Night In Brunei
I
first heard the name of (state) is called Brunei as a child, from TVRI
(Televisi Republik Indonesia)-rather than the weather report of
Indonesia and the surrounding area. usually referred to there, "Bandar Seri Begawan sunny, or cloudy, or ..."yes, the capital of Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei Darussalam. a small country town of the beautiful, which only a few times before (10-14 des 2009) I visiting and I want to share about Brunei Darussalam. I
mean beautiful, perhaps more to the well-organized city / country in
good governance, which at least a glimpse of just a few days it looks
very striking in landscapes: roads and localization of residential and
office buildings, shopping centers, also in the discipline of its citizens to the rule of driving on the highway, and others. I think, rightly "Darussalam" pinned to him, reflecting the well-being and prosperity.
Rainbow in Brunei
The first impression that comes is a wide street at once deserted. deserted
because of the time I came, was a Friday night means the night holiday
in Brunei, and from what I heard, Friday and Sunday is a holiday, the
country will be quiet on a holiday for many of its citizens vacation in
Malaysia, the country nearest neighbor .night was an exhausting night with the rain swept streets rinai. Our
trip, I went with a friend in order to meeting the archipelago of
letters to-15-day long, since from banjarmasin, jakarta, kuching, miri,
to the Brunei border at approximately 10 o'clock before the lid border
is a journey that finally made me fall asleep briefly, after wondering (small talk) a bit on the pickup of the committee in Brunei, in the back of pickup.We
stopped briefly at a stall eat / drink a kind of cafe that I forgot his
name, on the outskirts of town to the hotel before we lodged: Abdur
Razak hotel apartments. we were treated to tea pull of some committee, which warms the atmosphere quite cold that night.The
first day, our Friday prayers in mosques jamee Asr Hassanal Bolkiah
magnificent; with towering minarets, a dome of pure gold plated, the
mihrab were so; the room in such coolness, which wudhunya where I should
sit down first before the water comes out (for
wearing the sensor system of the body, more or less so), and in the
vast courtyard in a beautiful garden I was fascinated in such a way:
Subhan Allah, this is the most beautiful mosque I've seen so far!there is an interesting story about the Friday sermon that brought the preacher. it
is said, the sermon which was read to us on that day in the mosque, is
also another sermon at a mosque preacher read the other on the same day.
he
said, that the kingdom set up what should and should not be spoken to
the audience so as not to cause differences in viewing Darussalam. but,
of course I can not prove it, because it is not possible for me to
listen to sermons at mosques as well as two at the same time.I could imagine the leadership of Suharto in the very country I love when friends are listening to the story. but of course I must not give judgment in terms of how the king to instill values in society. as
far as my view, Darussalam (country / place of peace) is the grand
necessity in a small country that is organized and well organized.from
the mosque we had lunch at a restaurant in the building neat shops (I
can not remember the names of streets and Tempatan here, every building
has a name that some of them seemed named for the owner) on the edge of
the beautiful river winding. There
are two things that I observe here, first I must eat what is available
in a buffet and not have to count, because the calculation is perkepala /
person and not a per-item side dishes that I took. second,
after I get out and hang out for a moment by the river in a building
open to the careless (or similar), while waiting for friends to spend
their food, the more I realize that in Brunei there is no building
(houses and the like) in the coastal rivers as in banjarmasin; coastal rivers, the trees are left lush with whatever it's name and type.I was also invited to see the kampong Ayer Brunei, which she says is the forerunner of the first residence of Brunei. pole buildings with solid-wood legs in the middle of the river, like an island of timber buildings interwoven with each other. Ayer
village people simply put the train (car) they are on land, the
compound in such a way as to suggest a place to sell cars on the coast,
and then go home to use wood-bodied boat to their island. a lovely settlement of the land!evening,
the opening event on the board of songket, international rizqun
magnificent hotel, by the sultan's son, a very noble young pengiran
series abd your majesty. Hajj Malik Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Ibni mu'izzaddin waddaulah. and
I think this is what makes this so Darussalam organized and well-being,
obedience to the sultan and a tremendous tribute to his family, which
in such a way as is seen in how they treat the sultan's son on the show.
he,
who was very young-about my age, came greeted shalawat, was hailed in
such a way, kissed her hand and lifted up, even by older people though
of it. This event was so solemn and full of grandeur.walakhir, there is no gap that I can see and declare about the ugliness of this country. This
is Brunei Darussalam, a small country the beautiful, the streets, the
buildings, the people-the way they were disciplined in such a manner
without visible supervision by police and a parking in the drive and put
the car, also the discipline of his time in such a disordered and prosper. I do not know the city ....home
from Brunei, through and miri kl (only in the airport only), then to
Jakarta, and ending in the beloved city, in the sense of fatigue there
was only a dream: a city so orderly, somehow in motion ....source :
http://hajriansyah.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/dari-brunei-yang-sejahtera/
Brunei Darussalam has been known for its vast reserves of petroleum and gas, which has fuelled the nation’s economy for the past 75 years and more.
By 1918, all other companies had pulled out except Royal Ducth Shell, which continued to search and found some accumulation of oil and gas in Labi, Belait in 1924. The find was too small to be commercialised.
The breakthrough came in the 1960’s when technological advances made offshore exploration feasible and the South West Ampa field was discovered in 1963, thirteen kilometres off Kuala Belait.
In 1969, a major discovery was found in the Fairley field which is close to Ampa and in 1970, Champion was discovered about 70 kilometres north-east of Seria. Two more oilfields were discovered namely the Magpie which was found in 1975 and Rasau in 1979. These new oilfields increased the production to 250,000 barrels per day at that time.
In a speech given by the Managing Director at that time, George Innes (MD) said, "The celebration today is to mark the coming of age of the Seria Field which has produced one billion barrels of oil and deservedly merits its place in the ranks of the world's giant oil fields. This has not been solely achieved by technological advances but also by consistent human endeavor over the past six decades.”
The most prolific offshore field is Champion, which is in 30 metres of water, about 70 kilometres northeast of Seria. It holds 40 percent of the country’s known reserves and produces around 100,000 barrels a day. The field already has more than 260 wells drilled from 40 platforms. A central field complex, Champion-7, has living quarters for about 160 personnel, gaslift and compression facilities and water injection facilities.
The oldest field offshore is South West Ampa, 13 kilomtres off Kuala Belait. Its reservoirs hold more than half of Brunei Darussalam’s total gas reserves and gas production and accounts for 60 per cent of the company’s total production. Gas from its 56 gas wells is piped 39 kilometres to the Brunei LNG plant in Lumut. South West Ampa also has substantial oil reserves with 164 oil producing wells.
The other major offshore filed is Magpie, 60 kilometres north-east of Seria, which has been producing since 1977. Production is now maintained at some 6,000 barrels a day from its 32 wells, drilled from three platforms.
Onshore, the Seria field was Brunei Darussalam’s major producer until the 1970s. Today it still contributes some 28,000 barrels per day from a coastal corridor 13 kilometres long by 2.5 kilometres wide and in 1991 produced its billionth barrel, commemorated by a monument near the site of the first well. The other onshore field is Rasau, west of the Belait River.
