Transportation of BLNG Replacement Parts Calls for Special Government Planning

Several main roads including the Seria-Lumut Bypass will be affected during the transportation of the new Main Cryogenic Heat Exchangers (MCHE) of the Brunei Liquefied Natural Gas scheduled for next week.  A briefing on the transportation procedures was held Tuesday for BLNG and government officers to provide an overview of the Asset Reference Plan, as well as to raise awareness and understanding on the replacement project. 

The meeting was an effort to secure cooperation from various government agencies concerned during the transportation of the exchangers from Muara and Kuala Belait ports to the BLNG plant. 

Some of the points highlighted during the meeting were preventive measures including power interruptions, probable damage to bridges and road surfaces, accidents, traffic congestions and public concerns.

It was attended by representatives from the Royal Brunei Police, Fire Brigade, Public Works Department, the Belait District Office as well as kampung ketuas.  Two of the MCHE’s will be transported from the Marine Construction Yard in Kuala Belait on the 4th and 6th of next month at 12 midnight.  The journey will take three and a half hours.  The whole project to replace the four MHCE’s costs about 150 million Brunei dollars.