abu dhabi national oil company adnoc native name type state owned enterprise industry oil and gas founded 1971 restructured in 1988 headquarters abu dhabi united arab emirates key people khalifa bin zayed al nahyan chairman of the supreme petroleum council sultan ahmed al jaber director general and ceo products crude oil oil products natural gas petrochemicals revenue us 60 billion 2014 owner uae government number of employees 25 000 2011 website www.adnoc.ae the abu dhabi national oil company arabic or adnoc is the state owned oil company of the united arab emirates uae . according to the oil & gas journal as of january 2015 the uae holds the seventh largest proven reserves of oil in the world at 97.8 billion barrels . most of these reserves are located in abu dhabi . 1 it is the world s 11th largest oil company by production standing at 2.9 million barrels per day . 2 it is the uae s biggest company . contents 1 operations 1.1 headquarters 1.2 transportation 2 leadership and corporate governance 2.1 sultan ahmed al jaber 2.2 supreme petroleum council 3 see also 4 references 5 external links operations edit adnoc is one of the world s largest energy companies measured by both reserves and production . the company operates two oil refineries ruwais and umm al nar . adnoc has numerous subsidiary companies in the upstream midstream and downstream sectors of the petroleum industry . adnoc develops both onshore and offshore gas fields . adnoc exports natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas lng in addition to producing supplies for local electricity and water utilities to other domestic industries including petrochemicals plants and for re injection into reservoirs . 3 the adnoc headquarters incorporates technologies to improve sustainability and energy efficiency . headquarters edit adnoc headquarters is a skyscraper office complex located in abu dhabi . 4 the building incorporates energy efficiency and sustainable engineering technologies such as a double skin fa ade photovoltaic glazing led exterior lighting . designed by hok the overall building complex consists of more than 65 floors with an office tower corniche club crisis management center a heritage museum and other support facilities . 5 transportation edit through its subsidiaries the company operates several airports . the abu dhabi company for onshore oil operations operates buhasa airport and jebel dhana airport . the zakum development company operates arzanah airport qarnayn airport and zirku airport . the abu dhabi marine operating company operates das island airport . 6 leadership and corporate governance edit dr. sultan ahmed al jaber sultan ahmed al jaber edit main article sultan ahmed al jaber sultan ahmed al jaber is minister of state in the united arab emirates the director general and ceo of the abu dhabi national oil company the chairman of masdar a company located in abu dhabi specializing in clean technology renewable energy and sustainable development and the chairman of abu dhabi ports . in 2013 dr. al jaber was named minister of state and joined the uae cabinet . dr. al jaber s appointment was approved by sheikh khalifa bin zayed al nahyan the uae s president . speaking of the appointment of dr. al jaber and other ministers sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum the uae s vice president and prime minister and ruler of dubai said the new cabinet has young faces with new ideas and energy to keep up with the rapid changes and to deal with our people s top priorities . 7 al jaber holds a bsc in chemical engineering from the university of southern california the united states and a phd in business and economics from coventry university in the united kingdom and an mba from the california state university at los angeles . 8 supreme petroleum council edit main article supreme petroleum council the supreme petroleum council is the highest governing body of oil gas and similar industry related activities in abu dhabi . the council was formed in 1988 . the council is tasked with supervising all oil and gas companies that operate in abu dhabi and the united arab emirates and acts as the board of directors for adnoc . 9 see also edit international petroleum investment company list of oil exploration and production companies references edit oil & gas journal worldwide look at reserves and production january 1 2015 forbes the world s 25 biggest oil companies usaspending.gov 2008 . federal contracts to abu dhabi . adnoc headquarters . the skyscraper center . council on tall buildings and urban habitat . retrieved 2013 03 31 . double facade study thesis pdf . retrieved 2015 11 03 . united arab emirates aip login required 1 members of the cabinet . www.uaecabinet.ae . retrieved 2016 01 19 . abu dhabi national oil company adnoc the supreme petroleum council spc . retrieved 28 june 2010 . external links edit official website v t e petroleum industry petroleum primary energy benchmarks argus sour bonny light brent dubai indonesian 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