We had a tour to SHELL biggest refinery in the world- PULAU BUKOM Refinery in Singapore . First time sat in a ferry. The refinery is spread over the island of BUKOM.Though cameras were not allowed inside the premises, managed to pick a few snaps on the way while I was in ferry.
This one was just before we landed on the island. Looks like a supplier of crude oil . First time had a chance to view these ships so closely.
After the bus tour of the refinery , Ta Heng Hai, the Technological Manager at Shell gave a presentation on the refinery industry , with data on SHELL mostly and the future outlook of the oil industry. One thing he mentioned in particular which seemed to me strange at first but after his explanation on the same I was in aggrement.
He said that the prices of the oil should increase further from current rate of around $68 per barrel.Till now the effort has been minimum to conserve these natural reserves of oil and look for alternative and more environment efficient resources becuase the cost of alternative sources of energy is high. The increase in prices will force people to look for alternate and equally or more efficient means of energy.The people will learn to use the resources more efficiently and effectively. On the other end he said high prices might put severe pressure on the countries which are high importers of oil .
The current CPU at this refinery is around half million barrels/day. The total length of the pipelines laid at this refinery is an awesome 700KM. Never imagined that even in my dreams. One of the oldest oil storage containers is of 1900. The gas products of refinery are kept in sperical containers from safety point of view as the pressure is equally distributed .
Really thrilled by the overall experience.
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