ADNOC awards $196 million in contracts for UAE manufacturing across value chain

November 07, 2024

ADNOC today announced the award of contracts valued at AED720 million ($196.2 million) for local manufacturing of a wide range of products across its value chain. The announcement was made at ADNOC’s Business Partnership Forum which was held on the sidelines of ADIPEC.

The contract awards to 11 companies were enabled by ADNOC’s In-Country Value (ICV) program and support the Make it in the Emirates (MIITE) initiative. Separately, ADNOC’s partners inaugurated eight UAE manufacturing facilities at ADIPEC, taking the total number of facilities enabled by the ICV program to 16 this year and 33 in total since the start of the MIITE initiative.

At the Business Partnership Forum, ADNOC detailed a wide range of commercial opportunities across its value chain and encouraged the private sector to capitalize on these opportunities and establish and expand manufacturing capacity in the UAE. ADNOC also launched its “Responsible Sourcing Program,” a new initiative that will ensure greater transparency and encourage sustainable procurement practices within its supply chain.

“In collaboration with our partners in the private sector, ADNOC continues to drive sustainable value for the UAE and create opportunities for people and local businesses to thrive,” said Yaser Saeed Almazrouei, ADNOC Executive Director, People, Commercial & Corporate Support. “Through our In-Country Value program, we are boosting the UAE’s manufacturing capacity, enhancing self-sufficiency and reinforcing our role as a catalyst for the nation’s growth and diversification. We extend an open invitation to UAE and international companies to partner with us and explore the long-term manufacturing opportunities we are creating.”

ADNOC’s Business Partnership Forum brought together suppliers, UAE-based companies, and government stakeholders to explore opportunities and establish private-public partnerships that drive socioeconomic progress and boost UAE’s industrial ecosystem.

A panel session on “Advancing Partnerships to Sustain Mutual Growth” was held at the forum and featured H.E. Ahmed Helal Al Blooshi, Executive Director of the Economic Strategy Sector at the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development; H.E. Hareb Al Muhairi, Executive Director at the Abu Dhabi Investment Office; and Mohamed Eissa Al Refaei, Executive Director of the Business Networking Sector at the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Since its inception in 2018, ADNOC’s ICV program has successfully reinjected AED187 billion ($51 billion) into the UAE’s economy and reduced the UAE's reliance on imports by establishing local manufacturing capabilities. Building on this success, ADNOC’s is aiming to drive an additional AED178 billion back into the UAE’s economy by 2028. ADNOC’s ICV program has also created 14,000 job opportunities for Emirati talents in the private sector in collaboration with NAFIS and is aiming to create an additional 13,500 new jobs by 2028.

The contract awarded for manufacturing are as follows:

Corrosion Technology Services Middle East LLC for cathodic protection for well casing
Bin Sari Specialized Technologies for cathodic protection for well casing
Aquachemie Chemicals Trading LLC (AquaChemie Global Chemicals)
Al Ghaith Industries LLC for Caustic Soda
Al Ghaith Industries LLC for Ready Mixed Brine
Emirates National Chemicals Company (EMOCHEM) for demulsifier
Geebee Garments (FZE) for jackets
Imperial Garments Industry for jackets and coveralls
National Factory for Safety and Security Products for safety shoes
LIWA Petroleum - Industrial Supplies (Wyom Protective Equipment Manufacturing - LLC) for jackets, coveralls and raincoat
Al Masaood Oil Industry Supplies & Services Company (SAFETIX) for safety helmets
Ali & Sons Oilfield Supplies & Services Co. (Honeywell)

The manufacturing facilities inaugurated in 2024 are as follows:

Baker Hughes: valves, wellhead, charismatic tree and surface pressure control tools
Schneider Electric: MV switchgear, LV switchboard and energy automation
NOV Equipment Manufacturing L.L.C: shale shakers & solid control equipment assembly
Remotive UAE: overhaul on pumps, gearboxes, blowers, and fans manufacturing
Al Jazeera Factory for Safety Supplies LLC: workwear manufacturing
Quality International Co. Ltd. (F.Z.C.): process & pipe rack modules
Tenaris Etihad Tubulars: seamless pipes (threading)
ADOS + Sparrows: offshore cranes – tensioners
MT Group: valves and control valves
United Clad (Petrona Gulf): cladded pipes
Hilong Petroleum Pipe Company LLC: internal coating plant
AIMS Oil Gas Equipment Manufacturing LLC: analyzer, process equipment and chemical
Specialist services holding: fabrication facilities for modules
Global Engg Solutions FZCO (Bliss Anand): safety relief valve, plug valve and axial check valve
Xellerix Industries L.L.C. (Rockford) – PCBA Engineering Design & Production
Fabtech Engineering LLC: columns, reactors, heat exchangers, skids, and modules