# UAE Energy Profile — Barakah Nuclear Solar Records ADNOC

**URL:** https://thecodex.expert/energy/countries/uae/
**Session:** 25 | **Date:** 2026-05-04

## Summary

UAE: 98 Gbbls proven oil reserves (~5.9% world total, BP 2024). ADNOC (24.47N 54.37E): Upper Zakum (24.70N 52.55E, 600,000 bbl/day), Murban (23.50N 53.00E, 1.7M bbl/day). Ruwais (24.11N 52.73E, 922,000 bbl/day refinery, BOROUGE petrochemicals). Fujairah bypass (25.12N 56.36E, 1.5M bbl/day ADCOP capacity, Hormuz bypass). Barakah nuclear (23.96N 52.19E, 4 × APR-1400, 5,600 MW, KEPCO, Arab world's first nuclear plant — all units operational by 2023). Al Dhafra solar (23.18N 53.53E, 2,100 MW, $13.50/MWh world record 2023). Noor Abu Dhabi (23.63N 54.13E, 1,177 MW, $29.10/MWh 2016 record). Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park Dubai (24.76N 55.37E, 5,000 MW target). UAE hosted COP28 December 2023 (25.13N 55.37E), first fossil fuel transition language. Net Zero 2050 target. Masdar: 23 GW clean energy globally. Sources: ADNOC AR 2023, ENEC AR 2023, IEA UAE 2023.