ADNOC Drilling 的快速船队扩张计划对于实现 ADNOC 雄心勃勃的目标至关重要，即提供500 万桶/日的产能并实现阿联酋的天然气自给自足，同时增加股东回报的潜力。

ADNOC Drilling 首席执行官Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Seiari评论道：“我们非常高兴完成对这两座优质钻井平台的收购，这将进一步巩固我们作为区域钻井领导者的地位，并补充我们已经高质量的海上自升式钻井平台舰队。这是我们快速扩张和增长计划的又一个重要步骤，确保我们能够满足不断增长的需求，帮助阿布扎比国家石油公司实现雄心勃勃的石油和天然气产能增长，并实现阿联酋的天然气自给自足。ADNOC Drilling 承诺持续为股东带来丰厚回报。新的钻井装置将加入 ADNOC 钻井船队并于 2022 年第三季度开始运营，为 ADNOC 钻井带来可观的收入，使我们的投资者和阿拉伯联合酋长国受益。”

自 2021 年 10 月在阿布扎比证券交易所上市以来，截至 2022 年 3 月 31 日，ADNOC Drilling 已将其拥有的钻机数量从 96 座扩大到 104 座。此次收购巩固了该公司作为中东最大国家钻井公司的地位钻机船队规模，并在重大资本支出计划的支持下进一步扩大计划。

从Well Target Five Limited 和 Well Target Six Limited收购的两台新钻井装置是 Gusto MSC 设计的优质独立腿悬臂钻机。

2022 年 3 月，ADNOC Drilling 宣布将成为 FADX 15 的首批成员，FADX 15 是 ADX 和 FTSE Russell 创建的新可交易指数，旨在跟踪 ADX 主要市场上流动性最强、规模最大的公司的业绩。

ADNOC Drilling’s fast-tracked fleet expansion programme is central to enable ADNOC’s ambitious targets to deliver 5mn bpd production capacity and realise gas self-sufficiency for the UAE, while increasing potential for greater shareholder returns.

Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Seiari, CEO of ADNOC Drilling, commented, “We are extremely pleased to have completed the acquisition of these two premium rigs, which will further bolster our position as a regional drilling leader and complement our already high quality offshore jack-up fleet. This is another important step in our fast-paced expansion and growth programme, ensuring we meet increasing demand as we enable ADNOC’s ambitious oil and gas production capacity growth as well as achieving gas self-sufficiency for the UAE. In addition to ADNOC Drilling’s commitment to continuously deliver strong shareholder returns. The new drilling units will join the ADNOC Drilling fleet and start operations in the third quarter 2022, enabling considerable revenue for ADNOC Drilling to the benefit of our investors and the United Arab Emirates.”

Since listing on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in October 2021, ADNOC Drilling has expanded its fleet from 96 to 104 owned rigs, at 31 March, 2022. This acquisition cements the company’s position as the largest national drilling company in the Middle East by rig fleet size, with further plans for expansion supported by a significant capital expenditure programme.

The two new drilling units, being acquired from Well Target Five Limited and Well Target Six Limited, are Gusto MSC design, premium independent leg cantilever rigs.

In March 2022, it was announced that ADNOC Drilling would become an inaugural member of FADX 15, a new tradable index created by ADX and FTSE Russell, designed to track the performance of the most liquid and largest companies on the ADX main market.