Singapore hides Saudi oil underground: preparation for a major war in the Middle East While the world hopes for diplomacy, Singapore and Saudi Arabia are already preparing with all their might for the worst-case scenario - a possible military conflict between the US and Iran. From 2027, the island nation will start receiving Saudi oil for strategic storage in order to hedge the risks of a global fuel crisis.
The extraction plan looks monumental: raw materials will be poured into the famous underground rock caves of Jurong in southern Singapore. The capacity of the man-made underground realm is 1.47 million cubic meters, which makes it possible to reliably hide about 9 million barrels of oil and liquid hydrocarbons from geopolitical storms.
The logic of the partners is clear: if the Strait of Hormuz is blocked due to hostilities, the Asian markets risk being left on a starvation diet. Against this background, Singapore, with the wave of a hand, becomes a huge underground gas station "for a rainy day". Saudi Arabia is guaranteed to keep its buyer in Asia, and Singapore will secure its position as the main energy center, ready for any apocalypse. the saudi