# Borouge awards contracts for capacity expansion projects

Borouge has awarded contracts to upgrade its EU2 ethane cracker (adding 230,000 t/y) and expand its PE4 and PE5 polyethylene units (from 540,000 t/y to 700,000 t/y each). The EU2 upgrade is scheduled for completion by end-2028, and the PE4/PE5 expansion by Q1 2027.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2025-04-30
- Where: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Starts operating: 2028
- Status: announced
- Capacity: EU2 cracker: +230,000 t/y; PE4/PE5: from 540,000 t/y to 700,000 t/y each
- Products: ethylene, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Borouge](https://endata.com/companies/8678.md)
- [Linde Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/1100.md) (supplier)
- [ADNOC Refining](https://endata.com/companies/4177.md) (supplier)
- [TARGET Engineering Construction Company](https://endata.com/companies/10020.md) (supplier)
- [ADNOC Gas](https://endata.com/companies/10742.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [guest.meed.com](https://guest.meed.com/borouge-awards-output-capacity-expansion-contracts/), 2025-04-30: "Borouge has awarded contracts for projects that will increase its overall production capacity to 6.6 million tonnes a year (t/y) by 2028."

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