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Nd1 PED/JANUARY 2011
Nahr/ND1 PED/2011
PROCESS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (PED)
TOUR TO
BRUNEI MENTHANOL COMPANY (BMC)
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh! Hello, my
name is Nuruladibah Binti Haji Ramli from ND1 PED/PLE
2010/2011. I am one of the 15 students including our Group
Coordinator Miss Dk. Nuramalina Bt Abg Haji Kiprawi and also
tutor Cikgu Hassan who pursued for the tour to Brunei
Menthanol Company BMC at Lumut on 13th
January
2011(Thursday).
Frstly, we were started moving to BMC at about 8am
throughhighway and arrived half an hour. Then, we were asked to
enter BMCs building using the entrance with our
Access Pass . Each of us was given that pass which shown in the
left side.After that, we were introduced by one of the personnel of
BMC in the
Conference Room 2 and he explained everything about BMCs
profile. His friends
were also explained about the Safety Precautions and Basic
Emergency Protocol. Nevertheless,
they brought us to tour the Plant where they produce the
methanol for making various products
such as cosmetics, tyres, plastics, health, paint product etc;
that needs to be send to other foreigners
countries i.e. Japan, Korea etc.
Next, I will explain what they produce with methanol in Plant.
Methanol is actually is not a gas, it is a
colourless liquid chemical, and the composition is 99% methanol
less than 1% water. It is also used
for versatile enabler for manufacture downstream products. For
now, Brunei does not have any
downstream area because there is no market available here.
The largest user of methanol is for the production of
formaldehyde, which is a basic intermediate
with a wide range of end-use applications. Other large user of
methanol is for the production of
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE), which is blended into
automotive fuel as an octane enhancer.
Beside, Plant produced about 2,500 metric tonnes
per day which means 850,000MT per year. It is
estimated that the operational life of Plant is about
20 years from now and the power consumption
used is 6.9MW during normal operation. Also, the
water consumption is 10ML/day supplied from
Water Department Services (WDS). The area
covered by Plant is 1.6 hectares. In Plant, there is
an attractive waterfall which called as Cooling
System or Tower.
Lastly, we were having for lunch refreshment in
their canteen with lots of foreigners workers like
Japanese, Chinese and local workers.
IT WAS EXHAUSTING BUT SURE IS FUN!! Taken from BORNEO BULLETIN
ON JAN 2011
