The Middle East’s
3. Ibrahim Al-Zu'bi
Designation: Group Chief Sustainability & ESG Officer
Company: ADNOC Group
Established: 1971
Country: UAE
Category: Oil & Gas
In 2025, ADNOC met its 2025 methane target, achieving an upstream methane intensity of 0.05%. ADNOC is advancing decarbonization through Project Lightning, a subsea HVDC transmission project connecting its offshore facilities to clean power from the grid. It is expected to eliminate at least five million tCO₂e of emissions annually once operational. In 2025, approximately 950 km of subsea cabling was completed. Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company in which ADNOC is a shareholder, now has 65 GW of renewable capacity in operation or development. Al-Zu’bi assumed his current role in 2022.