NMDC Energy is an engineering, procurement and construction contractor based in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, and the energy arm of NMDC Group. Its scope covers engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning for onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities, together with marine construction, and it works for national oil companies, operating companies and international oil companies. The group's general enquiries address is [email protected], and the chief executive is Eng. Ahmed Al Dhaheri.
From NPCC to a listed EPC contractor
The business was founded in 1973 as NPCC, a joint venture between ADNOC and CCC, and was established with the backing of the late UAE President Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan to serve the country's oil and gas sector. A fabrication yard followed at Saadiyat in 1974 alongside an offshore construction division, and offshore operations and a pipe coating yard began in 1978. The 1980s brought an onshore construction division, the engineering division, the first EPC award and expansion of the offshore fleet with HLS 2000. Coating capacity was added in 1994 with an FBE, PE and PP plant, and the Mussafah fabrication yard was commissioned in 1995. The first major EPC contract, for Shell, came in 2001; SENAAT became majority shareholder in 2004; and the engineering subsidiary NEL was set up in 2007, the year of a first major EPC award for Maersk and the company's first mega FEED competition. NEL was fully acquired in 2015, equity in Principia Engineering followed in 2016, the Umm Lulu super complex was completed and the Delma 2000 acquired in 2019, and the company became wholly UAE-owned in 2020. NMDC Energy was listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in 2024 through an initial public offering by the parent group.
Offshore fleet
The marine fleet numbers more than 20 vessels and is grouped as follows:
- Derrick and pipelay barges, led by the flagship DLS 4200, which has a ten-point mooring system and a derrick crane rated to lift structures of up to 4,200 tonnes and can lay subsea pipe of up to 66 inches in diameter in water depths from 10 to 2,000 metres; it is 196.9 metres long with 350-person accommodation.
- A second pipelay and derrick barge, Delma 2000, 232 metres long with accommodation for 308.
- Heavy lift and cable lay vessels, including the 129.86-metre Umm Shaif and Shujaa 2000, each with accommodation for 620.
- Four jack-up barges, SEP 450, 550, 650 and 750, carrying between 219 and 314 people.
- Conventional flat-bottom and cargo barges including DLB 1000, DLB 750, PLB 648, B-42 and LB-II.
- Offshore support vessels, including the 48-metre anchor handling tug supply ships Yas and Saadiyat.
Fabrication yards and equipment
The company's fabrication yards handle both offshore and onshore work, from wellhead platforms to process platforms. Fabrication capacity is stated at 100,000 metric tonnes, with the ability to load out topsides weighing up to 25,000 tonnes. The yards also produce certified pressure vessels with wall thicknesses up to 200 millimetres at a production capacity of 9,000 tonnes, and can deliver sour gas projects and the anticorrosive facilities and pipeline coatings required for onshore and offshore pipelines in the region.
Engineering scale and project references
NMDC Energy reports more than 1,400 engineers across four engineering centres and describes itself as the owner and operator of the largest fabrication yard and the largest offshore construction fleet in the Middle East and North Africa. Its project record covers fixed platforms and jackets, subsea pipelines and cables, process modules, brownfield modification and onshore plant construction, and published references include a letter of award for four Safaniya slipover packages with associated pipelines and cables. The company runs offices in Abu Dhabi, a Saudi company registered in Al Khobar, an office in Muscat, Oman, and a group office in Mumbai.
Trading in 2026
In its results release of 28 July 2026, NMDC Energy reported first-half 2026 revenue of AED 9.5 billion, up 16 per cent year on year, and net profit of AED 251 million while continuing to execute its project backlog. A release covering the first quarter of 2026 reported revenue growth of 33 per cent to AED 5 billion. The company publishes quarterly results, regulatory disclosures, annual and integrated reports, investor presentations and an IR calendar, and holds an annual general meeting. Governance material includes QHSE, quality, HSE, sustainability, anti-bribery and executive compensation policies, business and business-partner codes of conduct, and a speak-up channel.