TPT March 2011

I ndustry N ews

$111mn contract for Borouge 3 project

BOROUGE, a provider of value creating plastics solutions, has awarded a contract worth US$111mn to Alpine Bau Deutschland AG to construct the non-process buildings of the Borouge 3 expansion project being executed in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The Borouge 3 project, which is already well underway, will increase the total production capacity of the petrochemicals plant by 2.5mn tons per year, to 4.5mn tons of polyolefins annually by 2014. Borouge is a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world’s major oil companies, and Austrian based Borealis, a provider of chemical and plastics solutions. Borouge – United Arab Emirates Fax: +971 2 6070889

New ethane cracker at Borouge’s plant in Abu Dhabi

Email: info@borouge.com Website: www.borouge.com

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