Ups and Downs over Olefin Refinery

Pertamina finally selected winners of the bid for the TPPI olefin refinery megaproject after months of uncertainty. It leaves behind embers of a dispute between the boards of commissioners and the directors over alleged irregularities in the project planning.

Retno Sulistyowati

September 20, 2021

THE long awaited letter by tender participants for the construction project design of Trans-Pacific Petrochemical Indotama’s (TPPI) olefin refinery in Tuban, East Java, was finally issued by Kilang Pertamina Internasional (KPI) on Monday, 6 September. The Pertamina subsidiary, which oversees TPPI, appointed two bidders as winners of the tender.

The bid winners are the joint operation Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd-Rekayasa Industri-Enviromate

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