Sharanya Pillai

Sharanya Pillai

ENERGY CORRESPONDENT

Sharanya Pillai is a correspondent covering the regional energy market, with a special interest in clean energy trade in Asean and the rise of nuclear power. She has also penned opinion pieces and the weekend column Off Tangent, covering the weird and wonderful in science, psychology and beyond.

Past crises were "an opportunity for us to grow and reinvent ourselves", said Katoen Natie's outgoing Singapore chief executive, Koen Cardon.

Singapore chemical logistics growth still promising despite Middle East war: Katoen Natie execs

Specialty chemical producers are scaling up their plants on Jurong Island, driving demand for warehouse storage

The investment underscores Katoen Natie's confidence in Singapore, said its chief executive for the Republic, Koen Cardon.

Logistics giant Katoen Natie to invest S$60 million in new Jurong Island facility

The company is investing an additional S$3.1 million in a fully automated storage and retrieval system

EMA CEO Puah Kok Keong says that South-east Asia's renewable energy potential is an “extraordinary asset”.

Asean energy cooperation ‘more crucial than before’ with global disruption: EMA chief

This year’s edition of SIEW will feature an event by the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time

Clockwise from top left: Oriano Lizza, sales trader at CMC Markets Singapore; June Goh, senior oil analyst at Sparta Commodities; Tam Shu Ching, a senior associate with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in Singapore; Baldev Bhinder, managing director at Blackstone & Gold.

‘Perfect storm’: Singapore energy traders, lawyers grapple with Iran war fallout

Quick judgments are needed to cope with extreme price changes and flurry of client requests

As at end-2024, Grab founder Anthony Tan owned just 3.7% of the company's shares, but had 63.2% of voting power.

‘Trust the founder’? Grab’s super-voting share proposal raises governance questions for investors

Shareholders would have to be content as passengers in a vehicle ‘with a permanent driver’, observer says

LNG storage tanks on Singapore's Jurong Island. The Republic's safeguards include a standby LNG facility.

Iran war could be first ‘stress test’ for Singapore’s centralised gas buyer

LNG markets could get more volatile, especially if the conflict extends into the mid-year

Dr Tan says Singapore's supply diversification efforts have worked in an “optimal” manner, even though it did not “plan for a war of this magnitude”.

Singapore prioritising ‘dry powder’ to intervene if Middle East conflict worsens: Tan See Leng

Singaporeans and businesses will need to brace for a ‘very bumpy ride’, and are urged to conserve energy

Blackstone-backed AirTrunk views Singapore as a key financing hub, says its founder and CEO Robin Khuda.

Data centre giant AirTrunk bets big on Singapore, mulls Reit IPO among other capital-raising options

The hyperscale specialist aims to treble headcount in the Republic to nearly 350 by 2030

With refineries and crackers under pressure, manufacturers are set to feel more strain in feedstock supply.

In charts: Singapore’s energy and chemicals sector in focus as Middle East conflict escalates

The sector’s green pivot could help it be less vulnerable to oil and gas disruptions in the long term

The petrochemical sector in Singapore, along with the rest of Asia, is facing a crunch in naphtha arising from the conflict in the Middle East.

‘Very grim’: Singapore, regional petrochem sector could see more force majeure notices; EDB in contact with players

Government agencies are working to support companies amid the ‘evolving situation’