Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: Borouge has awarded UK’s Technip FMC, Italy’s Maire Tecnimont, and Australia’s WorleyParsons three contracts for the fourth phase of the Ruwais petrochemicals complex.
The new contracts include Front-End Engineering and Design, contract (FEED), Project Management Contract (PMC), and a licence contract, according to the Emirates News Agency (WAM).
The new complex will house the world’s largest mixed feed cracker, with a capacity to produce 1.8 million tonnes of Ethylene and 3.3 million tonnes of olefins and aromatics annually.
"The mixed feed cracker is unique as it enables many new petrochemical building blocks to be available in Ruwais for the first time, thereby transforming Ruwais into an even more advanced integrated refining and petrochemicals complex," ADNOC’s executive director – downstream directorate, Abdulaziz Alhajri, commented.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Borealis, the owners of Borouge, are planning to complete the downstream configuration within three months after the grant of the FEED contract, WAM reported.
Borouge’s CEO Ahmed Omar Abdulla said: "Not only will the plant contribute to an additional $6 billion to Abu Dhabi’s GDP annually as a direct benefit from product revenue, but our new project will also create thousands of job opportunities during construction phases and once it is commissioned."
