A truck drives through the Great Western Highway in Auburn, Sydney in Australia on April 2, 2026. George Chan/Getty Images
Few motorists may realise it, but over half of all the unleaded petrol Australians use daily comes from a small, reclaimed piece of land off the coast of Singapore.
The 35 square kilometre Jurong Island, in turn, imports roughly two-thirds of its crude oil from the Middle East.
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