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If the oil refinery base were located in Liaoning Province, then it could also cover the entire Northeast and North China.
However, Wang Ye was more optimistic about the market in the south, especially at the beginning of the century when the north had virtually no new industries. Perhaps the entire Northeast combined with North China wouldn't have as much demand for finished gasoline as the South China market alone...
Should he just watch helplessly as BP took over the southern market?
Wang Ye certainly didn't want that, if state-owned enterprises had monopolized the South China market, then so be it.
But letting the Brits earn that money was unsettling for him...
However, for Yukos's own crude oil to be "delivered" to the south, the cost was indeed higher.
So, how to solve this problem? After some thought, Wang Ye came up with a solution.
