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Borouge awards contracts for expansion

MIDDLE EAST ABU Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) and includes integration of Borouge 4 with existing
Austria’s Borealis this week awarded contracts facilities and the construction of non-process
for the development of their Abu Dhabi Poly- buildings, roads, infrastructure, internal and
mers Co. (Borouge) joint venture’s fourth facility external interfaces, tankage systems and flaring
in the UAE’s Ruwais downstream hub. systems.
Following the partners’ commitment last Upon completion of the new units, Bor-
month to invest $6.2bn to develop the Borouge ouge will become the world’s largest single-site
4 polyolefin (PO) plant by 2025, five engineering, polyolefin complex, while output will be used
procurement and construction (EPC) packages as feedstock for ADNOC’s world-scale TA’ZIZ
were awarded this week. chemicals complex within the company’s Ruwais
The first package, which covers early EPC Derivatives Park.
work including site preparation, was awarded This will have a production slate covering
to local firm Al Asab General Transport and 940,000 tpy of chlor-alkali, 1.1mn tpy of ethylene
Contracting. dichloride and 360,000 tpy of polyvinyl chloride
Package 2 covering the facility’s 1.5mn tonne (PVC).
per year (tpy) ethane cracker was awarded to a The partners said that the combination of
consortium of France’s Technip Energies with Borealis’ proprietary Borstar technology and
the local Target Engineering. The deal is under- hexene co-monomer “will enable the production
stood to be valued at $500mn-$1bn. of advanced packaging grades with up to 50%
The lump-sum turnkey (LSTK) packages recycled polyethylene content”.
three, four and five were all awarded to Italian Meanwhile, a study is ongoing for a carbon
EPC contractor Tecnimont and are worth a com- capture unit that would reduce the facility’s car-
bined total of $3.5bn. These include a polyolefin bon emissions by 80%.
units package covering two 700,000 tpy polyeth- Following the expansion, Borouge will have
ylene (PE) units and a 1-hexene unit; a package a total BO production capacity of 6.4mn tpy, up
for a 100,000 tpy cross-linkable PE (XLPE) unit; from the current 4.5mn tpy achieved through the
and one covering offsites and utilities which launch of Borouge 3 around eight years ago.™

PIPELINES

Pipe for Tema-Akosombo line arrives at Tema

AFRICA GHANA has taken delivery at the Tema Port of the fulfilment of its strategic plan to turn the
about 5,400 12-inch pipes slated for use which company into the strongest actor in the down-
in expanding the petroleum transportation line stream sector of our part of Africa, providing fuel
to Akosombo. security to the nation and others in the region,”
The pipes, which cost about $63.2mn comes Hakman said.
with an additional $8mn to refurbish them, will BOST was incorporated in December 1993 to
cover a 70km distance. manage the business of storage and transmission
Delivery of the pipelines had been delayed 12 of petroleum products.
years due to some managerial setbacks. Procure- For his part, managing director Edwin
ment of these pipelines started in 2009 with an Provencal said the arrival and installation of
EXIM facility. However, the pipelines got stuck the pipelines is in line with BOST’s strategy to
in Houston, Texas. increase product volumes conveyed through the
Once installed, they should facilitate delivery cheapest transportation conduit.
of 2bn litres of petroleum products annually at “This arrival (of the pipelines) could not have
a significantly reduced cost. Installation is how- come at a better time than now when the reacti-
ever expected to take 18 months and not com- vation of the Bolgatanga deport for export has
mence until mid-2022. made it more than necessary for high volumes
Speaking to the press during a formal hand- of petroleum products to be transferred between
ing over ceremony, Bulk Oil Storage and Trans- Tema and Akosombo for onward distribution to
portation Company (BOST) board chairman Buipe through our river barges to meet the surg-
Ekow Hakman said that the company’s transfor- ing demand in the Northern sector at well as the
mational agenda can be seen through the arrival landlocked countries,” he said.
of the pipes in Ghana. Provencal also said that his outfit is poised to
“I’d like to assure the general public, the man- contribute to Ghana’s benefit from the African
agement and staff of the company that the Board Continental Free Trade Area by improving oper-
would continue to support the management in ational efficiency and expanding its assets.™

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