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Southeast Asia’s first commercial underground liquid hydrocarbons storage facility, the Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC), opened in Singapore yesterday (2 September). The facility was officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Located 150m below the ground, the JRC is deepest known underground public works endeavor in Singapore to date.
According to JTC Corporation, the developer of the JRC project, the facility is part of the nation’s efforts in overcoming land constraints to sustain the long-term growth of the economy.
The project comprises five nine-storey high caverns, 9 km of tunnels, and piping networks with supporting utilities. The Caverns will be used to store 1.47 million cubic meters of liquid hydrocarbons such as crude oil and condensate. “[This] also translates to a saving of approximately 60ha of land for higher value-added activities such as petrochemicals manufacturing activities,” JTC said.
“As a small city state, we are constantly pushing boundaries in our quest to overcome our scarce land resource. The Jurong Rock Caverns required us to venture into unfamiliar grounds and surmount engineering challenges never encountered before. Its success attests to our resolve to persevere and diligently deliver innovative and sustainable infrastructure solutions for Singapore,” JTC Chairman Dr. Loo Choon Yong said.
Two of the caverns, completed earlier in March, have already been leased to Jurong Aromatics Corporation. Meanwhile, the three remaining caverns are expected to be completed in 2016.
Image source: JTC
Nikki De Guzman, Editor at CommercialGuru, wrote this story. To contact her about this and other stories, email nikki@propertyguru.com.sg
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