The Brunei LNG (BLNG) is the

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plant in

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. It is the largest oil and gas producer in the country. Moreover as of 2006, Brunei has been the 4th largest oil producer in

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and the 9th largest LNG producer in the world.

History

The company was officially established in December 1969, with the

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, Shell Overseas Holdings and

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signing a

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(JV) agreement in January 1970. At the same year, the Coldgas Trading Limited and the Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc., Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. and Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with BLNG. The company was set up after the discover of the offshore

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off the

Belait District Belait District (; Jawi: دأيره بلأيت), or simply Belait (), is the largest as well as the westernmost district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 69,062 as of 2016. The administrative town is Kuala Belait, located at ...

in 1963. The first LNG plant in the Western Pacific was completed, and the first ship to complete a voyage to Japan were in 1972. In 1993, the LNG underwent a B$500 million renovation for the plant's life extension and again in the same year, the Japanese companies extended the SPA agreement for an additional 20 years. In 1994, a South Korean company also signed a SPA agreement which would be taken into effect after 1997. An estimated of $B1,632 million of LNG was sold to Japan in 1999. Plans to develop the Egret gas field was officially known in November 2001 and expected to start production in August 2003. The renovation of the LNG plant took place again from 2004 until 2010. In 2007, Japan has imported B$2 billion of both LNG and crude oil from Brunei.

Brunei Gas Carriers

The first four carriers were delivered between October 1972 and October 1975, with a maximum storage capacity of . These older ships were built in

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( Bebatik/ Bekalang/ Bekulan/ Belais/ Belanak/ Bilis/ Bubuk). Brunei LNG operates seven

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s through the joint venture company, Brunei Shell Tankers (BST). BST was established in 1986. In 1998, the Brunei Gas Carriers (BSC) was established, and in 2014, the three newer vessels were built in

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(Amani/Amali/Arkat) and Japan (Abadi) by

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and Mitsubishi Nagasaki respectively. The first of these three ships was delivered in June 2002, with the most recent ship, Amadi, being delivered in July 2011. These ships hold between of LNG collectively.

Shareholders

The operating company—Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd—is owned by the

(50%), Shell Overseas Trading Limited and

(both 25%). Brunei LNG operates five

LNG train Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volu ...

s and produces 6.71 million tonnes every year of liquified natural gas. It has approximately 500 personnel.
Facts and Figures. The facility uses Air Products & Chemicals, Air Products' AP-C3MR process and has three LNG storage tanks capable of holding .

References

External links

Corporate website
{{Shell oil Oil and gas companies of Brunei Natural gas in Brunei Energy infrastructure in Brunei Liquefied natural gas plants Shell plc subsidiaries Belait District Non-renewable resource companies established in 1969 1969 establishments in Brunei