RIYADH: Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and chemical producer OCI have hired banks for a potential listing of their fertilizer joint venture, in what could be one of the largest offerings in the UAE in recent years, Bloomberg reported.
Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, HSBC and First Abu Dhabi Bank were appointed as advisers for the listing in Abu Dhabi, the news wire reported citing people familiar with the project who did not want to be identified because the matter was private.
The company could be valued at $7 billion, they said.
Fertiglobe is the largest seaborne exporter of nitrogen fertilizers globally, and the largest nitrogen producer in the MENA region. It has plants in the UAE, Egypt and Algeria, with production capacity of 5 million tons of urea and 1.5 million tons of saleable ammonia annually.
Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Fertiglobe is a joint venture between OCI and ADNOC, which own 58 percent and 42 percent respectively.
Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc and OCI said to hire banks for Fertiglobe IPO
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Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc and OCI said to hire banks for Fertiglobe IPO
- Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, HSBC and First Abu Dhabi Bank were appointed as advisers for the listing in Abu Dhabi
Oil surges; Brent back at $100 as Iran steps up attacks on Gulf shipping
BEIJING/SINGAPORE: Oil prices jumped on Thursday as Iran stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, raising fears of a prolonged conflict and oil-flow disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz.
Brent futures rose $8.54, or 9.28 percent, to $100.52 a barrel at 06:54 a.m. Saudi time, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was up $7.22, or 8.28 percent, to $94.47.
Brent hit $119.50 a barrel on Monday, its highest since mid-2022, then dropped after US President Donald Trump said the Iran war could be over soon.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Iran’s military command said: “Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel, because the oil price depends on regional security, which you have destabilised,” in remarks directed at the US.
There are no signs of a de-escalation in the Gulf and as a result, there is no end in sight to the disruptions to oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, ING analysts said on Thursday.
“The only way to see oil prices trade lower on a sustained basis is by getting oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz,” ING said. “Failing to do so means that the market highs are still ahead of us.”
Two foreign tankers carrying Iraqi fuel oil were hit by unidentified attackers in Iraq’s territorial waters, causing them to catch fire, the director general of the General Co. for Ports, Farhan al-Fartousi, told Reuters on Wednesday.
An initial investigation from Iraqi security officials showed explosive-laden boats from Iran had hit the two tankers.
The International Energy Agency has agreed to release a record 400 million barrels of oil to help rein in prices that have spiked after the US-Israeli war on Iran broke out. The US is contributing the bulk of that release — 172 million barrels — from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
“The IEA’s release of oil reserves may be only a temporary solution, as disruptions to oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and a major production halt in some Middle Eastern countries could cause a long-term supply crunch,” said Tina Teng, a market strategist at Moomoo ANZ.
The ING analysts said there are concerns about how quickly the oil can make it to the market and whether it will be sufficient to tide consumers over until oil begins flowing through the Strait of Hormuz again.
