Brunei LNG Terminal

Summary Information

• Ownership: Brunei LNG, Government of Brunei, Shell, Mitsubishi
• Website: http://www.blng.com.bn/
  • List of Shell LNG Terminals
• Location: Lumut, Brunei
• Capacity: 7.2 million tons/annum
• Status: In Operation

+++ Brief Description

• A large LNG liquifaction plant, with 5 trains

+++ Technical Details

• Storage capacity: 3 tanks of 65,000 cubic metres per tank
• Constructor:
  • **DYWIDAG:** 2 x 65,000 m³ tanks
• Licensor: [[[LNG Terminals Using Air Products Technology | Air Products]]]

+++ Ongoing Projects/Project Status

• -

+++ Suppliers / Customers

• Suppliers: Gas comes from the following fields: South West Ampa Gas Field, Fairley Oil and Gas Field, Gannet Oil and Gas Field, Champion Oil Field, Egret, Danau Bubut Gas Field, Iron Duke Oil Field, Maharaja Lela Gas Field and Jamallul Alam
• Customers:
  • The Japanese customers are Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas and Tokyo Electric. LNG is delivered to their terminals near Tokyo and Osaka, Japan’s two largest cities
  • In Korea, the customer is Kogas.
  • The LNG is delivered to two receiving facilities at Pyeong Taek and Incheon ports. Plans are well under way for the development of a third terminal at [[[Tongyoung LNG Terminal | Tong Young]].

+++ History

• 1972 - The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Brunei, the first in the Western Pacific, was completed
• 1987 - A cogeneration plant, a joint project involving the Government, Brunei Shell Petroleum and the Brunei LNG was built in Lumut
• 1991 - DYWIDAG awarded contract for 2 x 65,000 m³ tanks
• 1994 - Exports to Korea began
• 2012 - LNG Sale and Purchase Heads of Agreement with TEPCO, Tokyo Gas & Osaka Gas

+++ Other Information

• The original sales contract with Japanese customers finishes in 2013

+++ Relevant Links

1. Brunei LNG Profile pdf
2. DYWIDAG LNG Tank References
3. Conclusion of LNG Sale and Purchase Heads of Agreement with Brunei LNG Sendirian Berhad