Petronas lets contract for RAPID project

July 13, 2012
State-owned Petronas awarded a contract to CB&I for the license and engineering design work for five petrochemicals units.

State-owned Petronas awarded a contract to CB&I for the license and engineering design work for five petrochemicals units. The project is part of the new refinery and petrochemicals integrated development (RAPID) project to be located in Johor, Malaysia.

Lummus Technology will be providing technology for a world-scale steam cracker complex comprising ethylene, butadiene, benzene, isobutylene, and MTBE units.

In March, Petronas let a front-end engineering design contract to Technip for the project (OGJ Online, Mar. 13, 2012).