# Borouge starts up fifth polypropylene unit in Ruwais, boosting capacity by 25%

Borouge successfully started up its new fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) in Ruwais, adding 480,000 tonnes/year of PP capacity, increasing total PP capacity to 2.24 million t/y and total polyolefin capacity to 5 million t/y.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-02-24
- Where: Ruwais, United Arab Emirates
- Value: $6.20B
- Starts operating: 24 Feb 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 480,000 tonnes/year (additional PP); total PP 2.24 million t/y; total polyolefins 5 million t/y
- Products: polypropylene, polyolefins
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Borouge](https://endata.com/companies/8678.md)
- [Borealis](https://endata.com/companies/242.md) (partner)
- [ADNOC](https://endata.com/companies/2481.md) (partner)
- [Abu Dhabi National Oil Company](https://endata.com/companies/5511.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [omv.com](https://www.omv.com/en/investors/news-and-events/news/2022/20220224-borouge-successfully-starts-up-its-fifth-polypropylene-unit-in-ruwais-boosting-annual-polyolefin-capacity-to-meet-growing-global-demand), 2022-02-24: "Borouge, a joint venture between ADNOC and Borealis that provides innovative, value creating polyolefin solutions, has announced the successful start-up of its new fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) in Ruwais."
- [gulfconstructiononline.com](https://gulfconstructiononline.com/Article/1626728/Work_launched_on_$62bn_Borouge_4_facility), 2022-03-01: "Scheduled to be operational by the end of 2025, the plant will produce 1.4 million tonnes of polyethylene."

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