# PetChem awards $482M EPCC contract for polypropylene plant to Maire Tecnimont-Huanqiu JV

Petronas Chemicals Group awarded a US$482 million engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract to a joint venture of Maire Tecnimont and Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corp for a 900,000-tonne-per-annum polypropylene plant within the Rapid project in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-04-03
- Where: Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia
- Value: $482.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 900,000 tonnes per annum
- Products: polypropylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Maire Tecnimont](https://endata.com/companies/8164.md) (supplier)
- [Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd](https://endata.com/companies/15828.md) (customer)
- [HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/19671.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [themalaysianreserve.com](https://themalaysianreserve.com/2017/04/03/china-italy-jv-gets-petchems-rapid-plant-job/), 2017-04-03: "The EPCC contract is expected to commence today and would likely be completed on April 15, 2019."

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