Borouge International announced significant progress across its major growth projects in the UAE and Europe, advancing the Company’s global expansion and long-term growth ambitions as it targets 13.8 million tons of annual capacity by 2030 across its 30 global manufacturing sites.

John van der Velden (left), Linde Engineering Senior Vice President Large Projects, and Dr. Hasan Karam, Borouge International Chief Operating Officer, signed Early Engineering services agreement for ethane cracker 2, EU2.

Expanding and upgrading ethane crackers

Borouge International is working towards the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts to expand its Ethane Cracker 2 (EU2) capacity by 230,000 tons per year.

As a key step towards this expansion, it has commenced the early Engineering Services in 2026 with Linde Engineering, the licensor of the original EU2 plant, as well as the Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) contractor for the EU2 expansion project.

The expansion of Borouge International's Ethylene Unit 2 (EU2) will add 230,000 tons of annual ethylene production capacity.

In addition, Linde Engineering has been granted a letter of award for pre-Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) for the upgrade of Borouge International’s third ethane cracker (EU3). The additional ethylene produced by EU3 will be sold as base chemicals, supporting the Company’s long-term strategic objectives.

Borouge International also continues to make progress on the Borouge 4 expansion project in Ruwais, UAE, owned by ADNOC and OMV, and operated by Borouge Plc, which is set to add 1.4 million tons of additional polyethylene capacity once fully ramped up, making Ruwais the world’s largest single-site polyolefin complex.

Expansion projects around the world

Borouge International is also advancing its projects in Europe, building and delivering long-term value for shareholders.

In Belgium, Borouge International’s second Propane Dehydrogenation plant, Kallo PDH2, with a production capacity of around 750,000 tons per annum, has reached mechanical completion with start-up expected in H1 2027.

The Kallo PDH2 project in Belgium reaches mechanical completion, with start-up expected in H1 2027.

In Burghausen, Germany, Borouge International is scaling up its Borstar Nextension polypropylene project. Construction commenced in September 2026 for this next-generation single-site polypropylene facility, set to significantly increase commercial capacity upon completion to support growing market demand.

Borouge International also recently inaugurated its Schwechat specialty polypropylene compounding plant in Austria following a €100 million expansion and upgrade investment.

These strategic expansion projects further strengthen Borouge International’s position as the world’s leading pure-play polyolefins producer, supported by a global footprint, proprietary technologies and a broad portfolio of differentiated solutions.

Accelerating global deployment of AI and digitalization

Borouge International is also accelerating the global deployment of artificial intelligence and digitalization (AI&D) across its full value chain, including production, innovation, supply chain, logistics and customer engagement, to unlock value and advance its AI-native transformation.

The drive is supported by new strategic partnerships and is expected to reach US$100 million in value generation by 2027 as the integration of Borouge, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals gains momentum.

By scaling its AI&D program globally, Borouge International expects to enhance operational availability and productivity while maintaining best-in-class HSE performance, strengthening customer experience, and improving decision-making and processes across the company.