From the Island Owner to the King

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It is a pity that this super-giant oil field with reserves of more than 685 million tons cannot be exploited at present.

One reason is that, according to the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Sea, the sea area extending from Tortuga Island to within 200 nautical miles of the ocean is the exclusive economic zone of the Haitian government and government.

The Haitian Government has sovereign and other jurisdictional rights over the natural resources of the region and the right to take certain measures to that end.

The oil field, located dozens of nautical miles northeast of Tortuga Island, is within the exclusive economic zone of the Haitian government and government.

Chen Rui spent 77.81 million US dollars to buy the island to buy the ownership of the sparsely populated 78.12 square kilometers of land in the east of Tortuga Island, as well as some rights such as the development of tourism resources and fishery resources in the sea area extending no more than 10 nautical miles. , oil and other natural resources exploitation rights are not included.

That is, oil exploration rights and oilfield exploitation rights also belong to the Haitian government and government.

Chen Rui wants to develop the field.

There are two ways.

First, apply to the Haitian government and government for the right to oil exploration and exploitation in this sea area.

However, in doing so, the Haitian government and government will impose various restrictions on oil exploration activities and oilfield exploitation, such as the exploitation period, which is generally 30 years or less, as well as restrictions on oil extraction technical requirements and so on.

Secondly, in addition to paying the Haitian government a large amount of oil exploration license fees and concession rights, this value may be 10 million US dollars or tens of millions of US dollars. Moreover, after the oil is released, Chen Rui has to pay to the Haitian government every year. The Haitian government and government have a huge oil share fee, which usually reaches more than 50%. If the oil field produces tens of millions of tons of oil annually, the share value will reach hundreds of millions of dollars.

If it is determined that it is a super-giant oil field with reserves of more than 685 million tons, or even larger reserves, with Chen Rui's current strength, it is difficult to keep his interests in the oil field.

For example, the Haitian government and government will nationalize oil fields.

This is very possible, and its neighbors are a good example of it.

In 1936, Bolivia became the first country to nationalize foreign oil companies operating in the country. After two years, Mexico forcibly nationalized all foreign oil companies in its territory.

With the development of national independence and independence movement, nationalization spread rapidly throughout Latin America. Countries such as Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago in Latin America have joined the ranks of oil nationalization.

Even in modern times, in March 2006, the Venezuelan government announced that it would abandon all oil development contracts signed with foreign oil companies in the 1990s. In May of the same year, Bolivian President Morales signed a summer decree, announcing the nationalization of the country's oil and gas resources.

The second method is to obtain the sovereignty of Tortuga Island, including the territory of 180+ square kilometers, the sovereignty of the territorial sea extending 12 nautical miles, the contiguous zone extending 12 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline, and according to the "United Nations Convention on the Sea", can establish 200 nautical miles of exclusive economic zone and continental shelf as a natural extension of its land territory.

Within the exclusive economic zone, sovereign and other jurisdictional rights may be exercised over the natural resources of this area.

How is it possible to acquire the territorial sovereignty of a sovereign state?

The idea sounds like a far-fetched idea.

Now is not the time of war, I have defeated you, and I can force you to cede part of your territory to me.

You know, every sovereign country has one of its constitutional provisions, that is, the territory is sacred and indivisible.

Many times, two countries compete for the sovereignty of a small piece of territory or an island,

There is a possibility that a large-scale local war will break out.

For example, China fought a Sino-Vietnamese naval battle with Vietnam in order to recapture the 28 islands in the Nansha Islands and the Nansha Islands occupied by Vietnam successively.

Although the sale of territorial sovereignty may sound like a far-fetched talk, in the history of the world, the sale of territory is not without precedent.

In 1803, Napoleon sold about 2.6 million square kilometers of Louisiana to the United States for 80 million francs.

In 1867, Tsarist Russia sold more than 1.5 million square kilometers of the Alaska Peninsula and the surrounding Aleutian Islands to the United States for $7.2 million. Equivalent to 4.74 US dollars per square kilometer, it has become the largest and cheapest transaction in the history of world land transactions.

Even in modern times, Venezuela's pillar industries have been hit so hard that it owes China $50 billion for goods due to the collapse in oil prices.

Venezuelan Finance Minister visited China to discuss the solution of the problem and hope to get more money from China. It is reported that Venezuela wants to use Blancia Island, a small island of about 64 square kilometers in the Caribbean Islands, to transfer to China. , to set off China's 50 billion US dollars in arrears, and once again pay 10 billion US dollars.

In the same scene, there is room for Chen Rui to buy Tortuga Island from the Haitian government.

In fact, Tortuga Island has a precedent in Haitian history to be sold, along with sovereignty.

In 1971, Don Pierresson and the Haitian government proposed a contract to obtain the concession of Tortuga Island for a period of 99 years, trying to establish the Tortuga Free Port.

The so-called 99-year concession can refer to the 99-year lease of Hong Kong by the United Kingdom to the Qing government and the government.

Moreover, there are many favorable factors that will lead to the sale of Tortuga Island by the Haitian government.

First, Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and one of the least developed countries. Its economy is dominated by agriculture and is extremely backward. The unemployment rate is also extremely high. Two-thirds of the workers have no fixed jobs.

The sky-high price of selling the island, which may reach more than 10 billion US dollars, is a huge figure for the Haitian government and the government's financial constraints. It is used in economic development, education, infrastructure, medical care, employment, etc. Development and the improvement of people's living standards have a very important role in promoting.

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