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renamed Bebatik. It was decommissioned in
April 2018. His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum
Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi
Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei
Darussalam officially opened the Plant on April
4, 1973.
In 1977, Brunei Coldgas Sendirian Berhad
was established and took over the rights and
obligations of Coldgas Trading Limited. On
January 1, 1996, Brunei Coldgas Sdn Bhd and
Brunei LNG Limited merged to form Brunei LNG
Sdn Bhd.
Brunei LNG is currently owned by the
Government of His Majesty (50 per cent),
Mitsubishi Corporation (25 per cent) and Shell
Overseas Holdings Limited (25 per cent).
Brunei LNG Plant
Brunei LNG Plant was established in 1973
with the size of 130 hectares. The plant’s total
capacity is 7.2 million tonnes per year, with gas
supplied from the following oil fields: South
West Ampa, Fairley, Gannet, Champion, Egret,
Iron Duke, Maharaja Lela and Jamalul Alam.
There are five identical liquefaction trains
which are capable of processing 9,700m
3
of gas
everyday day. Gas is supplied by Brunei Shell
Petroleum and Block B Joint Venture (BBJV)
made up of Total E&P Borneo BV, Shell and
Petroleum Brunei.
In the future, the plant expects a deepwater
supply from Block CA1 (Petronas CARIGALI,
Shell Deepwater Borneo, Murphy Oil
Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation) and
Block CA2 (Petronas CARIGALI, Murphy Oil
Corporation and Total E&P Borneo BV).
Production, People and Customers
Natural gas is Brunei Darussalam’s major
revenue earner. LNG is the main product
produced by Brunei LNG. To date, Brunei LNG
has liquefied and delivered more than 7,000
cargoes equivalent to more than 261 million
tonnes of LNG.
The company’s LNG is transported by five
A-Class LNG vessels which are owned by
Brunei Gas Carriers Sdn Bhd. The oldest vessel,
Abadi, was delivered in 2002 and the newest,
Amadi, in 2015.
Brunei LNG also produces Liquefied Petroleum
Gases (LPG) as a by-product at its bottling plant
for domestic sales by Brunei Shell Marketing.
There are currently 590 employees working
directly for Brunei LNG, of which almost
92 per cent are Bruneians in line with the
Bruneianisation Directive issued by the Ministry
of Energy, Manpower and Industry.
Brunei LNG’s customers include Tokyo Gas,
Shell, Jera, Petronas, Osaka Gas and Koch
Supply & Trading. The medium-term deal
agreement with Koch Supply & Trading Sarl
was signed in 2018. Going forward, Brunei LNG
strives to expand its customer base beyond the
existing portfolio.
Securing the future
As one of the oldest plants in the world,
Brunei LNG invests in continuous rejuvenation
activities of its assets to ensure that the plant
is reliable and safe to continuously produce and
supply LNG to its customers.
The year 2015 saw the completion of the
Tank 6 Project within budget and without any
Lost Time Injury (LTI). The tank was built to
increase net storage capacity to 280,000m
3
to meet customers’ current and future
requirements, following the transition from
B-Class LNG carriers which accommodates
74,500 m
3
to A-Class LNG carriers which can