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Adnoc Gas said Monday it would invest more than $8 billion to expand natural-gas processing and exports, adding a domestic processing unit at Habshan and an export facility at Ruwais. The majority state-owned company said the spending is the next stage of its Rich Gas Development project, designed to capture higher-margin gas as parent Adnoc raises oil output and supplies more associated gas for domestic and international markets.

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• Total commitment: The latest investment lifts planned spending on Rich Gas Development to $13.2 billion. Adnoc Gas announced $5 billion for Phase 1 in June 2025, focused on removing bottlenecks across existing plants. The new phase adds physical capacity at Habshan, the UAE’s largest gas-processing complex, and Ruwais.
• Supply outlook: Chief Financial Officer Peter Van Driel said wider UAE oil-production growth gives Adnoc Gas confidence it will receive the required volumes and gas composition. Parent Adnoc targets production of 5 million barrels of oil equivalent a day by 2027 and plans to tap large reservoirs at Umm Shaif and Bab.
• Higher-value products: Associated gas produced alongside oil contains more natural-gas liquids, which can be turned into ethane, propane and butane. Adnoc Gas expects access to those streams to improve product value and earnings, while expanded processing will support pipeline-gas and liquefied-natural-gas sales.
• Financial ambitions: The company raised its 2030 earnings target to more than $12 billion. Chief Executive Fatema Al Nuaimi said the investments should significantly expand processing and export capacity. Adnoc Gas now targets 60% growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization by 2030, replacing a previous 40% target for 2023-2029.
• Quarterly pressure: Second-quarter net income fell to $665 million from $1.39 billion a year earlier. The report linked the decline to sharply reduced Hormuz shipping after the Iran war began. Adnoc Gas guided for third-quarter net income of up to $800 million, highlighting the near-term cost of regional disruption.
• Transport exposure: The report said conflict and the threat of a near-closure of Hormuz encouraged the UAE to invest in alternative export routes and pipelines. About one-fifth of global oil and gas flows passed through the strait before the war, it said, making transport continuity central to the expansion’s commercial outcome.

Between the lines

The growth case depends on oil and gas moving together: higher crude output can deliver more associated gas rich in valuable liquids. Van Driel called the OPEC exit “really good news” for Adnoc Gas, but said the company’s target assumes Gulf conditions return to normal and remain stable.

What’s next

Investors will next assess third-quarter net income against the company’s $800 million ceiling and monitor construction at Habshan and Ruwais. The next fixed production milestone is parent Adnoc’s target of 5 million barrels of oil equivalent a day by 2027, which underpins expected feedstock growth.