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Project of the week

Each week we feature one project in full: while its week runs, its page shows everything subscribers see.

This week · 4–10 November 2026

Borouge 4 Polyolefins Complex, Ruwais

Ruwais, United Arab Emirates · Commissioning & Start-up

Borouge 4 has reached mechanical completion of PE7, one of its two 700,000-tonne-a-year polyethylene plants, Borouge reported with its third-quarter results on 29 October.

The new XLPE plant for power-cable materials, which made its first product in May, has already recorded 20,000 tonnes of sales. Borouge 4's output is aimed at power transmission and data-centre cabling as much as at packaging.

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28 October–3 November 2026

UPM Leuna Wood-Based Biochemicals Biorefinery (Germany)

Leuna, Germany · Commissioning & Start-up

UPM officially opened its Leuna biorefinery on 15 October, but the plant is still ramping up: so far only enzymatic hydrolysis and the lignin-based specialty...

21–27 October 2026

Northern Lights Phase II CO₂ transport and storage expansion, Norway

Øygarden, Norway · Under Construction

Worley Rosenberg has been awarded the fabrication scope by Subsea7 to deliver subsea spools and structures for Northern Lights Phase II.The contract was...

14–20 October 2026

Carbon Neutral Fuels FlexSAF Project Starling at Workington

Workington , United Kingdom · FEED / Pre-FID

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7–13 October 2026

YPF Eni XRG Argentina LNG Vaca Muerta FLNG Development

Argentina · FEED / Pre-FID

Eni chief executive Claudio Descalzi met Argentine President Javier Milei in Paris during Argentina Week to review Argentina LNG, the export project Eni is...

30 September–6 October 2026

BioBTX Delfzijl PETRA Circular Aromatics Plant

Delfzijl, The Netherlands · FID / Sanctioned

BioBTX and Rain Carbon have formed a strategic collaboration to convert the circular aromatic oil from the Delfzijl plant into benzene, phthalic anhydride...

23–29 September 2026

Moeve Onuba 300 MW Green Hydrogen Project

Palos de la Frontera, Spain · Under Construction

Moeve has started construction on the Onuba 300 MW green hydrogen project. The milestone at the La Rábida Energy Park in Palos de la Frontera, marking the...

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