ADNOC Gas Reports Q1 2023 Net Income of $1.3 Billion, Up 9% Year-on-Year

In first quarterly results since its record-breaking IPO in March 2023, the Company reported robust revenue of $5.2 billion

World-class reliability maintained across operations, with ADNOC Gas Facilities delivering reliability[i] of 98.5%

First-ever Middle East LNG cargo successfully delivered to Germany and three-year LNG Supply Agreement announced with TotalEnergies in early May

 

Abu Dhabi, UAE – May 11, 2023: ADNOC Gas plc (together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, “ADNOC Gas” or the “Company”) (ADX symbol: “ADNOCGAS” / ISIN: “AEE01195A234”), the world-class integrated gas processing company, today announces its first quarterly financial results since its formation and initial public offering (“IPO”), for the three months ended March 31, 2023 (“Q1 2023”). The unaudited pro forma financial results of the Company for the comparative period (i.e., the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 (“Q1 2022”) noted herein are reported on a Pro Forma Adjusted basis[ii].

Q1 2023 Revenue stood at a robust $5.2 billion, compared to Pro Forma Adjusted Revenue of $6.2 billion for Q1 2022, impacted by the pricing environment. ADNOC Gas maintained high levels of reliability throughout Q1 2023, with average reliability of 98.5% across its facilities.

ADNOC Gas is a predictable and resilient margin business underpinned by profitable growth opportunities. During the reporting period, Brent crude oil prices, which are used for gas pricing, declined nearly 24% in comparison to Q1 2022. ADNOC Gas demonstrated resilience in this challenging pricing environment, maintaining a robust EBITDA margin of 34% in Q1 2023, only 1% lower than in Q1 2022.

Ahmed Alebri, Chief Executive Officer of ADNOC Gas, commented: “ADNOC Gas has delivered robust financial results during Q1 2023, despite a significant contraction in market prices from the near-all-time highs experienced during 2022. Our performance during this period demonstrates our resilience and ability to generate attractive returns. We maintained a solid operating margin thanks to our ongoing focus on operational excellence and cost optimization and reported healthy Net Income of $1.3 billion.

Importantly, we continue to execute on the growth strategy communicated during our IPO, underpinned by anticipated upstream capacity expansion and product mix optimization. We see long-term structural demand growth for natural gas as a critical fuel in the responsible  global energy transition and we are ideally positioned to meet both local and international demand, while further decarbonizing our operations in line with the UAE’s Net-Zero 2050 ambition.”

The Company is making good progress on its five-year (2023 to 2027) $14 billion strategic and growth project portfolio, encompassing a range of projects integral to elevating the efficiency of operations and production output. Key projects include further maximizing ethane recovery and monetization (“MERAM”) across operations, extending the gas pipeline network by more than 500 kilometers to better connect the Northern Emirates of the UAE (“ESTIDAMA”), and the construction of an additional greenfield gas processing facility, co-located with a significant ADNOC upstream reservoir. The new facility is expected to add approximately 1.9 Billion Standard Cubic Feet Per Day (bscfd) processing capacity to ADNOC Gas’ processing operations by 2028, at the earliest (“Bab Gas Cap”).

ADNOC Gas is targeting to pay a dividend of $1.625 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 in respect of the first half of 2023. A further $1.625 billion dividend is targeted to be paid in the second quarter of 2024 in respect of the second half of 2023. Thereafter, ADNOC Gas expects to grow the annual target dividend amount from $3.25 billion by a growth rate of 5% per annum on a dividend per share basis over the period 2024-27. The targeted growth in dividends reflects ADNOC Gas’ strong and visible future cash flows, which provide ample headroom to invest in long-term future growth and provide stable returns for shareholders.

 

 

[i] Reliability is defined as total available hours (8,760 hours per annum) reduced by the hours of non-availability due to unscheduled outages divided by total available hours. Average Reliability of 98.5% was achieved across relatable ADNOC Gas facilities.

[ii] ADNOC Gas was incorporated in the Abu Dhabi Global Market, Abu Dhabi, UAE on 8 December 2022 and the relevant assets were contributed to ADNOC Gas effective 1 January 2023 as part of a reorganisation (the “Reorganisation”) that included the entry into a gas supply and purchase agreement, a transitional marketing and transportation agreement, a sulphur sales and marketing agreement, a pipelines use and operation agreement, a re-injection gas sale agreement and certain lease agreements. The unaudited pro forma financial results for Q1 2022 presented in this document give effect to the impact of the Reorganisation as if the Reorganisation had taken place on 1 January 2022. The unaudited pro forma financial results for Q1 2022 have been prepared for illustrative purposes only and are based on available information and certain assumptions and estimates that we believe are reasonable and may differ materially from the actual amounts that would have been achieved had the Reorganisation taken place on 1 January 2022.

[iii] The Net Income in Q1 2023 includes a $0.3 billion benefit from recognizing a deferred tax asset, a non-reoccurring item.

[iv] Illustrative Free Cash Flow is calculated as pro forma Adjusted EBITDA less income tax and capital expenditure plus dividends from ALNG for the relevant period.