First Adnoc crude cargo reaches India’s Mangalore reserve

ABU DHABI / WAM

A delegation from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) attended, a special event at the Karnataka oil storage facility, in the Indian city of Mangalore, to celebrate the unloading of the first cargo of Adnoc crude oil sent to the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL). The cargo, which was loaded in Abu Dhabi at an event witnessed by Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Adnoc Group CEO, and Dharmendra Pradhan, Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, arrived in Mangalore following a short, 6-day voyage.
Abdulla Salem Al Dhaheri, Adnoc’s Director of Marketing, Sales and Trading, said, “Our teams, from Adnoc and ISPRL, have worked tirelessly to ensure the successful implementation of this important strategic project. Adnoc is already a trusted and reliable supplier of crude oil and refined products to many customers and partners in India, and we are proud to deepen this longstanding relationship through another important and strategic collaboration.”
The agreement between Adnoc and ISPRL, which was initiated in January 2017 during a visit to India by a high-ranking UAE delegation, led by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, covers the storage of 5.86 million barrels of Adnoc crude oil in underground facilities, at the Karnataka facility.