MOSCOW (MRC) -- Borouge (part of Borealis) has brought on-stream its No. 1 cracker following a turnaround, according to Apic-online.
A Polymerupdate source based in the Middle East informed that the company resumed operations at its cracker in mid-March, 2020. The cracker remained under maintenance for around one month.
Located at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in UAE, the No.1 cracker has an ethylene production capacity of 600,000 mt/year.
As MRC informed previously, Borouge restarted its No. 3 cracker in UAE in mid-March 2019, following a maintenance turnaround. The cracker was shut for maintenance on January 5, 2019. Located at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in UAE, the No.3 cracker has a production capacity of 1.5 mmt/year.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 2,093,260 tonnes in 2019, up by 6% year on year. Shipments of all PE grades increased. PE shipments rose from both domestic producers and foreign suppliers. The estimated PP consumption in the Russian market was 1,260,400 tonnes in January-December 2019, up by 4% year on year. Supply of almost all grades of propylene polymers increased, except for statistical copolymers of propylene (PP random copolymers).
Borealis is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. With headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Borealis currently employs around 6,500 and operates in over 120 countries.
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