Borouge, an Abu Dhabi-based provider of plastics solutions has selected Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) as a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) service contractor for its polyethylene (PE) plant modification project, located in Ruwais industrial area, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
This project is the third FEED project in a row that Neste Jacobs is delivering to Borouge in the UAE under the long term service contract that was previously signed between the two companies (Tier 1 contract). The project scope includes FEED services, such as process and plant engineering and project management.
The project will be executed by Neste Jacobs’ Abu Dhabi office and it will be delivered within the course of year 2015.
“This contract is an important milestone in cooperation and partnership between Neste Jacobs and Borouge,” says Mr. Jarmo Suominen, CEO of Neste Jacobs. “This project is also a proof that we are generating real added values for our customers and provide high quality services competitively in the Middle East and also globally.”
“Neste Jacobs’ extensive know-how of our polyethylene process technology and our production plants combined with Neste Jacobs’ local presence in the Middle East were some of the most important selection criteria for choosing a FEED Contractor,” says Mr. Abdulla N. Ateya, senior vice president, Technical Group of Borouge. “Neste Jacobs is our long term engineering partner and we are very much looking forward to extending our good cooperation with them.”