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Borouge awards US$300 million olefins conversion unit contract for Borouge 2 expansion project

15 Jun 2007 - Borouge awarded a contract worth approximately US$300 million for the construction of a new olefins conversion unit (OCU) to Samsung Engineering for Borouge 2, the major expansion project at the company's production facilities in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
 
According to the company, the unit, which will convert ethylene into propylene to feed two new Borstar® technology polypropylene plants, will be the world's largest using ABB Lummus licensed technology. Total annual output from the OCU will be 752 kilotonnes of propylene plus 39 kilotonnes of butane-1 - totalling 791 kilotonnes. Work on the OCU will begin on June 25, 2007 and is scheduled to be completed by mid-2010.