Capacity Expansions/Plant Set-ups

摘要

Adnoc and Austria's Borealis are to expand both their downstream petrochemicals businesses. The firms will move to the pre-feed (front end engineering and design) stage for the construction of the Borouge 4 complex, which encompasses a world-scale, mixed feedstock cracker, using existing feedstock available in Abu Dhabi and downstream derivatives units for both polyolefin and non-polyolefin products. It is slated to come on stream around 2023 and will be integrated with Adnoc's Takreer refinery. Simultaneously, the companies will look into the set-up of an additional PP plant based on Borealis's proprietary Borstar technology. It will be integrated with the existing Borouge 3 complex, and utilise surplus propylene available from Takreer's new Propane DeHydrogenation (PDH) unit, producing around 0.5 million tonnes/year of PP.