Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 13

28-March-2005

UAE

Bourouge Completes $40Mn Polyethylene Debottlenecking Work

The Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge), a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Denmarks Borealis, has successfully completed the $40mn debottlenecking of its Ruwais polyethylene plant, boosting output to 580,000 tons/year from 450,000 t/y (MEES, 29 March 2004). Italys Tecnimont, which constructed the plant in 1999, won the contract to carry out the...