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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
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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
