Borouge Petrochemical Complex

Summary Information

• Ownership: ADNOC / Borealis
• Website: https://www.borouge.com/
• Location: Ruwais, Abu Dhabi

Brief Description

• A large olefins, polyolefins complex. It was built in three stages and a fourth is under construction.
• The plant is currently the world's largest ethane cracker complex

Production Units

• Borouge 1: Ethane cracker 600,000 kt, polyethylene unit 600 kt
• Borouge 2: Ethane cracker 1.5 mt, polyethylene unit 540 kt, polypropylene unit 800 kt, olefins conversion 750kt
• Borouge 3: Ethane cracker 1.5 mt, polyethylene unit 1,080 kt, polypropylene unit 960 kt,

Raw Materials Supply

• Ethane is provide by ADNOC from its gas processing units
• Propylene is supplied from the Al-Ruwais Refinery

Products Produced

• Polyethylene and polypropylene

Projects

• A 4th complex is being added
• See Borouge 4 Petrochemical Project for details

Other Information

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History

• 2001 - The Borouge complex begins production
• 2007 - Contracts awarded for Borouge 2
• 2010 - Borouge 2 began production
• 2015 - Borouge 3 began production

Links

1. Borouge and Linde/Consolidated Constructors Int’l Company (CCC) formally sign USD 1.3 billion cracker contract
2. Borouge awards two major contracts for Borouge 2 expansion project
3. Borouge awards US$300 million olefins conversion unit contract for Borouge 2 expansion project
4. Borouge awards US$ 1.075 billion contract for ethane cracker in Abu Dhabi to The Linde Group
5. Borouge 3 expansion project valued at US$ 2.6 billion