The joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Austria’s Borealis, Borouge, is processing technical bids submitted by engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors for its Polypropylene-5 project.

The project is estimated to be worth $550m and saw technical bids submitted by five companies in October last year.

These were:

• Wison Engineering
• Maire Tecnimont
• Hyundai Engineering
• Tecnicas Reunidas
• Samsung Engineering

“Adnoc is taking its time between the technical and commercial bids for this project,” said one source close to the project.

Polypropylene-5 is due to be constructed at in Ruwais with a production capacity of approx. 600,000 tonnes per year (tpa).

The plant will be integrated with the existing Borouge 3 complex.

The addition of the new polypropylene facility will add value to the surplus propylene available from Adnoc Refining’s propane dehydrogenation (PDH) units that were commissioned in 2015 as part of the Ruwais refinery expansion project.

The scope of the work includes:

• Polypropylene Plant
• Two substations
• Underground and above ground piping
• Electrical & Instrumentation facilities
• Structural works
• Static equipment
• Associated facilities

Borouge’s integrated polyolefins complex in Ruwais is the largest facility in the world of its kind.