Special Solid Lubricants

Debottleneck SF5 is an engineering project by LyondellBasel to debottleneck the SF5 plant in Ferrara, Italy. The SF5 plant manufactures support materials for Ziegler–Natta catalysts, which are used in the production of polypropylene and other polyolefins. The objective of the project is to increase the plant’s production capacity from its existing level to approximately 1,750 tonnes per year, while keeping the facility ready for future expansion to 2,200 tonnes per year.

Borouge 4 is a major petrochemical expansion project under development at the Ruwais Industrial Complex in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Developed by Borouge, the project represents one of the largest industrial investments currently underway in the UAE. The primary objective of Borouge 4 is to expand the company’s polyolefin production by integrating a world-scale mixed-feedstock steam cracker with ADNOC’s refinery. This expansion will increase annual production capacity by approximately 1.4 million tonnes, transforming the Ruwais site into the world’s largest single-site polyolefin production complex.