Underground rock caverns as big as 600 swimming pools open in Singapore

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Singapore has officially opened the Jurong Rock Caverns located 150 metres underground. The caverns can store up to 1.47 million cubic metres of liquid hydrocarbons - which is the equivalent to 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The caverns are sitting under the seabed of Banyan Basin located on the artificial Jurong Island, a heavily secured area southwest of Singapore. The facility cost $1.7 billion and was more expensive than building storage on land, but met the needs of land-scarce Singapore. The five caverns are each roughly 27 metres high and 20 metres wide, and were built over the course of six years. Despite UN climate negotiations for a deal that aims to bind all nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Singapore's Prime Minister has said they will continue to develop the island's petrochemical industry as it provides good jobs for Singaporeans, and contributes significantly to their economy. Report by Claire Lomas.

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