Shell Eastern Petroleum, Bukom Island — Singapore

Shell Eastern Petroleum, Bukom Island is a petrochemical plant in Singapore. Its listed capacity is 1,150,000 t of ethylene. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes. It is operated by PT Top Investment Indonesia. By capacity it ranks #2 among 2 petrochemical plants in Singapore. It emits about 2,358,543 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 13% of the CO₂e from the 7 facilities in Singapore that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 57% above the national median for this sector.

Facility identity, coordinates and modelled CO2: Climate TRACE v6, id ct-731967. Cited capacity and operating status are independently sourced below.

Capacity and operating-status verification

Operating integrated complex; 1.1 million t/yr ethylene cracker

Checked 2026-07-19. Capacities are annual ethylene production capacities stated by the current operator or facility owner. The three records represent separate operating complexes; equal capacity values are not treated as duplicate data. Aster operations

In context: how this facility compares

At 1,150,000 t of ethylene, Shell Eastern Petroleum, Bukom Island is below the median petrochemical plant in Singapore (1,900,000 t of ethylene). Subsector: petrochemical-steam-cracking. As petrochemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 300–800°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Petrochemical plants crack hydrocarbons at very high temperatures to produce ethylene, propylene and other building-block chemicals — one of the most heat-intensive industrial processes.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 2,358,543 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest petrochemical plants in Singapore

Listed capacity (t of ethylene), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by PT Top Investment Indonesia. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Shell Eastern Petroleum, Bukom Island sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 1.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1231 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 2 petrochemical plants in Singapore by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore, Pulau Ayer Merbau · Petrochemical · 2,255,998 t CO₂
• ExxonMobil Singapore Refinery · Refinery · 5,634,555 t CO₂
• Singapore Refining Corporation Refinery · Refinery · 2,337,565 t CO₂
• ExxonMobil Chemical Jurong Island, Jurong Island · Petrochemical · 3,896,724 t CO₂
• Natsteel Singapore plant · Steel Plant · 24,000 t CO₂
• Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore Refinery · Refinery · 2,265,996 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 1.26601, 103.72504. View on OpenStreetMap.

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