# Borouge extends bid deadline for butene-1 capacity expansion

Borouge extended the deadline for EPC bids for a project to increase butene-1 production at its Borouge 2 plant in Abu Dhabi from 39,000 to 60,000 tonnes per year, with EPC contract award planned for Q1 2026.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-07-11
- Where: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 60,000 tonnes per year of butene-1
- Products: butene-1, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Borouge](https://endata.com/companies/8678.md)

## Sources

- [guest.meed.com](https://guest.meed.com/borouge-extends-bid-deadline-for-butene-1-expansion-project/), 2025-07-11: "Borouge aims to produce 60,000 tonnes a year (t/y) of butene-1 from the existing fractionator column, while limiting propylene production from the OCU to 500,000 t/y."

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