EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ABU DHABI POLYMERS

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001459 STATE FOR PM/DTCC FOR BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/MNICKSON/DFARROW DHS FOR ICE/STRATEGIC SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC AE SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ABU DHABI POLYMERS COMPANY LTD. REFS: A. USDOC 7201 ¶B. Abu Dhabi 1422 ¶1. Reftel A requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at the Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd for the shipment of several industrial and laboratory furnace parts shipped No License Required by Selas Fluid Processing Corporation, Blue Bell, PA. ¶2. On December 29, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) contacted Mr. Mohamed Ismail Saleh, Purchasing Department, Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Polymers Company at their HQ office in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Saleh confirmed the order by Abu Dhabi Polymers, an Abu Dhabi Government company and advised that these items are to be used at the Borouge 2 expansion project at the Al-Ruwais Petrochemicals Facility in Al Ruwais, UAE. (See Reftel B reliable PLC conducted at the Al Ruwais facility). The Borouge 2 Project is one of the largest plastics projects in the world and it is in the process of expanding by 2010 into the world's biggest olefins conversion unit. The Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (aka: Borouge) was established in 1998 as a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi Government owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis, a European plastics provider. ¶3. Post considers the Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd. to be reliable recipients of U.S.-origin items for this transaction. GREENE