Brunei LNG Terminal

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Brunei LNG Terminal is an operating LNG export terminal in Brunei.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Brunei LNG Terminal	Lumut, Belait, Brunei Darussalam, Brunei	4.6698, 114.467 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Brunei LNG Terminal	export	operating	7.2 mtpa	7.2 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Brunei LNG Terminal	export	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Brunei LNG Terminal	export	operating	–	–	–	1973	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Brunei LNG Terminal	export	operating	Mitsubishi Corp [25%]; Shell PLC [25%]; Government of Brunei [50%]	Government of Brunei [50.0%]; Mitsubishi Corp [25.0%]; Shell PLC [25.0%]	Brunei LNG

Background

The Brunei LNG terminal consists of five LNG export trains, each with a nominal capacity of 1.4 million tons per annum (mtpa) and a 4.5 km long jetty extending from the LNG plant with the new side berth extending 430m to the west of the existing jetty. Lumut is an open sea berth without any breakwaters of any kind.

The Brunei LNG in Lumut exports 6.7 mtpa of liquefied gas through ocean-going tankers. The plant was completed in 1972, after gas reserves were discovered beneath the waters of Brunei Darussalam in the 1960s. In 1993, the plant underwent a B$500 million "rejuvenation programme, encompassing a full refurbishment of its five liquefaction trains, process facilities, and utilities" to extend its operational life.

Most LNG shipments leaving Brunei LNG are to Japan and South Korea. The operating company—Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd—is owned by the Government of Brunei (50%), Shell Overseas Trading Limited, and Mitsubishi Corporation (both 25%). The terminal is powered by an energy system "equivalent to a 300 MW power station, supplied by nine steam boilers driven by fuel gas."

Brunei LNG operates seven LNG carriers through the joint venture company, Brunei Shell Tankers. The first four carriers were delivered between October 1972 and October 1975. These older ships were built in France. The three newer vessels were built in Korea (Amali/Arkat) and Japan (Abadi) by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering|Daewoo and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries|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.

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