Pulau Muara Besar Brunei Refinery Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Zhejiang Hengyi Group
• Website: http://en.hengyi.com/
• Wiki Page:
• Location:
• Capacity: 8.75 million tons/annum & 175,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Under construction
• Expected Completion: 2019
• Budget: $2.5 Billion

The Project

• Project Type: Greenfield Refinery & Petrochemicals Complex
• Project Summary:
• Main Contractors:
  • The front-end engineering design for the project will be undertaken by Sinopec Engineering

Refining Units

• Atmospheric distillation
• 60,000 tons/year sulfur recovery and tail gas treatment unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: 6X50,000 M3 and 8 X100,000 M3
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• A portion of the crude oil and condensate, which will be used as feedstock, will be sourced locally
• Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. signed a non-binding crude supply agreement

Products Produced

• gasoline, diesel and jet A-fuel, as well as paraxylene and benzene

History

• 2011 - The Brunei Economic Development Board announced that the project had obtained Royal consent
• 2011 - Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. signed a non-binding crude supply and refined-products purchase agreement
• 2016 - Sinopec awarded diesel hydrogenation contract
• 2018 - The first unit, the sulphur recovery unit, was completed.

Other Information

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Links

1. Brunei Shell, Zhejiang Hengyi Sign Refinery Deal
2. Over US$2.5b investment in oil refinery and aromatics cracker project in Brunei
3. Sinopec’s diesel hydrogenation technology wins bidding of Brunei project
4. Hengyi Brunei PMB Petrochemical Project Crew Oil Tank Main Body Completed
5. The first set of equipment of Hengyi Brunei project was successfully handed over