Malaysia's Petronas Rolls Out Massive RAPID Refining, Petrochemicals Project

MANILA, PHILLIPINES--September 2, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources Australia (Sugar Land, Texas)--Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) (Kuala Lumpur) is developing a world-scale, RM (Malaysian Ringgit) 60 billion (US$19 billion) refinery and petrochemicals complex, located in Johor Baharu. Known as Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID), the project includes raw water supply, a power cogeneration plant, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal, as well as a waste management system and storage. Within this article: Details of the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project by Petronas, including contractors and estimated values.