Name and Location
Refinery and petrochemicals integrated development (Rapid) project, Johor, Malaysia.

Client
PRPC Utilities & Facilities, a subsidiary of Petronas Refinery & Petrochemical Corporation (PRPC).

Project Description
The Petronas Pengerang integrated complex development comprises Rapid and its associated facilities, including the Pengerang cogeneration plant, a liquefied natural gas regasification terminal, an air separation unit, the raw water supply project and other ancillary facilities.

Rapid will consist of a 300 000 bl/d refinery and petrochemicals complex with a combined production capacity of 7.7-million metric tons a year of various grades of products, including differentiated and speciality chemicals products.

Other associated installations include a regasification terminal 2, an air-separation unit, as well as crude and product tanks.

Value
Rapid is part of the Petronas Pengerang integrated complex development, which is worth an estimated $27-billion.

Rapid will cost an estimated $16-billion, while associated installations for the project will involve an additional investment of about $11-billion.

Duration
Rapid’s refinery start-up is expected by early 2019.

Latest Developments
Technip, in a joint venture (JV) with Fluor, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by PRPC for the Rapid project.

Under this contract, the JV will be responsible for the utilities, intercon-necting and off-site scope of work.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Sinopec Engineering and Sinopec Engineering Group (crude distillation unit, atmospheric residue desulphurisation units, and hydrogen collection and distribution units); Tecnicas Reunidas and Tecnicas Reunidas Malaysia (kerosene hydrotreating unit, diesel hydrotreating unit, naphtha hydrotreating unit, cracked-naphtha hydrotreating unit, and continuous catalytic reformer units); Petrofac International and Petrofac E&C (amine recovery units, sulphur recovery units, sour water stripping units, liquid sulphur storage unit, and sulphur solidification units); Toyo Engineering Corp and Toyo Engineering & Construction (steam cracker complex); a consortium comprising UEM Builders Berhad and Projek Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Berhad (engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning, or EPCC, of temporary common-camp installations and infrastructure); Zelan Construction (basic design and EPCC of the material offloading facilities jetty at Tanjung Setapa); WCT (common construction access and permanent roads within the project site); Syarikat Ismail Ibrahim (temporary access road within the project site); Bumi Dagang (construction of the main haulage road as well as an access road outside the project site); and Gadang Engineering and Menta Construction (Phase 2 site preparation works); Asia Baru Construction and Putra Perdana Construction (procurement, construction, and commissioning, or PCC, of the raw water supply project); PBJV Group and CPM Construction (PCC for the Pengerang gas pipeline project); Technip and Fluor (EPCM); Chiyoda Corp and MIE Industrial (residue fluid catalytic cracking units, liquefied petroleum gas treating unit, propylene recovery unit, and caustic neutralisation units);

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Petronas, tel +603 2051 5000.
Sinopec Engineering, tel +8610 59960114 .
Tecnicas Reunidas, tel +34 91 592 03 00; fax: +34 91 592 03 97 or email tr@tecnicasreunidas.
Petrofac International, tel +44 20 7811 4900.
Toyo Engineering Corp, tel +81 47 451 1111 or fax +81 47 454 1800.
Toyo Engineering & Construction, tel +60 3 2078 5796.
UEM Builders Berhad, deputy GM group corporate communications Azlina Ashar, +603 7651 7000, +603 7620 9010 or
email lina@uembuilders.uemnet.com.
Projek Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Berhad, tel +603 2725 7777 or fax +603 2725 7778.
Zelan Construction, tel +60 3 9173 9173.
Syarikat Ismail Ibrahim, +60 3-8062 6264.
Gadang Engineering, tel +603 6275 6888, fax +603 6275 2136 or email corporate@gadang.com.my.
Menta Construction, tel +60 3 7983 7399.
Asia Baru Construction, tel +60 3 7803 3072.
Putra Perdana Construction, tel +60 3 8886 8888, fax +60 3 8886 8886 or email info@p-perdana.com.
PBJV Group, tel +60 3 6141 8820, fax +603 - 6141 8826 or email pbjv@po.jaring.my.
Technip public relations, Christophe Bélorgeot, tel +33 1 47 78 39 92 or
email press@technip.com; or investor and analyst relations, Kimberly Stewart, tel +33 1 47 78 66 74 or
email kstewart@technip.com.
Fluor media relations, Brian Mershon,tel +1 469 398 7621; or investor relations, Ken Lockwood, tel +1 469 398 7220.