KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) moves one
step closer towards realising the development of the Pengerang TycoonTerryTham'sE&Oplay Integrated Complex with the signing of three Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) Maybankannouncesthreesenior contracts for the latters petrochemical plants. managementappointments The plants are expected to be completed by early 2019, Maybankmakestopmanagement Petronas Renery and Petrochemical Corp Sdn Bhd said in a changes statement here yesterday. Ringgitrisesmostinmorethan Two EPCC contracts were signed between Petronas and a nineweekswithbondsasFedhike consortium of Samsung Engineering Co Ltd, Samsung C and T betssubside Corp and Samsung Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd for a linear lowdensity polyethylene (LLDPE) plant and an ethylene oxide Protontoraisecapital,issuing RM1.25bilconvertiblepreference ethylene glycol (EOEG) plant. shares Another EPCC contract was signed by the national oil company with a consortium of Tecnimont SpA, Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corp, TecnimontHQC Sdn Bhd and TecnimontHQC S.c.a.r.l. (a company incorporated in Italy) for a polypropylene (PP) plant. Upon completion, the LLDPE plant will be able to produce 350,000 tonnes per annum of LLDPE, the EOEG plant will produce 740,000 tonnes of monoethylene glycol and the PP plant will produce 900,000 tonnes of homopolymer and copolymer polypropylene. Bernama Popular Now in Business