Chris nodded and said “The gap is very huge,”
“and this electricity consumption is not just as simple as the daily electricity consumption of these thousands of people.”
“I have been to the copper mine in Cyprus, where thousands of people live in underground bunkers.”
“The scale of the underground bunker is very huge.”
“It has to carry all the daily needs of thousands of people,”
“Even including the training of the dead men.”
“It is almost an underground city.”
“And also, such a huge bunker requires 24-hour ventilation and 24-hour drainage of groundwater.”
“In order to confuse their judgment of time,”
“The light there is as bright as day 24 hours a day;”
“In addition, the bases of the Warriors Den’s dead men are not concentration camps,”
“but homes where these dead men live and reproduce.”
“And also, although the Warriors Den uses special poisons and antidotes to control the dead men and uses their families as threats,”
“In order to make them want to live,”
“They will provide them and their families with a relatively good living environment.”
“Therefore, the temperature and humidity of the underground bunkers will also be precisely controlled,”
“and the power consumption will be very high.”
Kamal nodded and asked the AI
“How do you think the target can make up for such a huge power gap by itself?”
“Photovoltaic? Wind energy? Or other channels?”
AI replied “Based on the special situation of the target,”
“I think oil-based power generation should be the best choice for the other party.”
“Photovoltaic and wind power are too conspicuous and not stable enough.”
“Coal-based power generation requires a lot of coal,”
“Which is easy to be exposed during transportation.”
“Only oil can be directly obtained on the spot and is inexhaustible.”
“Although the overall cost-effectiveness of oil-based power generation is extremely low,”
“For any of thecompanies,”
“It is irrelevant to directly take a very small part of the mined oil for power generation.”
At this point, AI said
“Considering that you said before that concealing production is an unwise mistake,”
“I want to clarify my point of view.”
“Through the analysis of relevant cases of oil companies,”
“I think that concealing production itself is not a problem.”
“The real problem lies in how to deal with the concealed production;”
“Smuggling the concealed production to obtain greater benefits is the real risk point of concealing the production.”
“If the concealed production has never left the oil field and has not been traded,”
“but is quietly converted into electricity and consumed Intrinsicly,”
“This behavior is simply impossible for the outside world to verify;”
“The law enforcement agencies’ determination of oil smuggling is based on the fact that oil fields transport oil through abnormal channels in exchange for profits.”
“However, for oil fields with a daily output oftensof thousands or even 100s of thousands of barrels,”
“Intercepting 0.5Percent of the daily production capacity before transporting it through pipelines is enough to make up for the power gap.”
“So, considering the existing factors, I think this should be the best solution,”
“Which can not only make up for the power gap,”
“but also make all the apparent data look normal.”
Kamal couldn’t help but exclaim when he heard this
“It’s well-reasoned and convincing.”
“So, if you were asked to determine the target based on your judgment and the data from Skyline?”
AI quickly replied “Through analyzing the data from the skyline,”
“I think Kansel Petroleum is the most suspicious.”
“There is a solid-roof building covering an region of about 2,300 square metres in the north-central region of their oil field.”
“This building did not exist in the data from15years ago,”
“and construction began thirteen years ago.”
AI displayed a couple pictures on the screen.”
“The center of the 1st picture was still an open-air region with scattered parking vehicles and equipment.”
“In the 2nd picture, the site had laid a foundation and started to build walls.”
“At the same time, a dug ditch could be seen extending from the inside of the foundation to the nearest oil drilling rig.
AI went on to introduce “From the 2nd picture, we can see that there is a pipeline project under construction.”
“The oil pipeline is connected to the nearest oil drilling machine.”
“I guess it should be an oil pipeline.”
“All oil pipelines in the oil field are exposed, and only this section of the oil pipeline is buried underground.”
“It can be seen that the other party does not want this section of the pipeline to be exposed.”
“Therefore, the interior of this building should be an oil generator set.”
“The hugest volume of it should be a gas turbine.”
Kamal said “If we simply rely on an oil pipeline to determine that there must be oil power generation equipment inside,”
“It seems a little insufficient.”
AI said “I expected you to say that, so I also found out that the Nigerian Electricity Holdings Limited issued an announcement thirteen years ago.”
“Due to the power shortage in Lagos and surrounding regions at that time,”
“The company decided to implement power restrictions on enterprises in Lagos with serious power waste.”
“Among the list of power-restricted enterprises, there is Kansel Petroleum;”
“The announcement said that the reason for the power cuts on Kaisail was that Brobainl Petroleum had outdated equipment and its unit power consumption exceeded that of its peers.”
“The announcement was releasedmonths earlier than the start of construction of the building.”
“According to my analysis, Brobainl Petroleum had just been hit by power cuts, and construction of the building started immediately.”
“Since then, Brobainl Petroleum has never suffered similar penalties again.”
“Therefore, this building must be a small oil power plant!”
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