BASF, Petronas sign pact to develop Johor refinery
3/6/2012 12:00:00 AM
By ANKUR RELIA
Malaysia's state-owned oil-and-gas firm Petroliam Nasional, or Petronas, said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with BASF to form a joint venture to develop a new refinery project in Pengerang, Johor.
Under the agreement, Petronas will hold a 40% stake in the venture and BASF will hold the remaining 60%, Petronas said in a statement.
The project is part of Petronas' planned Refinery & Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) complex in Pengerang, it said.
The joint venture will own, develop, construct and operate production facilities for isononanol, highly reactive polyisobutylene, non-ionic surfactants, methanesulfonic acid, and plants for precursor materials, Petronas said.
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