w
BP Singapore Milestones
1997
BP’s S$70 million retail upgrading program in Singapore moved a step closer to reality as
Struan Robertson opened the first of the new retail outlets at Woodlands on 12 January.
Grand opening of BP Singapore’s refurbished Toa Payoh Lorong 6 service station on 27 April
coincided with the UK OK Lah! Fiesta organised by the British High and graced by the late
High Commissioner, H.E. Gordon Duggan and he was the first customer to drive his Rolls
Royce in for Mogas 118.
On 27 February and 1 March – STARS made its first deliveries of Jet A-1 fuel on time and
according to specifications. The joint venture between Air BP, Aerologistics and Singapore
Technologies completed this maiden order within a tight deadline.
BP’s US20 million Regional Technological Centre was officially opened on 16 December by
Chairman of the Singapore National Science and Technology Board (NSTB), Teo Ming Kian.
Targeted to play an important part in meeting the needs of Asia, the state-of-the-art centre
also serves as a training base for BP staff, customers and associates.
Closure of BP Refinery at Pasir Panjang Road on 28 February.
1998
UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Margaret Beckett visited the Regional Technology
Centre on 24 June.
BP awarded the Singapore Quality Class (SQC) award on 15 July by Minister without Portfolio,
Lim Boon Heng.
72