The construction project of Singapore's oil reserve base is divided into three phases, the first phase of the project will have a reserve capacity of 2 million cubic meters after completion, the second phase of the project will be completed by another 3 million cubic meters, and the last 5 million cubic meters will be completed by the third phase of the project, and the third phase of the project will be completed within one and a half years, by then the oil reserve base will have a peak reserve capacity of 10 million cubic meters, becoming the largest oil reserve base in East Asia, and further strengthening the capacity of Singapore's oil refining industry. It is of great significance to the construction of Singapore as a regional economic center.

This is also why when Gu Chen proposed to build an oil reserve base, the Singapore government would respond positively, and now that the first phase of the project is completed, a completion ceremony will be held. Of course, taking the opportunity to contact Gu Chen and further bring the relationship between the two parties closer is also an important reason.

Since the completion ceremony was proposed by the Singapore government and the Singapore government also participated in the preparations, the scene was relatively grand, not only Lee Hsien Loong, who served as the Minister of Trade and Industry, and more than a dozen Singapore government officials attended the ceremony, but even Lee Kwang Yao himself came.

Before the ceremony began, Gu Chen and Li Guangyao had a cordial conversation for more than half an hour, during which hearty laughter came from time to time in the office where the two were located, although no one knew the content of their conversation, but it could be seen from these laughter that the two chatted very happily.

In fact, Gu Chen really admires the father of the Singapore nation very much, or has a respect, from the independence of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia, to now become one of the four Asian tigers, and then become one of the most international and wealthiest countries at the beginning of the 21st century, Lee Kwang Yao's courage and ability are not insignificant. If you look around the world, it's hard to find one that can match it.

Even now in the eighties, Lee Kwang Yao enjoys a very high reputation in the world. It is a political star shining in the East.

The ceremony lasted nearly an hour, and both Gu Chen and Lee Kwang Yao gave speeches, in which Gu Chen highly praised Singapore's economic achievements since independence, and felt optimistic about Singapore's prospects: "...... As we all know, Singapore has only been independent for more than 20 years, and it is a very young country, and being young means being energetic...... In just over twenty years. Singapore has achieved remarkable economic achievements and has become one of the most important economies in Southeast Asia. Today, every Singaporean is living a life of stability and prosperity that many countries cannot achieve in several times the time. Meantime. Singapore is also one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and the momentum of this development remains strong for the foreseeable future. I am confident that Singapore will continue to maintain this momentum. Investing in Singapore is a long-term plan for me......"

Gu Chen was followed by Lee Kwang Yao, who spoke with strong confidence in Singapore's present and future: "I am very grateful to Mr. Gu Chen for his praise of Singapore, I have said on many occasions before, Singapore can have its current situation mainly because of its unique geographical environment, more than half of the world's oil tankers pass through the Strait of Malacca and then sail to the countries on the Pacific coast, so since the founding of the country, Singapore has always given priority to the development of trade and oil industry...... Of course. The excellent geographical environment is really an innate condition, and nothing can be done without acquired efforts. Singapore has a clean and efficient government, and it has formulated a series of economic policies that are conducive to investment, conducive to optimizing investment, and facilitating investors' economic activities in Singapore......"

Singapore TV reporters recorded the ceremony, and in the evening, an edited version of the ceremony will be broadcast on the news.

After the ceremony, the Singapore government held a celebratory luncheon for the guests who came to participate in the ceremony, the luncheon was small in scale, only a few dozen people, but the standard was quite high, each of which was an elite from both the political and business circles. However, the format of the luncheon was Chinese, and although the atmosphere was pleasant, it was not as lively as a Western-style banquet, and they chatted with each other while eating Singaporean specialties.

After a short rest, Gu Chen went to the dock accompanied by Li Xianlong and He Jing to watch the process of the first oil tanker filling oil into the No. 1 oil storage tank, which is a large oil tanker of 100,000 tons, belonging to the Italian Falls Shipping Group, and now the largest Italian maritime transportation company has been jointly acquired by Tang Dynasty Holdings and Temasek Holdings, each side accounts for 50% of the Falls Shipping Group, and each has 50% of the voting rights for the group's business, and the president of the group is elected by both parties through negotiation.

This is also the reason why He Jing will come with him, you must know that Falls Shipping Group is a cooperation between Tang Dynasty Holdings and Temasek Holdings, not only Temasek Holdings' senior management attaches great importance to it, but also the Singapore government's senior management is also concerned, as long as the joint acquisition of Falls Shipping Group can achieve good benefits, the two sides will definitely have more cooperation opportunities in the future, and can establish a long-term and stable cooperative relationship with Tang Dynasty Holdings, Temasek Holdings is equivalent to switching from a horse-drawn carriage to a speeding car, and will be able to have a brighter future.

At this time, the crude oil in the tanker tank comes from the Falkland Islands, which is not the first time that the crude oil produced by the Falkland Islands has been transported to Singapore, since the beginning of this year, the Falkland Islands have officially produced crude oil, the main reason why it can be put into production so quickly, the main reason is that Tang Dynasty oil did not lay a submarine oil pipeline, all crude oil is transported by oil tankers, although this way saves a lot of infrastructure investment in the early stage, but in the long run, the cost is relatively much larger, Offshore oil fields around the world generally use pipelines unless they are too far from the coast, which is not only cheap, convenient, and faster.

Of course, Gu Chen also wanted to do this, but the Falkland Islands were originally a sensitive place, and it was very good that he could extract oil here, and Argentina would never allow him to lay oil pipelines on Argentine soil, so he could only choose a costly and laborious way.

In the months leading up to today, nearly 10 medium and large tankers have arrived in Singapore laden with crude oil from the Falkland Islands, which is now produced in the Falkland Islands more than half of the crude oil used by PetroSingapore.

After the opening of the oil reserve base, PetroSingapore will gradually increase the use of Falkland Island oil, and by the end of this year, all Falkland Island oil will be used, because Falkland Island oil is not only of good quality, but also relatively cheap.

It is not that the price of oil in the Falkland Islands is low per se, but that it is sold to PetroSingapore at a lower rate than by other companies, in order to stimulate the development of PetroSingapore, not only to expand its market share, but also to innovate in technology, improve the quality and variety of products, and strive to catch up with the world's leading chemical giants, such as Mobil and Shell. For this reason, Gu Chen sacrificed some of his personal interests.

Standing on the pier more than 100 meters away from the tanker, the huge hull of the tanker gives people a powerful visual shock, but a huge oil tanker can not even hold one-tenth of the No. 1 oil storage tank, which shows the huge size of these oil storage tanks.

Gu Chen looked back at Ye Leixin, who was with him, and asked, "Leixin, the progress of the project of the reserve base is so fast, there should be no potential safety hazards, right?" ”

"Mr. Gu can rest assured that our oil reserve base uses the most advanced technology in the world, first of all, the outer wall of the oil storage tank is very strong, which can completely resist the attack of rockets and small missiles; The second is to install an automated oil and gas leakage alarm system, which can accurately and timely determine the location of oil and gas leakage; Third, an automatic fire extinguishing system is installed in the base, so that even if a fire does occur, the situation can be controlled in the first time, and the disaster can be strangled in the initial stage, and at the very least, it can buy time for rescue; Finally, there is a strict security inspection system, every three days, the security inspector must check all the pipes and valves to eliminate potential safety hazards in time. It is believed that with these four guarantees, the safety index of this oil reserve base should be among the top in the world. ”

Gu Chen nodded, he has always attached great importance to safety, both his own personal safety, and the construction safety of the enterprise, when the second and third phases of the Singapore Petroleum Company refinery were under construction, he asked to put safety first, and the second is environmental protection.

At this stage, Singapore's industry is in the fast lane of development, and the Singapore government has not been too strict on environmental protection, but as long as ten years, when the industry develops to a certain extent, it is inevitable that the Singapore government will introduce some environmental protection regulations.

At that time, some refineries that do not meet environmental standards will have to be forced to upgrade and upgrade, which will not only consume time, effort and money, but also delay the production work of the refinery, which is obviously extremely cost-effective.

He pointed to the second phase of the project, which was under construction not far away, and said to Li Xianlong and He Jing: "Both, let's go over there and have a look." ”

Li Xianlong, He Jing, naturally had no opinion, and a few people in the group walked while talking, only to hear Li Xianlong say: "In the northeast of the third phase of the project, Exxon of the United States has just bought a piece of land and plans to build a large-scale oil refinery, which should be about the same size as the refinery of the Singapore Petroleum Company. ”

Hearing this, Gu Chen immediately remembered that time with Jace? At the Rockefeller meeting, although Exxon Chemical was not chaired or president by someone from the Rockefeller family, the Rockefeller family was still the majority shareholder, and Tang Dynasty Petroleum had cooperated with Exxon Chemical when it was exploring the Falkland Islands...... (To be continued......)