Press Release

Kota Tinggi, Johor, 18 July 2016 – PETRONAS reached another important milestone in the development of the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) with Projek Air Mentah RAPID (PAMER) commencing operations today, the first facility within the PIC to run as scheduled. 

 

PAMER is one of six associated facilities which will support the complex’s overall development, slated to achieve successful start-up in the first quarter of 2019. It has commenced raw water supply from the Seluyut dam to Johor State’s Sungai Lebam reservoir since March 2016 and will start supplying to the PIC project in Pengerang, here by Q4 this year.

 

“PAMER will provide a total of 260 million litres per day (mld) of raw water. Apart from supplying the PIC, 30 mld of raw water is being channelled to the Sungai Lebam reservoir to supplement the state’s existing water supply to the public in and around Pengerang,” said PETRONAS’ Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Downstream, Encik Md Arif Mahmood.

 

“This is part of PETRONAS’ corporate social investment (CSI) commitment to give back and contribute towards the betterment of the people and communities where we operate,” he added.

 

Aside from the early supply of raw water to the Sungai Lebam reservoir, PETRONAS in November 2015 advanced the construction of the PAMER pipelines and allowed Syarikat Air Johor (SAJ) to direct raw water from Sungai Papan to Sungai Lebam reservoir to help ease water woes in and around Pengerang.

 

Encik Md Arif also congratulated the PAMER team for adhering to PETRONAS’ strict health, safety and environment (HSE) standards throughout the project.

 

“This endeavour recorded 2.5 million of working hours without injury since it started in 2014. The team must be congratulated for this remarkable achievement,” expressed Encik Md Arif.

 

A ceremony to commemorate the project completion was held today at the PAMER project site, attended by Johor Menteri Besar Dato’ Mohamed Khaled Nordin. Also present were Johor State Secretary Dato’ Haji Ismail Karim; Johor State Executive Council for Public Works, Rural and Regional, Datuk Ir Hasni Haji Mohammad; and Kota Tinggi District Officer Haji Mohd Noorazam Dato’ Haji Osman.

 

PETRONAS President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin, and PETRONAS’ Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn Bhd (PRPC), Ir Dr Colin Wong Hee Huing were also at the event.

 

The PAMER project involved the development of several main infrastructures, namely the Seluyut dam and water impounding reservoir with 73 million cubic metre storage capacity; an intake pump station at Sungai Sedili Besar; a booster pumping station at Sungai Seluyut; a terminal reservoir at Bukit Panjang; and 90 kilometres of large water pipelines connecting all these infrastructures and to the PIC.

 

The procurement, construction and commissioning (PCC) of PAMER was carried out by Konsortium Asia Baru - PPC JV (KAP) comprising Asia Baru Construction Sdn Bhd and Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd.

 

 

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