7 April 2008 - Borouge, the Abu Dhabi-based joint venture between Borealis and local oil group Adnoc, is set for a further massive expansion of its polyolefins capacity under the Borouge 3 project.
The company is to carry out a feasibility study on the plan which would draw additional feedstock from upstream investment by its co-owner Adnoc.
The scheme would entail adding a further 2.5m tpa of polyolefins capacity by the end of 2014 and include a plant for traditional LDPE to strengthen the group s position in the wire and cable sector.
To be located alongside the existing Borouge 1 complex and the Borouge 2 site, which is currently under-construction, the projected expansion would take total Borouge capacity in Abu Dhabi to 4.5 million tonnes a year.
Production at the Ruwais petrochemical site began in 2001 and current capacity stands at 600,000tpa of PE a year. Borouge 2, scheduled to start up in 2010, will add two Borstar technology PP plants with 800,000tpa of capacity and a further 450,000tpa of Borstar enhanced PE, fed from the world s biggest cracker, a 1.5m tpa unit.
Henry Sperle, the Vienna-based group s executive vice president for Middle East Asia, said: The further development of Borouge is in line with Borealis strategy to actively participate in the continuing strong market growth in the Middle East and Asia.
The company is to carry out a feasibility study on the plan which would draw additional feedstock from upstream investment by its co-owner Adnoc.
The scheme would entail adding a further 2.5m tpa of polyolefins capacity by the end of 2014 and include a plant for traditional LDPE to strengthen the group s position in the wire and cable sector.
To be located alongside the existing Borouge 1 complex and the Borouge 2 site, which is currently under-construction, the projected expansion would take total Borouge capacity in Abu Dhabi to 4.5 million tonnes a year.
Production at the Ruwais petrochemical site began in 2001 and current capacity stands at 600,000tpa of PE a year. Borouge 2, scheduled to start up in 2010, will add two Borstar technology PP plants with 800,000tpa of capacity and a further 450,000tpa of Borstar enhanced PE, fed from the world s biggest cracker, a 1.5m tpa unit.
Henry Sperle, the Vienna-based group s executive vice president for Middle East Asia, said: The further development of Borouge is in line with Borealis strategy to actively participate in the continuing strong market growth in the Middle East and Asia.
