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A new role in fulfilling the UAE’s national energy strategy

It gives me great pleasure to put this corporate brochure in the hands of our valued stakeholders at all levels, sharing with them our journey over the past few years.

In the early 1970s, and during a visit to an oil production facility, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan noticed the flaring of associated gas into the atmosphere and inquired how this could be stopped. This gave rise to the birth of ADGAS in 1973, becoming the first LNG production company in the region. Since then, ADGAS has been the regional pioneer in LNG and LPG production and marketing, credits due to the company’s compliance with the best international practices, building on the history and expertise of its shareholders, ADNOC, Mitsui & Co, BP, and Total.

Since 2008, ADGAS has reviewed its vision and mission to accommodate the company’s anticipated role in the UAE’s national energy strategy. After years of hard work on two strategic projects, Offshore Associated Gas (OAG) and Integrated Gas Development (IGD), ADGAS has recently begun to feed the national grid with around one billion standard cubic feet daily of clean energy gas for industrial and residential use. This marks an important shift from our traditional role as an exporting company to also being a local energy supplier, helping Abu Dhabi achieve its 2030 Economic Vision, which stresses the need for clean energy for a sustainable future. This new role will continue to be played by ADGAS as future expansions to the IGD facilities take place, allowing the increase of local supply of gas to the national grid.

Equally, our focus is on our processes and assets to ensure process safety, reliability, and excellent industrial performance. Inspired by ADNOC’s guidelines and policies, ADGAS has developed robust HSE procedures and practices, putting the safety and welfare of its employees at the top of its priorities. We have considerably reduced our environmental footprint over the last few years by controlling and minimizing flaring and emissions, while looking for new ways and technologies to further reduce these effects.

Meanwhile, we continue to improve and expand our CSR activities on all fronts. As a committed corporate citizen, ADGAS is increasingly involved in various national issues that range from environment protection to education, public health, charities, and humanitarian issues, to name but a few.

Our most valuable asset and the reason behind our success is our people. We are committed to providing our national workforce with employment opportunities and quality training to sharpen their leadership skills and empower them to be productive elements in society. ADGAS feels proud that it has gone a long way towards the Emiratization of its workforce according to ADNOC’s Emiratization objective. In fact, ADGAS is highest in terms of Emiratization percentage among ADNOC Group companies, having achieved a 67 percent target in 2013. We are indebted to our loyal and experienced employees in every achievement we attain.

In recognition of our constant efforts to improve performance and promote quality at all organizational levels, ADGAS was awarded the ISO 14001 accreditation in 2004, a certificate that is reconfirmed every three years following a thorough audit of ADGAS’ HSE Management System.

The company’s leading position was further honored when it won the 2008 Dubai Quality Award in the industrial organizations category, in recognition of its excellent business practices and procedures. In the most recent assessment of the company’s excellence and performance, ADGAS recently won the prestigious Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award, Gold Category, Oil and Gas Sector 2011-2012.

These prestigious awards not only represent an additional assurance that we are on the right track; they also place a great responsibility on our shoulders to constantly improve our practices. In the coming years, we will seek to adopt new technologies and practices to cope with the future so that ADGAS can continue performing its role as an industry leader.

On behalf of the ADGAS team, I express our gratitude to our valued shareholders for their trust and support. I also extend my appreciation to our contractors and suppliers for their dedication and commitment. On a personal note, I thank our management and staff, who have shown loyalty and worked hard to make ADGAS what it is today.

Finally, I thank you for taking the time to learn about the history, challenges, achievements, and objectives of ADGAS. I really wish that you will find in this report the details of all above achievements, and that you will find it informative and valuable.

Sincerely,
Fahim Kazim
CEO