Yokogawa completes FEED for Petronas RAPID project in Malaysia

Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia), a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric, has completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) for Petronas’ Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Pengerang, Johor.

Yokogawa will deliver the Centum VP production control system and the ProSafeR-RS safety instrumented system for the project.

The company will also supply advanced process control and plant information management systems.

RAPID is part of Petronas’Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) development, which is expected to cost $27bn.

The development involves construction of a 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery and petrochemical complex, which will produce several speciality chemical products.

Plans also include the Pengerang co-generation plant, liquefied natural gas re-gasification terminal, air separation unit, the raw water supply project and other ancillary facilities.

The refinery is expected to begin operations by early 2019.

In October 2014, a joint venture of Technip and Fluor secured an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the RAPID project.

The contract, which was secured from PRPC Utilities and Facilities, covers the utilities, interconnecting and offsites (UIO) scope of work.

Technip’s operating centre in Kuala Lumpur will manage the latest deal. The JV was also awarded the programme management consultancy contract for the project.

The RAPID project refinery will produce gasoline and diesel which will meet Euro 4 and Euro 5 fuel specifications. It will also supply feedstock for the petrochemical complex which will produce highly-specialised chemicals.