Fluor Awarded Contract for PETRONAS Isononanol Chemical Plant in Malaysia
IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Malaysia—Fluor
Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded an
engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by
PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd. for an
isononanol plant located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. Fluor will book
the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2017.
“This award is a testament to the strong partnership we have with
PETRONAS,” said Ken
Choudhary, president of Fluor’s energy and chemicals business for
the Asia-Pacific region. “We will use our experience and best practices
gained from completing other isononanol facilities on time and on budget
to deliver this project with excellence.”
The project is part of PETRONAS’s Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated
Development (RAPID) project and the mammoth $27 billion Pengerang
Integrated Complex development. Fluor, in a consortium with Technip, is
serving as the program management consultant for the RAPID project, as
well as the EPCM contractor for the utilities,
interconnecting and offsites scope.
The facility will produce 250,000 tons per year of isononanol, which is
a key chemical building block in plasticizers used in the automotive and
building industries. Facility start-up is expected in 2019.
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