Kemena Observatory style sawdust burner chimney

At a first glance this doesn't look like a chimney
but more like an observatory
for skywatchers until you see smoke coming out.
This is a 10m high metal sawdust burner chimney of a sawmill
beside the Kemena river in Bintulu,Sarawak.

Flare Stack Chimney of Murphy's Bintulu Onshore Receiving Facility

The single flare stack chimneys of Murphy's Bintulu Onshore Receiving Facility
is about 40m high.
This new facility will process the natural gas taken from offshore Sarawak fields
before it is transfered to MLNG Bintulu to be liquidfied.









The beach beside the Murphy plant.



Murphy oil

Chimneys of Tanjung Kidurong Power Station

The 10 chimneys of Tanjung Kidurong Power Station in Bintulu are between 25 to 40m high.
There are from 6 open cycle GE Frame 6 Gas Turbine (6 x 34MW)
and a new combined cycle block consisting of 2 GE Frame 9 GT(2 x 110MW) and a steam turbine generator(110MW) giving a total installed capacity of 534MW.





This building housed 4 GE frame 6 GT.
There are another 2 more similar machine of package outdoor type
in the power station.




The new 330MW Combined Cycle Bintulu Power Station.










SESCO Transmission Info Booklet

Jobs in Sarawak Energy

Chinese Power Plant in Malaysia

South wing Chimneys of Bintulu's abandoned brick kiln

The south wing kiln chimneys are of similar height as the earlier one,
that is two 9m and a 5m chimney.
I only found it on my third visit to the site as it was almost covered by bushes.
This is the production part of the brick factory with raw materials,
brick making machinery and storage area..

















Unfired bricks.



The brick storage area.



The brick making area.



Beltings running the machines.



Clay storage.







This diesel engine which turns the belting.

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Bintulu Sebiew Road Abandoned Brick kiln

This two 5m high Brick Klin Chimneys of an abandoned brick klin
is behind a housing estate on Sebiew Road
and will be demolished very soon.

A rare view inside the brick chimney.

A pitcher plant growing beside the chimney.

A view inside the kiln.


Clay,raw material for brick making is in abundance here.

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Bintulu's abandoned Brick Kiln Chimneys

This abandoned Downdraught Brick Kiln with two 9m and one 5m high chimney
seems to have been left idle for a few years,
its kiln roof had already collapsed
even with a protective zinc roof over it.

Brick is now much sought after for house construction in rural areas
in Sarawak with escalating wood prices with timber running out
due to over logging and land clearing for plantations.
It's a real big lost as these virgin forest just can't be replaced overnight,
it should have been done in a more sustainable way instead
so that there is always some left for our future generations .




The three chimneys.



The entrance of the Kiln.



This is what is left of the kiln.



There are 3 fire holes.

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