The Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC) (,
Malay
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: ''Gua Batu Simpanan Barang Mentah Jurong'') is the first underground
rock cavern
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for
oil storage in
Southeast Asia
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. It is owned by
Jurong Town Corporation
JTC Corporation (JTC), formerly the Jurong Town Corporation, is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry that champions sustainable industrial development. It master-plans clean, green and smart estates to create attractive de ...
. The rock caverns were officially opened on 2 September 2014 by the third
Prime Minister of Singapore
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,
Lee Hsien Loong.
Located at a depth of beneath Banyan Basin on Jurong Island, the caverns, provide infrastructural support to companies on Jurong Island such as Shell,
ExxonMobil
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and Chevron Philips, and meet the storage needs for liquid hydrocarbons such as crude oil, condensate, naphtha and gas oil.
The first phase comprises five long, wide and high caverns with nine storage galleries providing of storage, and of tunnels costing SGD 950 million. The second phase of 1.3 million cubic meter, double this capacity to 2.8 million cubic meters (100 million cu ft).
In a study focussed on Swedish policies and conditions in the Cold War (1938-98) it was concluded that environmental investigation into storage of oil and fuel in undressed rock chambers needed to take place over a long period of time, and that the impact and types of potential damage as at 2021 are unknown.
[Nilson, Sofi '' The Swedish Oil Weapon, Storage of fuel in Sweden during the Cold War: Energy security and environmentally related aspects.'' https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1642502/FULLTEXT01.pdf Retrieved 29 September 2023]
References
2014 establishments in Singapore
Jurong
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