ADNOC launches LNG trading platform
ADNOC has launched a global LNG marketing and trading platform as the energy giant looks to strengthen its position in the global market.
The platform brings together the marketing activities of ADNOC Gas and international investment company XRG with the trading capabilities of ADNOC Trading.
The integrated commercial platform is designed to optimise the group’s growing LNG portfolio, improve shipping flexibility, and provide customers with greater access to supply.
It will aid ADNOC Gas’s expanding production base, including volumes from the Ruwais LNG project, and support XRG’s international gas and infrastructure investments.
Growing global ambitions
ADNOC said the platform is targeting 47 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of combined marketable LNG by 2035, a level that would place it among the world’s leading LNG suppliers.
The move also reinforces Abu Dhabi’s ambition to establish itself as a major global energy trading hub alongside established centres in Europe, Asia, and North America.
The launch comes as global LNG demand continues to rise, and is expected to reach almost 700 mtpa by 2050. Global LNG trade reached approximately 422 million tonnes in 2025.
“With LNG demand set to grow substantially, the world will need reliable, responsible and trusted suppliers at scale,” said Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Managing Director and Group CEO of ADNOC and Executive Chairman of XRG.
“This world-class, integrated commercial LNG platform brings together the full strength of ADNOC’s marketing, trading and shipping capabilities to create a single global hub in Abu Dhabi. It marks a step-change in scale, flexibility and optionality of our LNG marketing and trading platform and will further position ADNOC to meet the world’s growing demand for energy.”
Future supply will be strengthened by the Ruwais LNG project, which is expected to significantly expand the country’s export capacity.
The launch also complements XRG’s broader international gas strategy. The company has expanded its LNG footprint through investments across global supply chains, including upstream gas assets in Argentina and plans to increase exposure to the US natural gas market.
