Shearman & Sterling represented the syndicate of banks led by First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, HSBC Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and MUFG Securities EMEA plc, as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, and BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Mizuho International plc, Société Générale and Standard Chartered Bank, as joint lead managers, in connection with the offering of US$837 million aggregate principal amount of 3.650% senior secured bonds due 2029 and US$2.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.600% senior secured bonds due 2047 by Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC (the “Issuer”).

The Issuer owns a pipeline that carries crude oil from an oil collection center in Abu Dhabi to an oil export terminal at a deep water port in Fujairah and is wholly owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, the state-owned oil company of Abu Dhabi and one of the largest oil producers in the world.

The Team