United Arab Emirates: TotalEnergies Announces Final Investment Decision For The Umm Shaif Gas Cap Development

TotalEnergies announces the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Umm Shaif Gas Cap development in the Umm Shaif and Nasr offshore concession, in which the Company holds a 20% interest alongside ADNOC (60%), CNPC (10%) and ENI (10%), with ADNOC Offshore as operator.

Umm Shaif is Abu Dhabi’s oldest offshore field, producing since 1962. The project will unlock by 2030 more than 600 million cubic feet per day of gas production while maximizing condensate recovery, through the development of the gas cap resources located above the field’s oil reservoirs. By leveraging synergies with existing offshore facilities and clean power from the UAE grid, Umm Shaif Gas Cap is designed to minimize costs and limit emissions. Furthermore, the project has the potential to increase gas production to up to 1.5 billion cubic feet per day in the future, further supporting the UAE’s long-term gas growth strategy.

Building on the successful award of the Umm Shaif and Nasr concession in 2018 for a 40-year term, this development further illustrates TotalEnergies’ contribution as Asset Lead, alongside ADNOC and its partners, to unlocking additional value from the existing concession while advancing Abu Dhabi’s gas resources and strengthening the UAE’s integrated gas value chain.

"We are delighted to reach this important milestone together with ADNOC and our partners. Following the recent award of the Bab Gas Cap concession, this FID marks another important step in developing Abu Dhabi's significant gas resources. This development will contribute to TotalEnergies' Upstream production beyond 2030 with low-cost and low-emissions resources,” said Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies.

TotalEnergies in the United Arab Emirates
TotalEnergies has been present in the United Arab Emirates for 87 years and is today the 1st foreign company active in the country, present across the entire energy value chain. In the Upstream sector, through its long-standing partnership with ADNOC, TotalEnergies in the UAE holds interests in nearly all major concessions and is one of the main contributors to the Company’s hydrocarbon production with 393,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2025.

TotalEnergies in the UAE also holds interests across the natural gas and LNG value chain. The Company has a 5% stake in ADNOC LNG, which processes associated gas from ADNOC Offshore to produce LNG, LPG and condensates. In July 2024, TotalEnergies further strengthened its LNG position by acquiring a 10% stake in the Ruwais LNG project, which includes a new liquefaction plant with two electric trains totaling 9.6 Mt/y of capacity.

In addition, TotalEnergies continues to expand its presence in renewable energies in the UAE, particularly in distributed solar generation, and operates a lubricants blending plant supplying the Middle East region.

About TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas, biogas and low-carbon hydrogen, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable and more sustainable. Active in about 120 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations.