I Become A Noble in England

Barron and Bonnie set the wedding date for a month later. After all, even though his wedding would be relatively low-key this time, this low-key approach would also be low-key in front of the public. The media would be denied access to the wedding and guests would be restricted from filming. However, the wedding would still be extremely luxurious, giving the participants an unforgettable memory.

For a wedding like this, a month of preparation time is already quite tight, so preparations need to start from now on.

And after a month, Bonnie's body shape won't have changed much, and it won't be noticeable when she wears a wedding dress.

As for the guests invited to the wedding, let me put it this way, given Barron's current status, if he invited everyone, no matter how big the venue is, it would probably be crowded.

Therefore, he will only invite friends and partners who are relatively close to him to attend - it has been confirmed that the Duke of Devonshire, who is currently the most dazzling duke in England, will be married to Her Majesty the Queen and almost all members of the royal family.

A month may seem like a long time, but in fact, it is still not easy to take care of 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 down next to Bonnie and said to her cousin.

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

Bonnie smiled and said:

"But Chris, you know, our marriage this time... Although this is what I have always hoped for, when I really face this, I think that one day in the future, it will eventually..."

"I understand, Bonnie."

Chris held her hand and said:

"But you should understand that even for ordinary people, marriage is never so pure, not to mention that he is... The things involved in marriage for people like us are even more complicated."

"I understand this, but I still feel a little... complicated. 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, Bonnie, there are probably countless women in England and even the world who would fight for the title of Duchess who can give birth to an heir for him, but why you and not someone else? This still shows Barron's feelings for you. With this feeling and the identity of your future child, you are already invincible no matter what. As for the future, thinking too much now is just asking for trouble."

It is indeed as the Countess said, there are not too many women who want to sit on the position of Duchess of Devonshire.

After Barron's wedding date was set, he also had to deal with the task of comforting some women.

Not to mention the Hearst sisters who are far away in America, here in England, Barron has to face the little emotions of Tamaran Ecclestone, the daughter of a wealthy family.

In The Holme mansion in Regent's Park, Barron took time to spend a few days with Tamarin in addition to dealing with many things, and finally coaxed her into a good mood. However, she still said that in the following period of time, she would temporarily leave London and go out to travel to relax...

Well, this is already a good result.

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

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

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

Kolo Petroleum has already cooperated with CNOOC's listed company CNOOC Oilfield Services, and this cooperative relationship is also deepening.

Although in the acquisition of Unocal, it was United Energy that ultimately "defeated" its two competitors, CNOOC and Chevron, and won the final victory.

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

Now they have been able to purchase an oil and gas block from Unocal that is most convenient for them to exploit, which 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 obtained a total of US$6.5 billion in funds from Chevron and CNOOC.

Based on the current pound-to-dollar exchange rate of around 1.75, United Energy Group has already raised more than 3.7 billion pounds in funding.

If we continue to raise around 1.3 billion pounds, we will be able to complete the acquisition of the natural gas business from the National Grid of the United Kingdom.

This is not difficult because the debt ratio of United Energy Group is not too high at this time. It is very simple to issue corporate bonds or seek loans from banks.

"The other is the refining project. We have already started dismantling the equipment of a refinery in Santa Paula and are preparing to transport it to Colo to restart the refinery there..."

What Epeli Singleton was talking about was a medium-sized petrochemical refinery jointly invested by United Energy Group and Kolo Petroleum Corporation, which is more than 30 kilometers away from Loti, the capital of Kolo. This will also be Kolo's first refining project, used to refine part of the crude oil extracted from the Kolo offshore oil fields to supply domestic needs and export overseas.

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

The equipment for this refinery will be directly dismantled and shipped from Unocal's oil base in California, USA, and they will also be able to solve the placement of some personnel - most of the technical personnel will be sent by the former Unocal company to provide guidance, thus ensuring the start-up of the Kolo refinery.

Unocal's refinery in California itself has very high labor costs - after all, blue-collar wages in the United States are certainly not comparable to those in Asia and Africa, which is why all new petrochemical projects are currently being built in Asia.

After transferring the equipment to Kolo, not only will the labor cost be greatly reduced, but it will also have a driving effect on Kolo's economic development.

As for whether the local workers in Colo are capable of doing the work in these factories?

In the early stages, necessary training is definitely needed, which can be carried out during the time when equipment is disassembled and transported.

And by then, the technical staff of this oil refinery will mainly be personnel sent from Unocal, and they will gradually train local technical staff with a certain level of education.

As for the grassroots workers, we can only try to reduce accidents, especially fatal accidents. There is no way around it. This is also a necessary price to pay if you want to develop from scratch.