Under the contract, awarded by PRPC Utilities and Facilities, Fluor and Technip joint venture will be responsible for the utilities, interconnecting and offsites (UIO) scope of work.
Technip Asia Pacific president Lim Kwee Keong said: "With the RAPID UIO contract, we are proud to be able to support PETRONAS in an expanded presence to deliver this national project of strategic importance to Malaysia."
PRPC Utilities and Facilities is unit of PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical, a company under the umbrella of Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) group.
A part of PETRONAS Pengerang Integrated Complex development, RAPID includes a 300,000-barrels-per-day refinery and petrochemical complex capable of producing 7.7 million metric tons per year of various grades of products such as differentiated and specialty chemicals products.
The RAPID’s refinery is scheduled to commence operations by early 2019.
Work under the contract will be carried out by Technip’s operating centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
