KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has signed the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract for Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC)’s Flexible High-Density Polyethylene (Flexi HDPE) plant. In a statement today, Petronas said, it signed the contract with the Chinese consortium of Tecnimont S.p.A, China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Co Ltd, TECNIMONTHQC S.c.a.r.l and TecnimontHQC Sdn Bhd. “The consortium received the letter of award from PRPC Polymers Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Petronas Chemicals Group on Nov 10, 2016,” it said. The Flexi HDPE plant is the first of its kind in Petronas and Malaysia, utilising the Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process Slurry Technology for Multi-modal HDPE, licensed by Lyondellbasell. The plant, with 400,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity, would produce a range of multimodal HDPE products, complementing Petronas’ polyethylene portfolio, upon completion.

Source: New Strait Times February 21, 2017 12:22 UTC