Specialty plastics unit to be built in Abu Dhabi
Borouge has awarded a contract worth $169 million to Hyundai Engineering and Construction of South Korea to build a cross-linkable polyethylene (XLPE) unit at its petrochemical plant in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE. With a capacity 80,000 tpy, the unit is an added-value complement to the low density polyethylene (LDPE) unit, enabling the manufacture of innovative plastics solutions for low to high voltage energy cables.
This is the final major contract to be awarded for the Borouge 3 mega-expansion project already underway. Hyundai Engineering and Construction are also providing the utilities and offsite facilities for the project. When fully operational in mid-2014, Borouge 3 will more than double the plant’s capacity to 4.5 million tpy and create the largest integrated polyolefins plant in the world. Together with Borealis, Borouge aims to be the leading reliable long-term supplier of polymers to the global wire and cable infrastructure market.
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