Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) is ready to start the construction works for the US$16 billion (RM57 billion) Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (Rapid) project in Pengerang, following the steel cutting ceremony for Rapid's Steam Cracker Complex (SCC) there on June 15, 2015.
Located within the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC), the project is targeted to start refinery operations by first quarter 2019, whereby the project's commercial operations expected by middle of 2019.