Neste Jacobs selected by Borouge as FEED contractor for polyethylene plant modification in Ruwais, UAE

Neste Jacobs Oy
Press Release
20 August 2015 at 9.00 am. (EET)

Neste Jacobs selected by Borouge as FEED contractor for polyethylene plant modification in Ruwais, UAE

Borouge, the Abu Dhabi based leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions has selected Neste Jacobs, a technology, engineering and project management company as a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) service contractor for its polyethylene plant modification project, located in Ruwais industrial area, United Arab Emirates.

This project is the third FEED project in a row, which 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".

For more information, please contact:

Jarmo Suominen, Managing Director, Neste Jacobs, tel. [phone]

Rehab Omar Ateeq, Regional Communications Manager MEAE, Borouge, tel. [phone], Rehab.Ateeq@borouge. com

Neste Jacobs is a preferred solution provider of high-quality technology, engineering and project services for a wide range of industries in the fields of oil and gas, petrochemicals, chemicals, biorefining, biochemicals, biopharma and industrial infrastructure. We have 60 years of experience in technology development and industrial investment projects as well as maintenance and performance improvement in Europe, North and South America, Asia and the Middle East. In addition to our home market Nordic countries we are looking to grow in the global expanding markets. We employ 1300 professionals globally.