(Plastics Today) -- United Arab Emirates-based Union Pipes Industry (Abu Dhabi) has purchased equipment from Bauku (Wiehl, Germany) for the manufacture of 3m-diameter polypropylene spiral wound pipes for the Ruwais Refinery Expansion-2 Project of the Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer). The pipes are to be installed for sea water intake and outfall application at Ruwais.
This will be the first pipeline of its kind to be produced in the region. It will utilize high-stiffness PP High Modulus (HM) pipe grades such as BorECOBA212E from Borouge (Singapore), which are now produced locally at the company's new Ruwais PP production asset.