BLNG Changes Its “Heart” To Ensure Brunei’s 30-Year Gas Production

Bandar Seri Begawan – The Brunei Liquefied Natural Gas (BNLG) plant has embraced the latest technology to assure Brunei of its gas production for the next 30 years.

BLNG replaced the main cryogenic heat exchanger, the major component of the plant, to a mulch new design in line with the latest technology.

The replacement is one of the 20 major activities to be carried out under BLNG's asset reference plan for a much more sustainable future for the country.

Known as the heart of the plant, the first two components are expected to arrive at the end of the month.

The heat exchanger is manufactured in Germany and the design is not identical to the previous type, which was made in the United States.

This means more challenges have to be faced and that the activity will be carried out within two years.

Each main cryogenic heat exchanger weighs 100 tonnes, 35 metres high and consists of 100 kilometres tube winding.

Dato Haji Hamdillah, Managing Director Brunei LNG, explained that the replacement of the main cryogenic heat exchanger will further strengthen the country's economy and integrity in the long term.

The $120 million replacement project will be conducted in two phases.

The replacement of the first two heat exchangers will be carried out within this year and the remaining two by next year.

The replacement of the equipment is the first in an LNG plant in the world in which BLNG is leading the way.

Since it first production in 1973, more than 4,000 ships have loaded at the jetty for the power plants in Japan and Korea.

Last year, BLNG recorded 214 cargoes, the highest shipment in the company's history. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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