Abu Dhabi petrochemicals firm Borouge (BOROUGE.AD), opens new tab on Wednesday reported a 33% jump in second-quarter net profit, beating estimates, on the back of higher production volumes and efficiencies.
Borouge reported income of $308 million in the three months to end-June. Revenues were up 6% to $1.5 billion.
That beat analysts' average expectation of $294.67 million profit for the quarter, according to LSEG.
Borouge is a joint venture between UAE state oil giant ADNOC and Borealis in which they hold a 54% and 36% stake, respectively. Borealis is a joint venture owned in which Austria's OMV (OMVV.VI), opens new tab owns 75% and ADNOC owns 25% by ADNOC.
Last week, Borouge said it planned to build a polyolefins complex in China with Wanhua Chemical (600309.SS), opens new tab through a consortium with ADNOC and Borealis to boost growth in its core Asia market.
ADNOC and OMV have been in talks for over a year about a merger of Borouge and Borealis, which would create a chemicals group with over $20 billion in annual sales.
In addition to Asia, Borouge's core markets are the Middle East and Africa. Asia Pacific accounted for about two thirds of sales, the same as a year prior, while the Middle East and Africa made up 28% of sales, up from 27% at the end of June 2023, it said.
Average sale prices were marginally lower in the quarter, as a small drop in polyethylene prices was offset by a marginal rise in polypropylene prices.
Borouge said it remains committed to a 2024 dividend of $1.3 billion.
Borouge said it has reached over 70% completion of Borouge 4 which would increase its production capacity by 28%. The project is expected to be completed by the end of next year and is seen adding $1.5-1.9 billion in annual revenue.
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