Hamdan bin Zayed witnesses ground-breaking ceremony of $6.2 Borouge 4 plant in Ruwais

Hamdan bin Zayed witnesses ground-breaking ceremony of $6.2 Borouge 4 plant in Ruwais

ABU DHABI, 10th February, 2022 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region, witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony of the $6.2 billion (AED22 billion) fourth Borouge facility, (Borouge 4), at the company’s polyolefin manufacturing complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan was accompanied by a high-level delegation of dignitaries and senior officials from the Abu Dhabi Government as well as Borouge shareholders, ADNOC and Borealis. Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), welcomed H.H. and the delegation to Ruwais where they were briefed on the Borouge 4 expansion project. Borouge 4 will play a significant role in meeting the projected growth of customers’ demand for polyolefins in the Middle East, Africa and Asia as well has providing critical feedstock that will enable the TA’ZIZ Chemicals Industrial Chemicals Zone in Ruwais.

Sheikh Hamdan praised ADNOC and Borealis in their combined efforts to drive further growth for Borouge while underlining the company’s role in advancing the petrochemicals industry to support the UAE’s sustainable economic development and diversification plans.

The expansion of Borouge 4 follows confirmation of the