ADNOC Gas plans $8bn expansion and east-coast LNG plant to bypass Hormuz
The UAE firm will double export capacity by 2028 and is studying a new terminal outside the Strait of Hormuz
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ADNOC Gas plans $8bn expansion and east-coast LNG plant to bypass Hormuz
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What this story says
- ADNOC Gas will spend more than $8.2 billion on new gas-processing facilities and an LNG export terminal at Ruwais, doubling capacity to about 15 million tons per year by late 2028.
- The company is studying a new LNG export plant on the UAE’s east coast to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which has seen repeated attacks on tankers.
- The Habshan gas-processing complex has recovered to 85 percent capacity after recent security incidents.
- None of the left-rated outlets tracked by MediaBias News carried the story.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
86/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
15/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
ADNOC Gas, the gas business of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, will invest more than $8.2 billion in its Rich Gas Development project. The project includes a new gas-processing train at the Habshan facility and a liquefied natural gas export terminal at Ruwais. The Ruwais LNG plant is scheduled to begin operations in late 2028 and will double the company’s export capacity to about 15 million tons per year.
The company is also considering building a new LNG export plant on the UAE’s east coast outside the Strait of Hormuz. Chief Financial Officer Peter van Driel said the plant would cost billions of dollars. The move follows repeated attacks on tankers transiting the strait, which have disrupted shipping in the Persian Gulf. ADNOC Gas expects a 60 percent increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation by 2030.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated outlets tracked by MediaBias News carried the story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the $8.2 billion investment or the 60 percent EBITDA growth target that ADNOC Gas announced. The centre-rated report in Oil Price did not mention the east-coast LNG plant proposal.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 10 Aug 2026, 13:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The centre-rated report in Oil Price led on the $8.2 billion investment and the 60 percent EBITDA growth target by 2030. It named the two main components of the Rich Gas Development project: a $3.9 billion gas-processing train at Habshan and a $4.3 billion natural gas liquids fractionation unit at Ruwais. The report quoted ADNOC Gas CEO Fatema Al Nuaimi on the company’s ambition to position itself at the heart of the UAE’s energy future.
Right
5 rated outlets
- All five right-rated digests led on the proposal for a new LNG export plant outside the Strait of Hormuz. The Financial Post, whose full report was printed, described the plant as part of the UAE’s attempt to reduce its dependence on the strait to zero. It quoted CFO Peter van Driel saying the plant would cost billions of dollars and noted that three ADNOC tankers had been attacked by missiles and drones in the past week.
- The digests from Svenska Dagbladet, The Sunday Guardian Live, Gulf News, The Hindu Business Line and Yonhap News Agency all carried the east-coast plant proposal. Four of the five mentioned the recovery of the Habshan complex to 85 percent capacity. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the $8.2 billion investment figure or the 60 percent EBITDA growth target.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
1Right
5- Wants to Bypass Hormuz – with an Oil Pipeline Through Syria (opens Svenska Dagbladet in a new tab)
Svenska Dagbladet — is Svenska Dagbladet biased? Our profile of this outlet
- ADNOC Gas explores new UAE east coast LNG plant with Habshan recovery at 85% (opens Gulf News in a new tab)
- ADNOC Gas exploring new LNG export plant to avoid Hormuz (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
The Hindu Business Line — is The Hindu Business Line biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UAE State Oil Company "Considering Construction of LNG Plant Outside Hormuz" (opens 연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency in a new tab)
연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency — is 연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Adnoc Gas Exploring New LNG Export Plant to Avoid Hormuz (opens Financial Post in a new tab)
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3- Wants to Bypass Hormuz – with an Oil Pipeline Through Syria (opens Dagens industri in a new tab)
Dagens industri — is Dagens industri biased? Our profile of this outlet
- US-Israel-Iran War Live News: ADNOC Gas Explores New LNG Export Plant To Bypass Strait Of Hormuz Amid Severe Shipping Disruption – Crude Oil Prices Rise (opens The Sunday Guardian Live in a new tab)
The Sunday Guardian Live — is The Sunday Guardian Live biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Van's Head Is Recording the Highest Frequency of Gas Shipments. (opens al-watan.com in a new tab)
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