Consortium appoints China company to build refinery in Kedah


KUALA LUMPUR: Konsortium Petrohub has appointed China-based Hainan Zhenrong Energy Co Ltd as the main contractor to design and build an oil refinery facility project in Yan, Kedah worth over US$20bil.

“We expected to start the construction of the first refinery in February next year, depending on the financing approvals,” said Konsortium Petrohub chief executive officer Raja Chik Jaafar.

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