Company Insights Borouge Petrochemicals Borouge News Industry Borouge Q3 profit rises to $328m on record sales Abu Dhabi-listed Borouge reported a 16 percent year-on-year increase in net profit to $328 million, driven by record quarterly sales and strong pricing for its premium products. Revenue grew 7 percent year on year to $1.6 billion, reflecting a strategic focus on high-value markets that drove a 2 percent year-on-year increase in sales volumes. Despite […] October 29, 2024 Oil & Gas Adnoc drops plan to upgrade UAE’s only LNG facility An upgrade of the Das Island liquefied natural gas plant has been cancelled by Adnoc Gas, as it shifts priorities towards greenfield developments. “We have a funnel of exciting opportunities in which we can invest while at the same time exercising capital discipline,” Adnoc Gas said. Das Island’s liquefaction and export terminal, the only LNG […] October 11, 2024 Adnoc to buy German chemicals company Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc has agreed to buy German chemicals producer Covestro for €15.9 billion ($18 billion) including debt, the state oil giant said on Tuesday, representing its largest acquisition to date. The deal is one of the biggest foreign takeovers by a Gulf state as Abu Dhabi and other countries in the region seek to reduce […] October 1, 2024 Industry Borouge profit up 33% on higher product sales Record production volumes, higher sales and increased cost efficiencies helped net profits at petrochemicals company Borouge rise 33 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2024 to $308 million. Revenue at the Abu Dhabi-listed company reached $1.5 billion during the quarter, up 6 percent annually. NewsletterGet the Best of AGBI delivered straight to […] July 31, 2024 Energy Adnoc and Borouge explore chemicals complex in China The UAE’s oil giant Adnoc and Borouge, one of its Abu Dhabi-listed subsidiaries, is exploring the potential of developing a speciality thermoplastics complex in China. A consortium, which includes Adnoc, Borouge and Borealis, signed a project collaboration agreement with China’s Wanhua Chemical and Wanrong New Materials (Fujian), a wholly owned subsidiary of Wanhua Chemical. Borealis […] July 24, 2024 Markets Fees and procedures make UAE IPOs more complex UAE companies seeking to go public must undertake complex and often costly procedures to complete an initial public offering, although fees remain reasonable by international standards because of competition among advisers, according to experts. This decade, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have part-privatised many government-owned companies, sparking an IPO flurry that runs counter to slowdowns in […] June 26, 2024 Industry Adnoc makes final bid for German chemicals maker German chemical company Covestro AG has confirmed that it has started “concrete negotiations” over a $12.5 billion offer from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). Covestro said in a statement that Adnoc had offered €62 ($67) a share as a starting point for the negotiations, which are subject to the completion of due diligence. In […] June 25, 2024 Industry Borouge profit rises to $273m despite revenue fall Petrochemicals major Borouge said its net profit for the first quarter of 2024 rose 37 percent to $273 million amid stronger price premium on high-value products. The Abu Dhabi-listed company said revenue fell 6 percent year on year to $1.3 billion on planned feedstock-related operational maintenance. Average sales prices increased quarter on quarter by 4 […] April 30, 2024 Video length: 03:31 VIDEO Industry Borouge to treble production despite lacklustre demand The UAE petrochemicals company Borouge is to treble annual production capacity at its $6 billion polyolefin complex, despite forecasts of an oversupply in the sector. Once completed next year, Borouge 4 will be the world’s largest single-site producer of polyolefins, plastics mainly obtained from oil and natural gas. Borouge’s CEO, Hazeem Al Suwaidi, told AGBI […] March 25, 2024 Opinion Finance Grey list removal is milestone for investor confidence Coming off the FATF list is testament to UAE's willingness to improve overall governance March 1, 2024 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 4 … 7 Next
Industry Borouge Q3 profit rises to $328m on record sales Abu Dhabi-listed Borouge reported a 16 percent year-on-year increase in net profit to $328 million, driven by record quarterly sales and strong pricing for its premium products. Revenue grew 7 percent year on year to $1.6 billion, reflecting a strategic focus on high-value markets that drove a 2 percent year-on-year increase in sales volumes. Despite […] October 29, 2024
Oil & Gas Adnoc drops plan to upgrade UAE’s only LNG facility An upgrade of the Das Island liquefied natural gas plant has been cancelled by Adnoc Gas, as it shifts priorities towards greenfield developments. “We have a funnel of exciting opportunities in which we can invest while at the same time exercising capital discipline,” Adnoc Gas said. Das Island’s liquefaction and export terminal, the only LNG […] October 11, 2024
Adnoc to buy German chemicals company Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc has agreed to buy German chemicals producer Covestro for €15.9 billion ($18 billion) including debt, the state oil giant said on Tuesday, representing its largest acquisition to date. The deal is one of the biggest foreign takeovers by a Gulf state as Abu Dhabi and other countries in the region seek to reduce […] October 1, 2024
Industry Borouge profit up 33% on higher product sales Record production volumes, higher sales and increased cost efficiencies helped net profits at petrochemicals company Borouge rise 33 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2024 to $308 million. Revenue at the Abu Dhabi-listed company reached $1.5 billion during the quarter, up 6 percent annually. NewsletterGet the Best of AGBI delivered straight to […] July 31, 2024
Energy Adnoc and Borouge explore chemicals complex in China The UAE’s oil giant Adnoc and Borouge, one of its Abu Dhabi-listed subsidiaries, is exploring the potential of developing a speciality thermoplastics complex in China. A consortium, which includes Adnoc, Borouge and Borealis, signed a project collaboration agreement with China’s Wanhua Chemical and Wanrong New Materials (Fujian), a wholly owned subsidiary of Wanhua Chemical. Borealis […] July 24, 2024
Markets Fees and procedures make UAE IPOs more complex UAE companies seeking to go public must undertake complex and often costly procedures to complete an initial public offering, although fees remain reasonable by international standards because of competition among advisers, according to experts. This decade, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have part-privatised many government-owned companies, sparking an IPO flurry that runs counter to slowdowns in […] June 26, 2024
Industry Adnoc makes final bid for German chemicals maker German chemical company Covestro AG has confirmed that it has started “concrete negotiations” over a $12.5 billion offer from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). Covestro said in a statement that Adnoc had offered €62 ($67) a share as a starting point for the negotiations, which are subject to the completion of due diligence. In […] June 25, 2024
Industry Borouge profit rises to $273m despite revenue fall Petrochemicals major Borouge said its net profit for the first quarter of 2024 rose 37 percent to $273 million amid stronger price premium on high-value products. The Abu Dhabi-listed company said revenue fell 6 percent year on year to $1.3 billion on planned feedstock-related operational maintenance. Average sales prices increased quarter on quarter by 4 […] April 30, 2024
Video length: 03:31 VIDEO Industry Borouge to treble production despite lacklustre demand The UAE petrochemicals company Borouge is to treble annual production capacity at its $6 billion polyolefin complex, despite forecasts of an oversupply in the sector. Once completed next year, Borouge 4 will be the world’s largest single-site producer of polyolefins, plastics mainly obtained from oil and natural gas. Borouge’s CEO, Hazeem Al Suwaidi, told AGBI […] March 25, 2024
Opinion Finance Grey list removal is milestone for investor confidence Coming off the FATF list is testament to UAE's willingness to improve overall governance March 1, 2024
