Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Corp. Sdn. Bhd has awarded Fluor Corp., which is headquartered in Texas, USA, an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for an isononanol plant located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.
The project is part of Petronas’ Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project and the USD $27 billion Pengerang Integrated Complex development. The facility, which is expected to start-up in 2019, will produce 250,000 tpy of isononanol.