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GASEX 2010 Taipei
Zainal Abidin Ali
President
Brunei Energy Association
Brunei Facts & Figures
Population ~400,000
Climate Tropical
• GDP/capita among the highest in world.
• Over 50% of GDP from oil and gas.
• Brunei is the fourth‐largest exporter of
LNG in the Asia‐Pacific region behind
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia.
• Overseas investment supplements
income from domestic production.
• Labour force of ~200,000 (agriculture
~5%, industry ~60%, services ~35%).
• Low unemployment rate ~2%.
• Main industries petroleum, petroleum
refining, liquefied natural gas,
construction.
• Diversifying the economy.
Exports by Destination
Singapore Japan
2% 2% Others Spot Sales
Thailand 2% Korea 5%
Korea
4% 10%
22%
China
7%
New Zealand
11%
Australia
19%
Indonesia
15% Japan
85%
India
16%
Brunei Darussalam Acreage
CA1
CA2
Petroleum Brunei
• Brunei National Petroleum Company Sendirian
Berhad (“PetroleumBRUNEI”) created in 2002.
• Incorporated on 14 January 2002 as a ‘Private
Limited Company’, wholly Government‐owned.
• Tasked to look after the nation’s commercial
interests in the oil and gas industry.
• Holds the rights to five designated petroleum
exploration blocks.
• Entered into a joint venture agreement with
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company and ITOCHU
Corporation on 21 November 2005 to develop a
world‐class methanol plant in Brunei.
• Has set up several wholly‐owned subsidiaries in
order to better manage its other investments in
the oil and gas value chain, both locally and
internationally.
Brunei Shell Petroleum
80 years partnership between Brunei Government & Shell
~40 years reliable gas supplier to BLNG
Delivering >90% of Brunei exports
Technological excellence
Staff ~ 3500 people 7
Brunei LNG
• BLNG facility first of its type in
Asia Pacific and is now in its 36th
year of production.
• Produced over 5000 ‘B’ class
cargoes since 1973.
• BLNG long‐term supplier to Japan
(91%) and Korea (9%) with
exceptional reputation for
delivery and reliability.
• BSP supplies 87% of gas to BLNG.
• Ongoing asset restoration
programme to position the plant
for a further 20 years of supply
from 2013.
Total E&P Borneo (Block B Joint Venture)
• Venture between Total 37.5%, Shell
Deepwater Borneo 35%, local partner
27.5%, operated by Total.
• Active in Brunei in the 1980s,
discovered oil and gas in three of the
four wells drilled since 1987.
• Producing 13% of total BLNG volumes.
Hydrocarbon Value Chain in Brunei
BBJV
12% 7 B Class Tankers
(Total/SDB)
GAS
Domestic
gas
3rd Parties
OIL
(incl Shell)
Oil
Refined Products
Oil and Gas Production (primarily BSP)
Infrastructure in Place to Support Oil and Gas Industry
Champion hub Fleet of modern helicopters
Tender Assist drilling from Bugan T201 land rig drilling
Marine Construction Yard Made in Brunei
SCOT terminal Refinery
Top Safety Performers in Shell Upstream
13
Strong Environmental Focus
BSP Assets are ISO 140001
certified
Heart of Borneo
14
Technological Excellence
Snake Wells
Conventional
First drilled in Brunei
Complex horizontal paths
Snake
Reduces cost / improves recovery
Smart Fields
BSP is forerunner within Shell -
58% of Smart Wells of the Shell
Group.
Real-time monitoring
Remote operations
Improves production & recovery
Precipitation
Vertical Injection
Conformance Scale
Inhibition
Reservoir
Surveillance
Chemical
Adsorption/
Retention
Injectivity
Oil and Gas and Related Industry in Brunei
• Sungai Liang Industrial Park
– Major development in the western of Brunei.
– 271 hectare site developed to be a world class petrochemical hub.
– First major investment is the USD450 million Brunei Methanol plant.
• Brunei Methanol Company
– Joint venture between Petroleum Brunei and two leading Japanese
companies, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings and Itochu Corporation.
– Methanol agreement signed in 2007.
– Plant will give output of 2,500t of methanol per day (850,000t annually).
– Officially launched by His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on 25 May 2010.
– Officially producing in July 2010.
Brunei Darussalam ‐ Summary
• Politically and
economically stable.
• Dependable supplier of
oil and gas for the region.
• At the forefront of
technology.
• Growth potential in
petroleum sector and
through diversification.