Chapter 414 Preparation

Barron and Bonnie set their wedding for a month later - after all, even though his wedding this time will be held relatively low-key, this low-key is also in the face of public low-key, and the media will not be allowed to enter the wedding process. There are also restrictions on guest photography, but the wedding will still be extremely luxurious, giving participants an unforgettable memory.

For such a wedding, one month of preparation time is already quite intense. From now on, preparations need to be made.

And after a month, Bonnie's body shape will not change much, and it will not show up when she wears a wedding dress.

As for the guests invited to the wedding, let's put it this way, with Barron's status at this time, if the invitations are released, the venue will probably become crowded no matter how big it is.

Therefore, he will only invite friends and associates who are relatively close to him to attend - it has been confirmed that the wedding of the Duke of Devonshire, the most dazzling among the British Dukes, will be held by Her Majesty the Queen and almost all members of the royal family. Everyone is invited to this wedding.

One month seems to be a long time, but in fact, it is still not that easy to do everything.

It can be said that from now on, countless people are busy preparing for Barron's wedding.

"My dear, you are getting married soon, which is a happy thing. Why don't you look so happy?"

Countess Chris sat next to Bonnie and said to her cousin.

"No, I'm very happy..."

Bonnie showed a smile and said:

"It's just Chris, you know, our marriage this time... although this is what I have always been looking forward to, but when I really face this, I think that one day in the future, I will eventually..."

"I understand, Bonnie."

Chris held her hand and said:

"But you should understand that even for ordinary people, marriage is never that pure. What's more, he is still...the things involved in the marriage of us people are more complicated."

"I understand this, but I still feel a little...complex. Maybe I shouldn't have set my expectations to such a perfect level."

The countess smiled and said:

"It's normal for you to have many thoughts now. Maybe it's because you're pregnant, and Barron needs an heir... But you should also think that Bonnie, who can give birth to an heir for him, is willing to get the Duke I am afraid that countless women will compete for the title of Madam all over the UK and even around the world, but why is it you and not others? This still shows Barron’s feelings for you. With this feeling, and you guys As for the identity of your future child, you are already invincible no matter what. As for the future, if you think about it too much now, you are just asking for trouble."

Indeed, as the Countess said, there should not be too many women who want to sit in the position of the Duchess of Devonshire.

After Barron's wedding date is confirmed, he also needs to face the work of appeasing some women.

Not to mention the Hearst sisters who are far away in the United States, right here in England, Barron has to face the petty emotions of Tamaran Ecclestone, the rich young lady.

In The Holme mansion in Regent's Park, while dealing with many things, Barron also took time to spend a few days with Tamaran, and finally coaxed her back. However, she still said that during the next period of time, she would temporarily Leave London and travel to relax...

Well, this is already a good result.

"Your Highness, we have met with Mr. Fu Chengyu, the chairman of CNOOC, and have basically finalized the sale of an oil and gas block owned by Unocal near Thailand. Mr. Fu is very happy about this. interested."

What United Energy Group CEO Epeli Singleton mentioned on the phone was an oil and gas resource block located in the waters of Thailand with reserves of about 300 million barrels, which they were preparing to sell for US$2.5 billion. To CNOOC.

CNOOC is also very interested in this. After all, the location of this block can be said to be the closest to China among the entire Unocal oil and gas resources. It is very convenient for CNOOC to exploit and transport the extracted oil and gas resources back to China. .

At Colo Petroleum Company, we have cooperated with COSL, a listed company affiliated with CNOOC, and this cooperative relationship is also being deepened.

Although in the matter of the acquisition of Unocal Petroleum Company, United Energy Company ultimately "defeated" its two competitors, CNOOC and Chevron, and won the final victory.

However, from its previous participation in mergers and acquisitions, CNOOC also understood that even without the emergence of United Energy Group, it would be difficult for them to take over Unocal from Chevron.

And now being able to purchase an oil and gas block from Unocal that is most convenient for them to exploit can be said to be better than nothing.

In this way, just by selling part of Unocal's oil and gas resources, United Energy Group received a total of US$6.5 billion in funding from Chevron and CNOOC.

According to the pound-to-dollar exchange rate at this time, which is around 1.75, United Energy Group has solved more than 3.7 billion pounds of funds.

By continuing to raise about 1.3 billion pounds, we can complete the acquisition of their natural gas business from National Grid Corporation of England.

This is not difficult, because the debt ratio of United Energy Group is not too high at this time. Whether it is issuing corporate bonds or seeking loans from banks, it is very simple.

"The other is the refining and chemical project. Currently we have begun to dismantle the equipment of a refining and chemical plant in Santa Paula and are preparing to transport it to Colo, where we will restart the refining and chemical plant..."

What Epeli Singleton was talking about was a medium-sized petrochemical refining plant jointly invested by United Energy Group and Colo Petroleum Company, more than 30 kilometers away from Lome, the capital of Colo. It will be the first refining and chemical project in Kolo and will be used to refining part of the crude oil extracted from the Kolo offshore oil field to supply domestic needs and export overseas.

After all, exporting crude oil directly will not only make relatively less profit, but also not play such a big role in boosting the domestic economy of Colo.

The equipment of this refining and chemical plant will be dismantled and shipped directly from Unocal's oil base in California, USA, and they will also be able to solve the resettlement of some personnel - most of the technical personnel sent by the former Unocal Company will be provided for guidance, so that Ensure the start-up of the Kolo refinery.

Unocal's refining and chemical plants in California have very high labor costs - after all, blue-collar wages in the United States are certainly not comparable to those in Asia and Africa. This is why all new petrochemical projects currently being built are located in Asia.

After the equipment is transferred to Colo, not only the labor cost is greatly reduced, but it will also promote the economic development of Colo.

As for whether local workers in Kolo are qualified to work in these factories?

In the early stage, necessary training is definitely needed, and this can be done during the disassembly, assembly and transportation of the equipment.

And when the time comes, the technical personnel of this petroleum refining and chemical plant will mainly be personnel sent from Unocal Company, and local technical personnel with certain academic qualifications will be gradually trained.

As for workers at the grassroots level, we can only say that there is no way to reduce accidents, especially fatal accidents. If you want to develop from scratch, this is also a necessary price.