MOSCOW (MRC) -- The UAE's Borouge schedules to start up its 80kta cross-linked polyethylene unit at Abu Dhabi by early 2016, Mark Garrett, CEO of Austrian, according to Ccfgroup.
The XLPE unit is a part of the company's Borouge 3 complex, and all the other Borouge 3 units have been started up and running at higher rate gradually. The newly built Borouge 3 complex at Abu Dhabi saw a startup process stretching for all of 2014 and into early 2015.
The total PE capacity of the complex is 1.51 million mt/yr, including a 1.08 million mt/year HDPE/LLDPE switch plant, and another 350kta LDPE unit besides the XLPE unit.
As MRC informed before, last summer, Borealis and Borouge announced the dedicated roll-out of the technology platform Borlink in Russia, according to the company's press release. Borlink was introduced by Borealis and Borouge as a technology platform offering a complete global package of power cable compounds and expertise serving applications for medium and high voltage (MV, HV), including extra high voltage (EHV) and high voltage direct current (HVDC).
Borouge is a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil company and Borealis.
Borealis is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. Borealis is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and operates in over 120 countries with around 5,300 employees worldwide, generating EUR7.5 billion in sales revenue in 2012.
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