Fluor and Technip bag EPCM contract for Petronas refinery project in Malaysia

PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn Bhd has awarded Fluor Corporation and its joint venture partner Technip an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for the Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. Under the contract, the Fluor and Technip joint venture will be responsible for the utilities, interconnecting and offsites scope of work. Fluor booked the contract in the third quarter of 2014.
 
PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn Bhd is a subsidiary of Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn Bhd (PRPC), a company under the umbrella of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) group, Malaysia’s national oil and gas company.
 
“We are honoured by the confidence that PRPC has shown in awarding our team this additional work on the RAPID refinery project. The RAPID project will have a significant positive impact on the Malaysian economy,” said Ken Choudhary, President of Fluor’s Energy & Chemicals business in the Asia region.
 
RAPID is part of the mammoth Petronas Pengerang Integrated Complex development that is worth an estimated $ 27 billion. It comprises RAPID and its associated facilities including the Pengerang co-generation plant, liquefied natural gas (LNG) re-gasification terminal, air separation unit, the raw water supply project as well as other ancillary facilities.
 
RAPID will consist of a 300,000-barrels-per-day refinery and petrochemical complex with a combined capacity of producing 7.7 million metric tonnes per year of various grades of products, including differentiated and specialty chemicals products.
 
RAPID’s refinery start-up is expected by early 2019