year, they suddenly cannot produce shale oil. Now, we are also sending people to investigate. Some Maybe it was just a false alarm, James continued.

The reserves and recoverable volume of shale oil are not the same. If the cost of extraction is too high, or if there are too many impurities extracted, it will not have the value of extraction.

This news was only received by James yesterday afternoon. After receiving the news, he immediately sent experts to investigate. I hope it was just a false alarm!

Monterey shale oil field in Texas.

This is the main shale oil production base in the United States. Since the oil production in the Middle East has been continuously reduced,

After the price gradually increased, the United States stepped up its domestic oil exploration efforts. Among them, the large-scale exploitation of shale oil is a technological breakthrough. After this technology matures, the United States has become an oil exporter. Moreover, the original oil reserves in the United States have also begun to be re-exploited, and the oil production in the United States has gradually increased. In addition to supplying domestic use, it is also continuously exported to Europe.

Relying on high oil prices, the production of shale oil is very profitable. It is precisely because the production of shale oil is related to the energy security of the United States. Therefore, it has received high support from the US government. Although there are constant clamors from environmentalists, The United States will not stop the extraction of shale oil.

Baker, what's going on? Just as the White House was still having a headache over the war in the South Atlantic, American oil expert John Stubb, with a large team of technicians, hurried to the Monterey shale oil field. base.

Here, there are oil wells everywhere. It is precisely because the shale oil here is exploited in large quantities that the United States continues to have stable energy after losing the Middle East. Now, the oil wells here suddenly have a problem, which makes them very concerned.

Our oil wells were the first to be exploited. However, according to expectations, they can still produce for at least three years. However, since a few days ago, the shale oil produced has begun to decrease sharply. Up to now, almost It will become a dry well, said Baker, the person in charge.

An oil well is divided into four life cycles: the growth period, the growth period, the maturity period and the decline period. Last year, the shale oil was exploited by hydraulic fracturing. It has entered the mature period, and the output is very stable. According to the prior plan Exploration, continuous use of water fracturing, development to the lower layer, can have a steady stream of shale oil to be mined up.

Now, the oil well that is entering the mature period has suddenly become a dry well!

For the United States, this is a big deal! As a petroleum expert, John immediately led his technicians to start a new round of surveying.

What happened, as long as you use the drill pipe to go deep, you can detect what happened below!

After the water fracturing method was adopted, the underground has become very soft, and the drilling equipment quickly went deep, and it took a few hours to drill under the stratum that had been mined.

The data was being continuously collected, and after a busy day, John finally came to a preliminary conclusion.

The Monterey shale formation, located in the active zone of Southern California, has too many fractures and fragments in the geological structure, and after the upper shale oil was extracted, when the waste water was backfilled, it caused a slight earthquake. As a result, the here The lower layer of the oil well has caused a larger rock formation to be distorted and split, so the shale oil below can no longer be exploited!

A four-year-old shale well is less than a year old! If such situations exist in large numbers, then the recoverable reserves of Monterey's shale oil base will be greatly reduced!

According to previous forecasts, there are 13.7 billion barrels of recoverable shale oil reserves here. Now it seems that with the existing technology, it is not bad to be able to extract 700 million barrels!

And so far, Monterey's shale oil reserves account for 64% of the total reserves of the United States! If the reserves here are greatly reduced, the myth of shale oil may be shattered!