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Adnoc eyes financial markets for downstream push

  • Mercados: Crude oil, Oil products, Petrochemicals
  • 28/02/18

Abu Dhabi state-owned Adnoc is looking to tap financial markets to help fulfil its expansive downstream ambitions.

Adnoc wants to increase refining capacity by 60pc to about 1.5mn b/d and raise petrochemical output four-fold to 14.4mn t/yr, by 2025. To meet these targets it will offer a "mixture of equity and debt investment opportunities, including listed and private equity, fixed income, infrastructure as well as structured and project finance, for greenfield and brownfield projects," said Adnoc chief executive Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber.

Adnoc began testing the financial markets in November last year when, through its subsidiary Adcop, it entered the public debt market for the first time with a $3bn bond offering. This consisted of two senior secured bond tranches; one a $837mn, 12-year bond with an annual coupon of 3.65pc and the other a $2.2bn, 30-year bond with an annual coupon of 4.6pc. The bond was rated AA by rating agencies Fitch and S&P Global, in line with Abu Dhabi sovereign bonds, reflecting the company's state ownership and implied support.

"We are making smarter use of our capital and will work with the financial markets as we proactively manage our portfolio of assets and capital to further unlock value from within Adnoc," Al-Jaber said.

Adnoc plans to invest $3.1bn to modify its 417,000 b/d Ruwais 2 refinery. This would include the introduction of crude processing flexibility in order to free higher-value lighter, sweeter crude for export by the end of 2022.

Abu Dhabi has 922,000 b/d of refining capacity, comprising the 817,000 b/d Ruwais complex and the 85,000 b/d Umm al-Nar plant.

A 127,000 b/d residual fluid catalytic cracker (RFCC) at Ruwais 2 is scheduled to resume commercial production in the last quarter of this year, after a fire in June. Around 650,000 b/d of Abu Dhabi's refining capacity is geared towards crude processing, with the rest focused on condensate processing.

Adnoc is also expanding capacity upstream, and has plans to reach 3.5mn b/d by the end of the year. The UAE produced 2.85mn b/d in January, according to Argus estimates.


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