Milestones & Accolades

160 years, working behind the scenes

Our story began in 1861 as Singapore Gas Company, a public company supplying gas for street lamps. The next year, Kallang Gasworks began producing gas from coal and was strategically located for easy access to coal supplies shipped in. People used our piped town gas in their daily lives, for cooking and water heating.

Development through the years

From the early 1950s, we started supplying piped town gas to HDB flats, private condominiums, landed properties as well as commercial and industrial customers.

Along the way, the company underwent several name changes – the City Council of Singapore (before 1965), Public Utilities Board (1965 to 1994) and PowerGas Ltd (1995 to 2001). In January 2002, City Gas Pte. Ltd. was formed as a divested entity from PowerGas Ltd. and continued as a piped town gas producer and retailer.

Today, as City Energy Pte. Ltd. (as Trustee of City Energy Trust), we are a fully-owned subsidiary of Keppel Infrastructure Trust.

Key Milestones

1861

We were founded as the Singapore Gas Company.

1862

Kallang Gasworks was built to produce piped town gas.

1901

The Singapore Municipal Commissioners took over the operations of the Singapore Gas Company to extend the gas supply network to street lighting. By 1940, the gas pipe network had been rapidly expanded though gas was used more for cooking and heating water than for lighting.

1963

We became part of the Public Utilities Board, and oil gasification plants were replaced by naphtha gas-making plants.

1995

The Electricity and Gas Departments of the Public Utilities Board were corporatised to form Singapore Power.

1997

Senoko Gasworks that will replace the production in Kallang officially opened – a S$240 million facility with a production capacity of 1.6 million cubic metres of gas per day.

1998

Kallang Gasworks officially ceased operations in March 1998. All gas operations were officially moved to Senoko Gasworks, which is still producing town gas to date.

2002

City Gas Pte Ltd was formed as a divested entity from PowerGas Ltd on
2 January 2002.

2003

Natural gas from South Sumatra, Indonesia, began being piped to Singapore. The natural gas was also used as partial feedstock to produce town gas.

2004

We achieved our 500,000th customer milestone.

2007

City Gas Trust was constituted as a private trust on 5 January 2007, and a wholly owned subsidiary of CitySpring Infrastructure Trust.

2008

We achieved our 600,000th customer milestone.

2011

City Gas celebrated our 150th anniversary. We had a year-long celebration and planted a time capsule at the production building lobby.

2014

We achieved our 700,000th customer milestone.

2015

CitySpring Infrastructure Trust was enlarged on 18 May 2015, and renamed as Keppel Infrastructure Trust.

2017

We achieved our 800,000th customer milestone.

2021

We are rebranded as City Energy.

Awards and Accolades

  • Singapore Prestige Brand Award – Heritage Brand Award

    2022

    By Association of Small & Medium Enterprises (ASME) and Lianhe Zaobao

  • Business Superbrands

    2010, 2012 and 2022

    By Superbrands Singapore

  • Fire Safety – Gold Award (Industrial Premises)

    2019

    By National Fire and Civil Emergency Preparedness Council (NFEC)

  • Fire Safety – Excellence Award (Industrial Premises)

    2017

    By National Fire and Civil Emergency Preparedness Council (NFEC)

  • Singapore Health Award – Gold Award

    2014

    By Health Promotion Board

  • Singapore Health Award – Bronze Award

    2012

    By Health Promotion Board

  • Work-Life Achiever Award

    2010 and 2012

    By Tripartite Committee on Work-Life Strategy

  • MINDEF Total Defence Awards, Meritorious Defence Partner Award

    2007 to 2012

    By Ministry of Defence

  • SCDF Strategic Partner Award

    2009 to 2011

    By Singapore Civil Defence Force

  • Patron of the Arts Awards, Arts Supporter Award

    2008 to 2011

    By National Arts Council

Certifications and Accreditations

  • bizSAFE STAR and PARTNER

    By Workplace Safety and Health Council

  • ISO 9001: Quality Management System

  • SS 651: 2019 Safety and Health Management System for Chemical Industry

  • ISO 45001: 2018 Safety and Health Management System

  • ISO 50001: 2018 Energy Management System