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- Saudi Arabia plans to store crude oil in Singapore to deal with potential disruptions in global oil supply and secure access to Asian market.
- According to the global news agency Reuters, the purpose of this arrangement is to make the supply of Saudi oil more reliable in Southeast A.
- However, the amount of crude oil to be stored and the financial details of the agreement were not disclosed, however, according to the Saudi.
Saudi Arabia plans to store crude oil in Singapore to deal with potential disruptions in global oil supply and secure access to Asian markets, which is expected to be implemented in the second half of 2027.
However, the amount of crude oil to be stored and the financial details of the agreement were not disclosed, however, according to the Saudi and Singaporean ministries, under the project, Saudi crude oil is to be stored in underground rock storage facilities in Singapore's Jurong Island.
In this regard, a memorandum of understanding has been exchanged between Saudi Aramco and the relevant institutions of Singapore, while the trade negotiations are targeted to be completed in the next few months.
Singapore's underground storage facilities have a total capacity of about 9 million barrels of liquid hydrocarbons, but it is not clear how much of this will be allocated to Saudi Arabia.
