Borouge International raises 2030 capacity target to 13.8 million tonnes
- Targets 13.8 million tonnes annual polyolefins capacity by 2030 across 30 manufacturing sites.
- EU2 ethane cracker expansion planned to add 230,000 tonnes per year, with early engineering services awarded to Linde Engineering.
- Borouge 4 expansion in Ruwais will add 1.4 million tonnes of polyethylene, making the site the world’s largest single-site polyolefin complex.
- Kallo PDH2 in Belgium has reached mechanical completion for ~750,000 tonnes per annum capacity, with start-up expected in H1 2027.
Capacity target
Borouge International is advancing a global expansion programme targeting 13.8 million tonnes of annual polyolefins capacity by 2030 across 30 sites.
UAE projects
The company is moving towards EPC contracts to expand its Ethane Cracker 2 (EU2) by 230,000 tonnes per year and has commenced early engineering services in 2026 with Linde Engineering, the original EU2 licensor and FEED contractor for the expansion. Linde has also received a letter of award for pre-FEED on the upgrade of EU3, where additional ethylene will be sold as base chemicals. Borouge 4 in Ruwais, owned by ADNOC and OMV and operated by Borouge Plc, will add 1.4 million tonnes of polyethylene once fully ramped up.
European projects and operations
In Belgium, the Kallo PDH2 project (≈750,000 tpa) has reached mechanical completion with start-up expected in H1 2027. In Burghausen, Germany, construction for the Borstar® Nextension polypropylene project commenced in September 2026 to scale up single-site polypropylene capacity. Borouge also inaugurated its Schwechat specialty polypropylene compounding plant in Austria following a €100 million expansion and upgrade.
Source: Borouge