BLNG Embarks On Plant Upgrading Project

Kuala Belait – Brunei Liquified Natural Gas (BLNG) embarks on a half billion dollars mammoth project to replace and upgrade some of the plants.

The project is carried out under the BLNG life for the next 30 years and also ensuring reliable supply of LNG to its buyers.

One of the activities to be carried out as part of the plan is the replacement of the Main Cryogenic Heat Exchangers (MCHE).

The replacement involves four out of the five MCHE after reaching the end of their technical service life and in service for 30 years.

The process will take place within two years at the cost of $120 million.

Each MCHE weighs 100 tonnes and 34.5-meter high and consists of 100-kilometer long tube winding.

The first shipment of two MCHE will arrive in Muara on January 28 and the other two will be by January 2005.

A briefing was held to inform various parties in the government and private sectors that the project requires precise logistic coordination in transporting the massive MCHE equipment from Muara and Kuala Belait ports to BLNG plant.

The journey to transport the structures will involve roads from Kuala Belait port to BLNG which may cause inconvenient to the public.

Dato Haji Hamdilah, BNLG Managing Director, made the briefing.

The BLNG plant began producing its first LNG in 1973.

Being one of the first LNG plants to start up in the early 70s, it is now that BLNG is the first that starts replacing major parts anywhere in the world. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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