Petronas RAPID
A 300,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Pengerang, MY, operated by PETRONAS. Nelson Complexity 14.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 300,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 14
- Status
- Operator
- PETRONAS
- Parent
- Petroliam Nasional Berhad
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/petronas-pengerang
- Coordinates
- 1.5800, 104.1800
Notes
April 2026 news indicates Petronas is supplying excess fuel to Australia, suggesting RAPID refinery has returned to operational status after maintenance. This contradicts the October 2025 offline status and indicates the facility is now producing exportable surplus fuel.
What coverage reports
Prefchem restarts Pengerang RFCC units after unexpected outage
2026-07-31 · 1 publisher filed it
operations 3
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
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Operations HighPrefchem restarts Pengerang RFCC units after unexpected outageQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched pengerang
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General LowPetronas Vessel Carrying Iraqi Crude Heads To Pengerang Refinery Via HormuzBusinessToday Malaysia · matched pengerang
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General LowPetronas Confronts Refinery Capacity Challenge with Pengerang Running at Half Output Due to Supply Chain PressuresBitget · matched pengerang, rapid
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General LowPetGas’ Pengerang LNG unit issues RM800 mil sukukThe Edge Malaysia + 1 other outlet · matched pengerang
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Operations CriticalPengerang Refining cuts refinery output after gasoline unit shutdown, exports trimmedThe Malaysian Reserve · matched pengerang
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General LowSumiSaujana secures three-year chemical supply contract for Pengerang refineryThe Malaysian Reserve · matched pengerang
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General LowGroundbreaking Ceremony of the New Biorefinery by PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena in Pengerang, Johor, MalaysiaEni · matched pengerang
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Operations HighMalaysia's Rapid refinery offline for major worksQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched rapid
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Expansion MediumMPHB’s appeal over Pengerang refinery land acquisition dismissedThe Edge Malaysia · matched pengerang
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General LowPetronas, Saudi Aramco to sign deal on RAPID refinery projectThe Edge Malaysia · matched rapid
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General LowLarge Flame Seen in the East of S’pore Last Night (17 June) is from the Flare Tower of the Refinery in PengerangGoody Feed · matched pengerang
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Operations MediumPetronas Chemicals climbs to highest in over two years as Pengerang refinery restart fuels optimismThe Edge Malaysia · matched pengerang
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Operations MediumAPPEC Malaysia's Petronas hopes to restart Pengerang refinery by year-endReuters · matched pengerang
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General LowPengerang refinery to start commercial operations in 4th quarterFree Malaysia Today · matched pengerang
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Incident CriticalTwo Malaysian's injured in explosion at PETRONAS refinery in Pengerang JohorThe Online Citizen · matched pengerang
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Incident HighFire at Petronas' RAPID oil refinery quickly tamedReuters · matched rapid
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Expansion LowAramco, Petronas near startup of Malaysia’s RAPID refineryOil & Gas Journal · matched rapid
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General LowPetronas installs waste heat boilers for Pengerang refinerynst.com.my · matched pengerang
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Expansion LowSaudi Aramco buys US$7b stake in Petronas' Rapid refinery projectMalaysiakini + 1 other outlet · matched rapid
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Expansion LowSaudi Aramco to invest $7 billion in Petronas' RAPID oil refineryCNBC · matched rapid
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General LowEXCLUSIVE - Malaysia's Petronas, Saudi Aramco to sign deal on RAPID refinery projectYahoo News Singapore · matched rapid
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General LowPetronas’ RAPID refinery delays start up to 2019Hydrocarbon Engineering · matched rapid
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General LowPetroplus: rapid rise and fall of a refinerReuters · matched rapid
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