City Energy Pte Ltd, formerly known as City Gas Pte Ltd, founded as Singapore Gas Company in 1861, is the producer and retailer of piped town gas in Singapore. It is a fully owned subsidiary of
Keppel Corporation
Keppel Ltd., previously Keppel Corporation (or Keppel Corp) is a Singaporean company headquartered in Keppel Bay Tower, HarbourFront. The company consists of several affiliated businesses that specialises in property, infrastructure and asset ...
.
History
In 1861, the Singapore Gas Company was established in 1861 to provide piped gas to light Singapore’s streets. In the following year, the company built
Kallang Gasworks
Kallang Gasworks ( Pinyin: Jiā lěng méi qì chǎng) was the first site dedicated to gas manufacturing from coal in Singapore. It operated from 1862 to 23 March 1998.
In 1862, it was constructed by the City Energy, Singapore Gas Company and occu ...
, located at
Kallang Basin
Kallang Basin (; ) is an enclosed bay in Kallang, Singapore. The Kallang River, Rochor River and Geylang River empty into the Kallang Basin. The Marina Channel connects the Kallang Basin with the Singapore Straits.
Currently, the Kallang Basin i ...
in Kampung Bugis, which produced gas from coal. Coal from mines in Australia was shipped to the Gasworks via the
Rochor
Rochor ( or ) is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area located within the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area of the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. Rochor shares boundaries with the following planning areas ...
and
Kallang rivers.
In 1901, Singapore Gas Company was bought by the Municipal Commission.
City Energy has a production facility in Singapore,
Senoko Gasworks, equipped with a capacity of 1.6 million m
3 per day. This is the sole facility producing town gas in Singapore. City Energy uses the gas pipeline network owned by PowerGas, a subsidiary of
SP Group
SP Group is a State-owned enterprise, state-owned electricity and gas distribution company in Singapore. SP Group is the corporatised entity of the former electricity and gas departments of the Public Utilities Board (Singapore), Public Utiliti ...
, to supply town gas to its customers.
City Gas was renamed as City Energy on 1 December 2021.
As of 2021, City Energy has approximately 870,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Singapore. City Energy provides town gas pipe installation and town gas supply activation services. The maintenance and retail of gas appliances and solutions are also services offered by the company.
See also
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Energy in Singapore
Energy in Singapore is critically influenced by its strategic position in maritime Southeast Asia, nestled between Malaysia and the Singapore Strait, near essential maritime routes like the Strait of Malacca, Straits of Malacca and the South Chin ...
References
Works cited
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External links
* {{official, http://www.cityenergy.com.sg
Companies established in 1861
Oil and gas companies of Singapore
1861 establishments in the British Empire