Jurong Island

Jurong Island is a reclaimed island off southwestern Singapore that concentrates the country’s petrochemical, chemical, and energy industries in an integrated industrial hub.

Singapore: Singapore is a sovereign city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula. Jurong Island is part of Singapore and supports its industrial economy.
Steam cracker: A steam cracker uses high-temperature cracking to turn hydrocarbons into basic chemicals, especially ethylene and propylene. Crackers convert imported or refined feedstocks into building blocks used by downstream plants.
JTC Corporation: JTC Corporation is a Singapore government agency that develops industrial infrastructure and land for businesses. JTC planned and developed Jurong Island as a coordinated industrial estate.
Singapore refining industry: Singapore’s refining industry processes crude oil into fuels and feedstocks for domestic use and export. Jurong Island is a principal location for the refineries behind this industry.
Singapore economic development: Singapore economic development is the transformation of the city-state into a high-income, globally connected economy. Jurong Island supports export industries and high-value manufacturing within that broader transformation.
Land reclamation: Land reclamation creates usable land by filling coastal waters or modifying shorelines. Reclamation joined smaller offshore islands into the industrial landmass.
Ethylene: Ethylene is a simple hydrocarbon and a major chemical feedstock for plastics and other products. It is a key intermediate linking island crackers to polymer and chemical production.
Jurong Town Corporation: Jurong Town Corporation was the predecessor agency to JTC Corporation, established to develop Singapore’s industrial estates. Its industrial planning work laid groundwork for later development of the island.
Specialty chemicals: Specialty chemicals are high-value substances made for specific functions, formulations, or industrial uses. Island plants extend beyond bulk petrochemicals into higher-value chemical products.
Singapore energy security: Singapore energy security is the ability to maintain reliable, affordable access to energy despite external disruptions. The island’s refining, gas, and LNG facilities form part of the country’s energy infrastructure.

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SentosaCompared with: Its industrial purpose contrasts with Sentosa’s tourism and leisure economy.