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This article looks a the growing chemical industry in Jurong Island, Singapore. It notes that the island has attracted 96 different companies through its provision of innovative integrated services. Heah Soon Poh of JTC Corporation explains the history of the island and its chemical industry. Some of the multinational corporations in the island are Chevron Philips, Eastman Chemical and ExxonMobil. Feedstock to the island is supplied by three crackers. It also notes the growth opportunities presented by the advent of cheaper and more varied feedstock.

The article reports that ExxonMobile Chemical company opened an ethylene plant in Singapore on January 8, 2014 which reportedly can crack crude oil as feedstock and simplify naphtha production. The remarks of company president Stephen Pryor about the range of feedstocks that the Singapore unit can produce and about crude cracking are noted. Chief executive officer Rex Tillerson's comment on the global demand for chemicals is noted.

This article reports that Shell Eastern Petroleum will make a final decision in the second quarter on whether to proceed with a previously announced steam cracker at Bukom Island, Singapore, according to Thierry Capelle, business manager/lower olefins, Asia, Pacific, and Middle East at Shell Chemicals as of March 2006.

Reports on the decision of Shell Chemicals to proceed with its plan to build a world-scale cracker and monoethylene glycol (MEG) unit in Singapore. Details of the project; Technology that will be utilized by the MEG plant; Reaction of other chemical companies to Shell's plan to build more downstream petrochemical units to complement its cracker project.