Kampong Sungai Liang

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Sungai Liang
Village
Kampong Sungai Liang is located in Brunei
Kampong Sungai Liang
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°40′39″N 114°29′45″E / 4.677473°N 114.495868°E / 4.677473; 114.495868Coordinates: 4°40′39″N 114°29′45″E / 4.677473°N 114.495868°E / 4.677473; 114.495868
CountryBrunei
DistrictBelait
MukimLiang
Government
 • Village headIbrahim Dian
Postcode
KC1135

Kampong Sungai Liang is a village in Belait District, Brunei, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the district's principal town Kuala Belait and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the oil town Seria. The population was 910 in 2016.[1] It is one of the villages within Mukim Liang.[2] The postcode is KC1135.[3]

Geography[]

The village is one of the settlements along the country's coast with the South China Sea. The neighbouring primary settlements include Kampong Telisai in Tutong District to the north-east and Lumut to the south-west.

Infrastructures[]

Sungai Liang Primary School is the village's government primary school. It also houses a sekolah ugama (school for the country's Islamic religious primary education). There is also Chung Lian School, a private Chinese primary school.

Kampong Sungai Liang Mosque is the village mosque; it was inaugurated on 8 November 1980.[4]

The village is home to Sungai Liang Health Centre, the sole community health centre in Mukim Liang. It also has an emergency ambulance service.[5]

Industry[]

Sungai Liang Industrial Park, commonly known as SPARK, is a 271-hectare (670-acre) site which has been dedicated by the government to be developed as an industrial area for petrochemical industry, taking advantage of its location as near to the oil and gas industry in the district. It is currently home to a methanol plant which is owned by the which is a joint-venture between Petroleum Brunei, a state-owned oil and gas company, and two Japanese companies namely Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Itochu.[6] It started its first shipment in 2010 and has since produced 850,000-tonne of methanol annually.[6][7]

There will also be a demo hydrogenation plant in the area; it is currently in construction and expected to be completed by 2019.[8] It is developed by AHEAD, a Japanese consortium, and is aimed to produce 210 tonnes of liquefied hydrogen, in which the gas will be obtained from the nearby Brunei LNG plant.[9] The product will be exported for the Japanese domestic market; the first batch is expected to be utilised as fuel for 3,000 cars used during the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in 2020.[8][10]

A fertilizer plant is also planned to be built in the site; the plant is developed by the German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp and expected to operate by 2021.[11][12][13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. p. 140. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ Belait District (PDF) (2nd ed.). Information Department. 2011. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. ^ "SenaraiMasjid - Masjid Kampong Sungai Liang". www.kheu.gov.bn (in Malay). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Sultanate - News | Negara Brunei Darussalam | Recipients express gratitude to His Majesty". www.sultanate.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Brunei Methanol restarts Sungai Liang methanol plant after outage". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Brunei Darussalam Methanol Plant - Chemical Technology". Chemical Technology. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Sg Liang plant to export hydrogen to Japan by 2020 - The Scoop". The Scoop. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  9. ^ "AHEAD to begin world's first international supply of hydrogen from Brunei in 2020 | Biz Brunei". www.bizbrunei.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Brunei hydrogen plant to fuel cars at Tokyo Olympics – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  11. ^ "thyssenkrupp wins major fertilizer plant order in Brunei". thyssenkrupp. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  12. ^ "BFI signs deal to establish world-class fertilizer plant – Borneo Bulletin Online". Borneo Bulletin Online. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  13. ^ KG, Vogel Business Media GmbH & Co. "Thyssen Krupp Awarded Major Contract for Fertilizer Plant in Brunei". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Thyssenkrupp wins EPC contract for new fertilizer plant in Brunei - World Construction Network". www.worldconstructionnetwork.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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