Oil
installations has for long been considered as strategic.
The Japanese attack on the Dutch - Indies
The Japanese invasion to the Dutch - Indies in 1942. It is obvious that their targets were oil installations, since oil has a very strategic role.
Toru Oki, a Japanese geologist
The Japanese continued drilling from December 1943 to December 1944 and found oil deposits at the location of the Minas-1 well.
The Minas-1 rig
