UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has presided over the annual assembly of the ADNOC Board of Administrators in his capability as its Chairman.
Throughout the assembly, which was held at ADNOC Headquarters, His Highness directed ADNOC to develop its diversified portfolio and supply safe, dependable and accountable power to help the supply of a simply, orderly and equitable international power transition. As ADNOC continues to rework, decarbonize and future-proof its enterprise, His Highness famous that the corporate is tripling its renewable power capability via its shareholding in Masdar whereas delivering tangible actions in direction of its interim targets of lowering its greenhouse gasoline depth by 25% and attaining near-zero methane emissions by 2030. His Highness mentioned that this continued focus underlines the UAE’s long-term dedication to supporting international power safety and enabling a extra sustainable future.
The board was up to date on ADNOC’s record-breaking preliminary public choices (IPOs) and the corporate’s first investments outdoors the UAE in 2023. The board mandated ADNOC to prioritize transformational development, partnerships and worldwide alternatives to future-proof and drive worth for Abu Dhabi and the UAE. In December, ADNOC introduced that it has entered right into a sale and buy settlement for the acquisition of OCI’s total majority shareholding in Fertiglobe plc. This helps the corporate’s bold chemical compounds technique and its plans to ascertain a worldwide development platform for low-carbon ammonia, a key lower-carbon gasoline and hydrogen provider that’s anticipated to play an vital function within the power transition.
The board was briefed on the steps that ADNOC has taken in help of its industry-leading Web Zero by 2045 goal and directed the corporate to deploy vanguard applied sciences to speed up decarbonization, renewables development, and lower-carbon options in help of the goal. Throughout the assembly, the board elevated ADNOC’s funds allocation for landmark decarbonization tasks, applied sciences and lower-carbon options to $23 billion (AED84.4 billion). The elevated allocation will embody investments to develop the corporate’s home and worldwide carbon administration platforms, supporting the decarbonization journeys of each ADNOC and its prospects.
The board emphasised ADNOC’s function as a catalyst for the UAE’s financial and industrial development and endorsed the corporate’s purpose to drive $48.5 billion (AED178 billion) again into the UAE economic system over the subsequent 5 years, constructing on $11.2 billion (AED41 billion) generated via its In-Nation Worth (ICV) program in 2023. ADNOC additionally created 6,500 jobs for UAE nationals within the non-public sector in 2023 via this system, in partnership with the Emirati Expertise Competitiveness Council (Nafis). These achievements deliver the full worth pushed again into the UAE economic system to $51 billion (AED187 billion), with 11,500 UAE nationals employed within the non-public sector for the reason that program was launched in 2018.
The board praised ADNOC for prioritizing UAE expertise growth and upskilling its workforce in rising applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence and digitalization. H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed famous the essential function ADNOC workers proceed to play in driving its success and thanked them for his or her exhausting work, dedication and dedication. His Highness careworn that individuals are the nation’s biggest asset, and the UAE management will proceed to prioritize human capital growth.
The board highlighted ADNOC’s deal with supporting the UAE’s ‘Make it within the Emirates’ initiative by encouraging native manufacturing of crucial industrial merchandise within the firm’s provide chain. Since 2022, ADNOC has signed native manufacturing agreements with UAE and worldwide firms price $16.9 billion (AED62 billion), accelerating progress in opposition to its goal to regionally manufacture $19 billion (AED70 billion) price of merchandise in its procurement pipeline by 2027.
Investing in native communities continues to be a key precedence for ADNOC, and the board famous the success of the corporate’s company social accountability (CSR) program, which has contributed greater than $1.36 billion (AED5 billion) to native communities since 2018. This system has positively impacted 5 million individuals throughout the UAE with key investments in science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM), sport and wellbeing, tradition and neighborhood, pure heritage, and native environmental tasks.
In 2023, ADNOC delivered a number of vital milestones and achievements. The corporate accomplished two IPOs of ADNOC Fuel and ADNOC L&S, invested in one of many largest carbon seize tasks within the Center East and North Africa (MENA) area at Habshan, and introduced the ultimate funding determination for the Hail and Ghasha Offshore Growth, which would be the world’s first mission that goals to function with internet zero emissions. In help of ADNOC’s worldwide development technique, the corporate introduced its intention to accumulate a 30% shareholding within the Absheron gasoline discipline in Azerbeijan.
ADNOC additionally disclosed its 2022 emissions efficiency, which confirmed its place within the prime tier of lowest upstream carbon depth oil and gasoline producers globally. The corporate has acknowledged its ambition to double its carbon seize and storage (CCS) capability goal to 10 million tonnes every year (mtpa) by 2030, which is the equal of eradicating over 2 million gasoline-powered automobiles from public highways. Moreover, via its shareholding in Masdar, ADNOC is supporting Masdar’s goal to achieve 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.
ADNOC decarbonization tasks to satisfy its 25% discount in carbon depth by 2030 embody utilizing clear power to offer 100% of its onshore grid electrical energy wants for the reason that begin of 2022 and connecting its offshore operations to the grid via a $3.8 billion (AED14 billion) mission that, upon completion, can cut back its offshore carbon footprint by as much as 50%. ADNOC can be advancing nature-based options via its plan to plant 10 million mangroves by 2030. Up to now, ADNOC has planted greater than two million mangrove seedlings throughout Abu Dhabi, together with 200,000 in 2022 utilizing drones.
Attending the assembly had been H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Courtroom; H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Govt Council; H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi; H.E. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Power and Infrastructure; H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Business and Superior Know-how and ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO; H.E. Dr. Ahmed Mubarak Al Mazrouie, Member of the Govt Council and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Govt Workplace; H.E. Ahmed Al Sayegh, Minister of State; H.E. Jassem Al Zaabi, Member of the Govt Council and Chairman of the Division of Finance; H.E. Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Member of the Govt Council and Chairman of the Division of Power; and H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Govt Affairs Authority and Managing Director and Group CEO of Mubadala.
H.E. Dr. Al Jaber mentioned: “On the path of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and with the help of the ADNOC Board of Administrators and all my colleagues, ADNOC continues to ship on its mandate to rework, decarbonize and future-proof its enterprise. As a number one international power supplier, we’re dedicated to enabling a lower-carbon future and a simply, orderly and equitable power transition.
“By prioritizing transformational development, partnerships, and worldwide alternatives, we’re nicely positioned to develop our operations and unlock further worth, as we try to make in the present day’s power cleaner, spend money on the clear energies of tomorrow and proceed to offer safe and sustainable power to satisfy rising international demand. Delivering on this mandate reinforces our bold internet zero pathway and our crucial function because the catalyst for the UAE’s financial and industrial development.”
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