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Encyclopedia > Jurong Island

Jurong Island is a man-made island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate. It was formed from the amalgamation of several offshore islands, chiefly the 7 main islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek Kecil, Pulau Sakra and Pulau Seraya. This was done through land reclamation. When completed, Jurong Island will form a land area of about 32 km² from an initial area of less than 10 km². This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ...


Jurong Island is linked to the main island by a 2.3 km causeway known as the Jurong Island Highway, opened in Mar 1999. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...


History

The outlying islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau and Pulau Seraya used to house fishing communities comprising small villages up to the 1960s. The villagers lived in Malay-style wooden stilt houses on the palm-fringed islands. Between late-1960s and early-1970s, 3 big oil companies planned to house their facilities on Pulau Ayer Chawan for Esso, Pulau Merlimau for Singapore Refinery Company and Pulau Pesek for Mobil Oil. Look up Palm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word Palm has several meanings: The central region of the human hand and an ancient unit of length based thereon. ... An Esso Station in Toronto Esso is an international trade name used by Exxon Mobil and its related companies. ... Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an oil producer and distributor formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ...


The government of Singapore then took the opportunity to grow the petrochemical industry as a choice that will significantly produce economic growth. This was proven by the success of starting off the petroleum industries in the 1970s.


In 1991, JTC Corporation (Jurong Town Corporation) was appointed the agent of the Jurong Island project. JTC planned and coordinated with various government agencies in providing the necessary infrastructure and services to the island.


Jurong Island today

Today, Jurong Island is home to leading petrochemical companies; industry luminaries like BASF, BP, Celanese, ExxonMobil, DuPont, Mitsui Chemicals, Chevron Oronite, Shell and Sumitomo Chemical have taken the opportunity by setting up factories there to reap the benefits of comprehensive infrastructure and production synergies from this unique cluster development for oil, petrochemical and specialty chemicals. BASF-Hochhaus position in Germany BASF AG is a German chemical company. ... BP (formerly British Petroleum and briefly known as BP Amoco) (NYSE: BP) is a petroleum company headquartered in London, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Shell, ExxonMobil, and Total). ... Celanese is a large American chemical company. ... Exxon-branded gas station in California (actually operated by Valero) Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an oil producer and distributor formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ... This article is about the DuPont company. ... Mitsui (三井) is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (Keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. ... ChevronTexaco Corporation ( NYSE: CVX) is one of the worlds largest global energy companies. ... A Shell petrol station sign in the UK The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (called Shell Oil in North America), has its headquarters split between the Shell Centre in London, United Kingdom and The Hague, Netherlands. ... The Sumitomo Group is a group of related japanese companies, (keiretsu). ...


Jurong Island also houses the Seraya Power Station, Singapore's first offshore power station, which was completed in phases on the former Pulau Seraya since 1982.


External link

  • Jurong Island - History and important investor information run by JTC Corporation.
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Jurong Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (410 words)
Jurong Island is a man-made island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate.
It was formed from the amalgamation of several offshore islands, chiefly the 7 main islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek Kecil, Pulau Sakra and Pulau Seraya.
Jurong Island is linked to the main island by a 2.3 km causeway known as the Jurong Island Highway, opened in March 1999.
Jurong Island Bus Terminal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (227 words)
Jurong Island Bus Terminal is a bus terminal on the southwest of Jurong Island, Singapore, serving the only form of public transport on the offshore island off the southwest coast of the main island.
Initially operated by SBS Transit using the first buses powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) to Jurong East Bus Interchange, it was forced to terminate these services when its contract, awarded by Jurong Town Corporation, expired.
The CNG buses that used to operate on Jurong Island were transferred to SBS Transit 105.
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