Fluor Corporation, in a joint venture with Technip, was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by PRPC Utilities and Facilities 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.
PRPC Utilities and Facilities is a subsidiary of PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation (PRPC), a company under the umbrella of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) group, Malaysiaâs national oil and gas company.
âWe are honoured by the confidence that PRPC has shown in awarding our team this additional work on the RAPID refinery projectâ?, said Ken Choudhary, president of Fluorâs Energy & Chemicals business in the Asia region. RAPID is part of the mammoth PETRONAS Pengerang Integrated Complex development that is worth an estimated USD 27B. 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. A Fluor-Technip consortium was awarded the Program Management Consultancy contract for the RAPID project in December 2013.