VOL. XLV

No 44

4-November-2002

UAE

Borouge $1.2Bn Petrochemical Complex Formally Inaugurated

The $1.2bn Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge) petrochemical complex at Ruwais the first in the UAE was formally inaugurated on 30 October. The complex began to come on-stream at end-2001 (MEES, 24/31 December 2001), and the following month, the company announced the start of exports from its 600,000 ton/year ethylene cracker, with the first shipments sent to Egypt and India (MEES, 4 February). The...