Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore
At the core of the Singapore Petrochemical Complex is
the upstream company, Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore
(Private) Limited. Established in 1977, PCS was a joint
venture joint venture between the Singapore Government
and the Japan-Singapore Petrochemicals Co Ltd ("JSPC"),
led by Sumitomo Chemical in collaboration with the Government
of Japan and major Japanese companies.
The two current major shareholders, with equity share,
are JSPC and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd. The latter
took over the shares of the Singapore Government in 1989.
Part of the Singapore
Petroleum Complex and located on Jurong
Island, PCS is an upstream company supplying high
quality ethylene, propylene, acetylene, butadiene, as
well as utilities such as water, steam and compressed
air to downstream companies which in turn produce high
quality petrochemical products for their customers in
the Southeast Asia region and beyond.
PCS put on stream the first full-fledged ethylene plant
in Southeast Asia in February 1984. With the start-up
of a second ethylene plant in 1997, PCS's total ethylene
production capacity has since exceeded 1 million tonnes
per year.
PCS also provides common facilities and services such
as berths, security and fire-fighting to ensure the safe
and efficient running of the complex. The petrochemical
complex underwent expansion in 1997, and this gave rise
to Complex
II.
Being the upstream company of the Singapore Petrochemical
Complex. PCS serves
more than 10 world-class petrochemical companies on the
Complex in the production of petrochemical products.
PCS supplies olefins, aromatics and other petrochemical
products as well as a host of supporting services, common
facilities and services such as berths, security and fire-fighting
to ensure the safe and efficient running of the complex.
