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 Corporation (also known as Keppel Corp) is a Singaporean conglomerate headquartered in Keppel Bay Tower, HarbourFront. The company consists of several affiliated businesses that specialises in offshore & marine, property, infrastructure ...
.
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 Singapore Gas Company and occupied an area ...
, located at
Kallang Basin
Kallang Basin (; ms, Lembangan Kallang) 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.
At pr ...
in Kampung Bugis, which produced gas from coal. Coal from mines in Australia was shipped to the Gasworks via the
Rochor
Rochor 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 – Kallan ...
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 m³ 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
Singapore Power Limited, trading as SP Group (abbreviation: SP) is a government-affliated electricity and gas distribution company in Singapore. Singapore Power Group is the corporatised entity of the former electricity and gas departments of t ...
, 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 describes energy related issues in Singapore, which is a developed country located in Southeast Asia. Energy exports to others are about three times the primary energy supplied in the country itself. Additionally, oil import ...
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