Sculpture at NTU: The Flame of Knowledge? Or Oil Refining?

This thing benefited from a new coat of paint last month.  Although no longer rusty, it’s still not very pleasing:

It’s a dead failure as a torch of knowledge – the relation of flame to support is wholly out of whack. On the other hand, as a representation of the  flames of the nearby Jurong Island Oil Refinery, it’s pretty good.  But why is it here?

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