Borealis,ADNOC Begin Construction On Borouge 4 Expansion at Ruwais

摘要

Ruwais-Borealis and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.(ADNOC)broke ground for their joint venture Borouge 4 expansion project in Ruwais,Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates(PCN,13 Dec 2021,p 2).The $6.2-billion project will include a 1.5-million-t/y ethane cracker,two 700,000-t/y Borstal'polyethylene(PE)facilities,a 100,000-t/y cross-linked PE unit,and a hexane-1 unit,which will produce co-monomers for certain PE grades.Operations are scheduled to begin in 2025.Once complete,the project will boost the company's total polyolefin production capacity to 6.4-million t/y,making Borouge the"world's largest"single-site polyolefin complex,the companies noted.