Petrofac workers

A major Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract has been awarded to Petrofac. Petrofac have their main corporate office in London but have offices around the world, they provide integrated facilities services to the oil, gas and energy production and processing industries.

The PETRONAS RAPID project will be the largest liquid-based green-field downstream undertaking in Malaysia. Ultimately expected to produce 300,000 barrels per stream day, the refinery will supply naphtha and liquid petroleum gas to RAPID petrochemical complex. From there a number of refined petroleum products, including diesel and gasoline meeting Euro 4 and Euro 5 fuel specifications will be produced.

RAPID is part of the bigger PETRONAS Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) development expected to come on-stream early 2019 comprising of RAPID and associated facilities:

The Pengerang Co-generation Plant (PCP)
Re-gasification Terminal 2 (RGT2)
Air Separation Unit (ASU)
Raw Water Supply Project (PAMER)
Crude and Product Tanks (SPV2)
Central and shared Utilities and Facilities (UF).

Managing Director of Petrofac’s Onshore Engineering & Construction business, Mr Subramanian Sarma, was happy to talk about this award saying, “This award represents another significant step in building our capability in the Asia-Pacific region. Malaysia is a core country for us, PETRONAS a key customer and we have a substantial physical presence in the country to support our ongoing projects and future aspirations.”.