Fluor Corporation has been 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.
The project is part of PETRONAS’ Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project and the mammoth USD 27B 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 250,000T 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.
