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=== Production Units === | === Production Units === | ||
| − | + | * Steam cracker - 740ktpa | |
| + | * Polyethylene units | ||
| + | * Polypropylene units | ||
| + | * Phenol unit | ||
| + | * Acetone unit | ||
| + | * Catalyst production | ||
=== Raw Materials Supply === | === Raw Materials Supply === | ||
| − | * | + | * Feedstock is supplied from the adjacent [[Porvoo Refinery]] |
=== Products Produced === | === Products Produced === | ||
Latest revision as of 10:22, 13 March 2025
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: Borealis
- Website: https://www.borealisgroup.com/
- Location: Porvoo, Finland
Brief Description
- The complex includes a steam cracker, 600ktpa polyolefins production, aromatics and catalysts
- Feedstock is supplied from the adjacent Porvoo Refinery
Production Units
- Steam cracker - 740ktpa
- Polyethylene units
- Polypropylene units
- Phenol unit
- Acetone unit
- Catalyst production
Raw Materials Supply
- Feedstock is supplied from the adjacent Porvoo Refinery
Products Produced
- Polyethylene and polypropylene
- Basic chemicals, which include olefins (ethylene, propylene and butadiene), phenol and acetone
- Catalysts
Projects
- -
Other Information
- -
History
- 1971 - Production of ethylene began at the plant
- 1972 - Polyethylene production launched
- 1978 - Benzene unit commissioned
- 1981 - Cumene and phenol production began
- 1988 - Polypropylene production began
- 2022 - Commercial catalyst plant commissioned
