Deputy Minister of Finance visit to Hengyi’s Refinery Site at PMB

Hengyi Industries, Empire Hotel & Country Club. 2 February 2016. Deputy Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Brunei Economic Development Board Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Dr Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah yesterday visited Hengyi’s Oil Refinery & Cracker Plant site at Pulau Muara Besar (PMB). A partnership between Damai Holdings Limited and Hengyi, the venture is worth more than USD4 billion, and will support around 800 jobs. The project site will occupy an area of approximately 260 hectares on PMB. Currently the main focuses are dredging, backfilling and reclamation activities in and around the island in preparation for the construction. Once complete, the refinery is expected to produce eight million tons of products per year including Aromatics, Gasoline & Diesel, providing enough fuel requirements to meet local demand.

Deputy Minister of Finance Yang Mulia Dato Paduka Dr Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah said “There’s been a lot of site preparation and infrastructure activities being undertaken on the island and I am pleased with the progress so far.  The government will continue to be on hand to facilitate Hengyi’s requirement whenever required. Progress aside, we must not, at all cost compromise on safety and standards at all times” Also present accompanying the Deputy Minister were the Deputy Permanent Secretaries at the Ministry of Finance Hj Khairuddin bin Hj Abdul Hamid and Hj Abu Bakar bin Hj Ibrahim. The entourage was briefed on the progress of the project and taken on a site tour of the island by Hengyi’s senior officials.  

Mr Shen Xiao Fei, the Executive Director of the Integrated Project Management Team, IPMT in his welcoming remarks said “On behalf of Hengyi, we are delighted to welcome the Deputy Minister to Hengyi’s PMB site today; specifically, we would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to Dato for taking his valuable time out to visit Hengyi’s development site. Hengyi is at the final stages of the dredging and reclamation activities and will commence construction of marine jetties in March this year. Also planned this year is the construction of temporary dormitories that will accommodate a few thousand workers. We have briefed the Deputy Minister of our project plans and current status and he is pleased with the progress so far”

The site visit concluded with a group photograph of the VIP delegation with Hengyi’s senior management team on the island.

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