Refinery
Ruwais Refinery
ADNOC ·Ruwais, AE ·v1.1
A 922,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Ruwais, AE, operated by ADNOC. Status: closed. Nelson Complexity 12.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 922,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 12
- Status
- Closed
- Operator
- ADNOC
- Parent
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/adnoc-ruwais
- Coordinates
- 24.1100, 52.7300
Notes
UAE oil giant ADNOC shut down Ruwais refinery after a drone strike on March 11, 2026. Additional report on April 5, 2026 indicates Borouge (which operates at Ruwais) suspended plant operations after multiple fires. The facility remains non-operational.
What coverage reports
117
days since one was reported
Drone attack on UAE's ADNOC Ruwais refinery: Key details
2026-04-26 · 1 publisher filed it
6
reported in 12 months
conflict 6
2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
45 records7 Feb 2015 to 7 May 2026General 20 · Conflict 15 · Expansion 6 · Incident 2
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General LowADNOC begins supplying calcined coke to EGA from Ruwais refineryOil & Gas Middle East · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalDrone attack on UAE's ADNOC Ruwais refinery: Key detailsMSN · matched ruwais
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General LowKey facts: ENI Q1: +9% production; Ruwais refinery below capacityTradingView · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC Starts Production At New Ruwais RefineryGulf Business · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalAbu Dhabi state oil company ADNOC shuts Ruwais refinery after drone strikeArmenia News · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalIranian drone strike halts production at UAE’s biggest Ruwais oil refineryMSN · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalUAE’s Ruwais refinery halts production after drone attack: Can it impact crude prices?MSN · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalADNOC shuts Ruwais refinery after drone strike at a facilityGulf Daily News (Bahrain) + 3 other outlets · matched ruwais
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Conflict HighAbu Dhabi Ruwais refinery closes after attackgasworld · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalDrone Strike Sparks Anxiety: Ruwais Refinery Shutdown in Wake of ConflictDevdiscourse + 2 other outlets · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalADNOC shuts Ruwais refinery after drone attack sparks fire, as Gulf energy disruptions widenCyprus Inform + 6 other outlets · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalDrone attack strikes UAE's massive Ruwais refinery, markets on alertIndia TV News · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalUAE's Ruwais refinery shut as 'precaution' after drone attack in area amid West Asia conflictThe Economic Times + 1 other outlet · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalThe Ruwais refinery in the UAE has suspended production due to a drone attack, raising concerns among the oil monarchies in the Persian Gulf.Informat.ro · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalAbu Dhabi shuts Ruwais refinery after drone strike as Gulf energy crisis deepensPhilenews · matched ruwais
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Conflict CriticalUAE Drone Strike Targets ADNOC Ruwais Refinery OperationsDiscovery Alert + 4 other outlets · matched ruwais
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Conflict HighRuwais attack puts 15% of Gulf refinery capacity offlineQuantum Commodity Intelligence · matched ruwais
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Conflict LowUAE’s Ruwais Refinery Joins List Of Oil Sites Targeted In Escalating Iran WarNews18 · matched ruwais
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General LowRuwais Refinery Abu Dhabi: 5 Game-Changing Advances for 2026Farmonaut · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC plans major scale-up at Ruwais, targeting doubled refining and tripled petrochemicals output by 2025Energies Media · matched ruwais
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General LowRuwais, efficient refining in the United Arab EmiratesEni · matched ruwais
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General LowUAE's ADNOC transforms Ruwais refinery as Murban exports hit eight-year highS&P Global · matched ruwais
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Expansion LowRuwais Refinery Upgrade Reshapes Mideast Crude MarketsEnergy Intelligence · matched ruwais
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Expansion LowADNOC Sells Additional SRFO from Ruwais Refineryegyptoil-gas.com + 1 other outlet · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC’s Ruwais refinery to produce sustainable aviation fuelOil & Gas Journal · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC awards contract for Ruwais Refinery ProjectOil & Gas Middle East · matched ruwais
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Expansion MediumADNOC drops 200,000 b/d Ruwais West expansion, boosts capacity on current units: sourcesS&P Global · matched ruwais
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General LowAdnoc shelves mega Ruwais refinery projectMEED · matched ruwais
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Expansion MediumRuwais Refinery Expansionoffshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched ruwais
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Expansion LowADNOC achieves 73% completion on project to upgrade Ruwais refineryoffshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC progresses on Ruwais refinery’s crude flexibility projectOil & Gas Journal · matched ruwais
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Expansion LowADNOC’s Ruwais Refinery Completes UpgradeEgypt Oil & Gas · matched ruwais
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Maintenance CriticalADNOC's Ruwais Refinery West Cracker shut for maintenanceHydrocarbon Processing · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC awards pre-FEED contract for 600,000 bbl/d Ruwais refinery (UAE)Enerdata · matched ruwais
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General LowAdnoc awards Ruwais refinery pre-FEED contract to Wood Groupchemengonline.com · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC Refining awards pre-FEED contract to Wood for new refinery in RuwaisNS Energy · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC’s Ruwais Refinery Reaches Full Propylene Productionegyptoil-gas.com + 1 other outlet · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC Refining Achieves Full Production of Polymer-Grade Propylene from Newly Commissioned Ruwais FacilityHydrocarbon Processing · matched ruwais
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General LowWison wins EPC contract for sulfur recovery project at Adnoc’s Ruwais refinerychemengonline.com · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC introduces crude processing flexibility at Ruwais RefineryHydrocarbon Engineering · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC investing $3.1 billion in Ruwais Refinery to introduce crude processing flexibility and free valuable Murban crude for exportHydrocarbon Processing · matched ruwais
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Incident CriticalADNOC Shutdown Ruwais Refinery Due to FireEgypt Oil & Gas · matched ruwais
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Operations MediumTakreer’s Ruwais refinery nearing restart, ADNOC saysOil & Gas Journal · matched ruwais
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Incident HighTakreer reports fire at Ruwais refineryOil & Gas Journal · matched ruwais
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General LowADNOC Enlarged Ruwais Refinery Picks UpEgypt Oil & Gas · matched ruwais
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