Malaysia's Petronas awards Wabag consortium Rs 1,500 cr contract for ETP

Malaysia's national oil and gas company Petronas (Petroliam Nasional Berhad) has awarded the consortium of VA Tech Wabag Ltd and Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd a contract worth Rs 1,500 crore for a project in Malaysia. The contract, awarded by PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn, Bhd (a subsidiary of Petronas), is for the design competition for Re-FEED and engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the effluent treatment plant (ETP) for Petronas' Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.
 
RAPID project is an integrated site for refining and petrochemicals production. The refinery will have a capacity of 3,00,000 barrels per day, while the steam cracker’s combined annual production is anticipated to be more than 3 million tonnes per annum of ethylene, propylene and C4-C6 olefins products. Products from the refinery and steam cracker will be the feedstock to produce premium differentiated specialty petrochemical products. The purpose of the integrated ETP is to reduce the pollution in the aqueous effluents of the RAPID complex to below the regulatory discharge limits.
 
Rajiv Mittal, managing director & group CEO, Wabag, “This is our first intergrated ETP in the South East Asia in oil & gas sector, and it is expected to be a landmark project reference and we are happy to win this prestigious contract amid competition from international players.”