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Abu Dhabi National Oil Co

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Abu Dhabi energy group XRG hires former BP chief Looney

    Blackstone chief operating officer Jonathan Gray also appointed to board

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    Bernard Looney speaks during an interview
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    AI’s huge power needs give oil majors incentive to invest in renewables, says Adnoc boss

    Energy, tech and finance executives in discussion over how to fuel artificial intelligence

    Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, chief executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and president of COP28, speaks at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai in November 2023
  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
    News in-depth
    How Abu Dhabi’s national oil company is planning for the energy transition

    Adnoc’s $16bn takeover of Germany’s Covestro is a key part of its strategy to diversify its business

    A picture shows the headquarters of UAE’s state oil company Adnoc in Dubai
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Lex
    Adnoc’s cash has good chemistry with struggling German industry Premium content

    Deal may provide a test case for other Middle Eastern investors scouring the world for opportunities

    Large cylindrical storage tanks at the Covestro chemical park in Dormagen, Germany.
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Abu Dhabi targets largest-ever foreign takeover with €14.7bn offer for Germany’s Covestro

    Adnoc seeks to acquire chemicals groups as it prepares for a world less reliant on oil as a fuel

    A Covestro employee checks a tank for carbon dioxide in Dormagen, Germany
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Covestro AG
    Abu Dhabi closes in on German group that helped ‘invent chemistry’

    State oil company Adnoc to make formal €14.4bn offer for Covestro in biggest European deal this year

    An employee of chemical company Covestro works in a chemical laboratory at their headquarters in Leverkusen
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Abu Dhabi to invest billions in Exxon’s Texas hydrogen project

    Plan for world’s largest low-emission plant of its kind in limbo over push for US subsidies

    Darren Woods Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and Ahmed al-Jaber are seen at an event for the signing of the deal.
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Bernard Looney
    Bernard Looney plots Abu Dhabi comeback from BP scandal

    Adnoc’s Sultan al-Jaber has discussed projects with ex-CEO following exit from oil major

    A montage of the images of Bernard Looney and Sultan al-Jaber
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Adnoc’s long Covestro chase set to achieve Europe’s largest takeover of year

    UAE oil company’s lengthy courtship and sweetened €14.4bn bid key to overcoming German chemical group’s reluctance

    An oil pipeline control head sits on display outside the entrance to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) headquarters in Abu Dhabi
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Covestro AG
    Adnoc nears €14.4bn takeover of Covestro

    German chemicals group to enter ‘concrete negotiations’ after Gulf state-owned company boosts proposal to €62 per share

    An employee checks temperatures at a hot oil pump at the Covestro AG chemical park in Dormagen, Germany
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    UAE’s Adnoc signs first overseas LNG deal

    Global energy companies are expanding investments in fuel that is increasingly in demand

    Processing tanks at the Ruwais refinery
  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    BP PLC
    BP and Abu Dhabi suspend talks to buy stake in Israeli gasfield

    Talks with Tel Aviv-listed NewMed paused because of ‘uncertainty created by the external environment’

    The production platform of the Leviathan natural gasfield off the coast of Israel
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Adnoc’s $30bn chemicals deal with Austria’s OMV stalls

    Talks cool to allow both sides to navigate differences over merger of cross-held Borealis and Borouge arms

    An OMV platform in the Black Sea
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    UAE energy group Adnoc to lift spending on decarbonisation projects

    Company lift investment in sector to $23bn by 2030 from previous $15bn

    Sultan al-Jaber, left, chief executive of Adnoc
  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    An oil and gas COP

    UAE is under intense pressure to deliver a successful climate summit

    People arrive at the COP28 conference in Dubai
  • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
    Gunvor Group Ltd
    Gunvor chief looks to keep control in family after end of Adnoc talks

    Torbjörn Törnqvist says bumper profits have reduced rationale for seeking outside investor

    Torbjörn Törnqvist
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Covestro to start deal talks after Adnoc raises bid price to €14bn

    Abu Dhabi state energy group improves offer for German chemical company as emirate flexes financial muscle

    A Covestro worker inspects an oil pump
  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Due Diligence
    The Gulf oil company chasing $50bn in deals Premium content

    Plus, Italy’s rightwing government hits domestic banks with a surprise tax and Diageo’s liquor deal with Diddy turns sour

    The Due Diligence logo
  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    Abu Dhabi oil giant builds internal ‘investment bank’ to chase $50bn in global deals

    Adnoc amasses 50-strong team as UAE state oil group seeks to diversify business and expand overseas

    Sultan al-Jaber
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    Climate change
    UAE state energy company brings forward net zero target to 2045

    Announcement made as Gulf country prepares to host COP28 climate talks

    Sultan al-Jaber
  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Chemicals
    Austria’s OMV and Abu Dhabi in talks over merging chemicals businesses

    Partnership could combine Borouge with Borealis to create global polyolefin company

    OMV logo on an oil tank
  • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
    Covestro AG
    German chemical group Covestro rejects €13bn Abu Dhabi approach

    State-owned oil company Adnoc seeks to diversify revenue stream and expand beyond fossil fuels

    An Emirati man near the logo of Adnoc in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi
  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    Lex
    Adnoc/Covestro: strong chemistry explains the attraction Premium content

    Diversifying into cleaner and higher-growth sectors makes sense for Abu Dhabi’s national oil company

    A man is seen near the logo of Adnoc
  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP teams up with Abu Dhabi oil group in bid for Israel’s NewMed

    UK energy major and Adnoc plan joint venture to pursue projects in eastern Mediterranean

    A BP petrol station in London
  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    Gunvor Group Ltd
    Adnoc and Gunvor deal talks reach impasse

    Co-founder of Switzerland-based energy trading company said to be reluctant to yield control to Abu Dhabi group

    Oil is pumped into an oil tanker
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