Company Insights Borouge Petrochemicals Borouge News Petrochemicals Borouge profit rises on high-value product sales The net earnings of Borouge, Abu Dhabi’s listed petrochemicals company, jumped 24 percent year on year to $1.2 billion in 2024, supported by record production and sales volumes. Annual revenue rose 4 percent to $6 billion, while total costs improved by 2 percent. The high-value infrastructure services segment accounted for 40 percent of total sales […] February 4, 2025 Industry Proposed Adnoc-OMV entity targets Mubadala unit The global polyolefins group proposed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Austria’s OMV has set its eye on its first acquisition. The proposed merged entity will try to acquire Canada’s Nova Chemicals from Mubadala Investment Company as its first growth opportunity, Adnoc has confirmed in a statement. The Abu Dhabi oil company said negotiations […] February 2, 2025 Analysis Oil & Gas How Adnoc’s XRG will achieve its bold investment ambitions When XRG, the newly formed investment arm of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), launched last month it said that it wanted to double its $80 billion in assets under management by 2035. For comparison, Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, the world’s 10th largest sovereign wealth fund and the younger sibling of Adia and Mubadala, had […] December 19, 2024 Analysis Markets State-backed UAE companies lead the pack for share price gains The stock market performance of UAE companies that have gone public in the past few years varies greatly – but government-backed businesses have delivered the biggest gains. There have been 21 notable initial public offerings of UAE companies since the start of 2021 – 13 on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and eight on the […] November 19, 2024 Energy Revenues of six Adnoc subsidiaries reach $24bn Six subsidiaries of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) collectively generated AED89 billion ($24.23 billion) in revenues and achieved net profits of AED16 billion in the first half of 2024. The performance was driven by strong growth strategies, state-run WAM news agency reported. Adnoc Distribution, 77 percent-owned by the UAE oil giant, saw a 12.9 […] November 6, 2024 Industry Borouge Q3 profit rises to $328m on record sales Abu Dhabi-listed Borouge reported a 16 percent year-on-year increase in net profit to $328 million, driven by record quarterly sales and strong pricing for its premium products. Revenue grew 7 percent year on year to $1.6 billion, reflecting a strategic focus on high-value markets that drove a 2 percent year-on-year increase in sales volumes. Despite […] October 29, 2024 Oil & Gas Adnoc drops plan to upgrade UAE’s only LNG facility An upgrade of the Das Island liquefied natural gas plant has been cancelled by Adnoc Gas, as it shifts priorities towards greenfield developments. “We have a funnel of exciting opportunities in which we can invest while at the same time exercising capital discipline,” Adnoc Gas said. Das Island’s liquefaction and export terminal, the only LNG […] October 11, 2024 Adnoc to buy German chemicals company Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc has agreed to buy German chemicals producer Covestro for €15.9 billion ($18 billion) including debt, the state oil giant said on Tuesday, representing its largest acquisition to date. The deal is one of the biggest foreign takeovers by a Gulf state as Abu Dhabi and other countries in the region seek to reduce […] October 1, 2024 Industry Borouge profit up 33% on higher product sales Record production volumes, higher sales and increased cost efficiencies helped net profits at petrochemicals company Borouge rise 33 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2024 to $308 million. Revenue at the Abu Dhabi-listed company reached $1.5 billion during the quarter, up 6 percent annually. NewsletterGet the Best of AGBI delivered straight to […] July 31, 2024 Energy Adnoc and Borouge explore chemicals complex in China The UAE’s oil giant Adnoc and Borouge, one of its Abu Dhabi-listed subsidiaries, is exploring the potential of developing a speciality thermoplastics complex in China. A consortium, which includes Adnoc, Borouge and Borealis, signed a project collaboration agreement with China’s Wanhua Chemical and Wanrong New Materials (Fujian), a wholly owned subsidiary of Wanhua Chemical. Borealis […] July 24, 2024 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 … 6 Next
Petrochemicals Borouge profit rises on high-value product sales The net earnings of Borouge, Abu Dhabi’s listed petrochemicals company, jumped 24 percent year on year to $1.2 billion in 2024, supported by record production and sales volumes. Annual revenue rose 4 percent to $6 billion, while total costs improved by 2 percent. The high-value infrastructure services segment accounted for 40 percent of total sales […] February 4, 2025
Industry Proposed Adnoc-OMV entity targets Mubadala unit The global polyolefins group proposed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Austria’s OMV has set its eye on its first acquisition. The proposed merged entity will try to acquire Canada’s Nova Chemicals from Mubadala Investment Company as its first growth opportunity, Adnoc has confirmed in a statement. The Abu Dhabi oil company said negotiations […] February 2, 2025
Analysis Oil & Gas How Adnoc’s XRG will achieve its bold investment ambitions When XRG, the newly formed investment arm of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), launched last month it said that it wanted to double its $80 billion in assets under management by 2035. For comparison, Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, the world’s 10th largest sovereign wealth fund and the younger sibling of Adia and Mubadala, had […] December 19, 2024
Analysis Markets State-backed UAE companies lead the pack for share price gains The stock market performance of UAE companies that have gone public in the past few years varies greatly – but government-backed businesses have delivered the biggest gains. There have been 21 notable initial public offerings of UAE companies since the start of 2021 – 13 on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and eight on the […] November 19, 2024
Energy Revenues of six Adnoc subsidiaries reach $24bn Six subsidiaries of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) collectively generated AED89 billion ($24.23 billion) in revenues and achieved net profits of AED16 billion in the first half of 2024. The performance was driven by strong growth strategies, state-run WAM news agency reported. Adnoc Distribution, 77 percent-owned by the UAE oil giant, saw a 12.9 […] November 6, 2024
Industry Borouge Q3 profit rises to $328m on record sales Abu Dhabi-listed Borouge reported a 16 percent year-on-year increase in net profit to $328 million, driven by record quarterly sales and strong pricing for its premium products. Revenue grew 7 percent year on year to $1.6 billion, reflecting a strategic focus on high-value markets that drove a 2 percent year-on-year increase in sales volumes. Despite […] October 29, 2024
Oil & Gas Adnoc drops plan to upgrade UAE’s only LNG facility An upgrade of the Das Island liquefied natural gas plant has been cancelled by Adnoc Gas, as it shifts priorities towards greenfield developments. “We have a funnel of exciting opportunities in which we can invest while at the same time exercising capital discipline,” Adnoc Gas said. Das Island’s liquefaction and export terminal, the only LNG […] October 11, 2024
Adnoc to buy German chemicals company Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc has agreed to buy German chemicals producer Covestro for €15.9 billion ($18 billion) including debt, the state oil giant said on Tuesday, representing its largest acquisition to date. The deal is one of the biggest foreign takeovers by a Gulf state as Abu Dhabi and other countries in the region seek to reduce […] October 1, 2024
Industry Borouge profit up 33% on higher product sales Record production volumes, higher sales and increased cost efficiencies helped net profits at petrochemicals company Borouge rise 33 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2024 to $308 million. Revenue at the Abu Dhabi-listed company reached $1.5 billion during the quarter, up 6 percent annually. NewsletterGet the Best of AGBI delivered straight to […] July 31, 2024
Energy Adnoc and Borouge explore chemicals complex in China The UAE’s oil giant Adnoc and Borouge, one of its Abu Dhabi-listed subsidiaries, is exploring the potential of developing a speciality thermoplastics complex in China. A consortium, which includes Adnoc, Borouge and Borealis, signed a project collaboration agreement with China’s Wanhua Chemical and Wanrong New Materials (Fujian), a wholly owned subsidiary of Wanhua Chemical. Borealis […] July 24, 2024
