ADNOC Gas, the natural gas processing and marketing arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), is considering building a liquified naturalgas (LNG) export facility on the UAE’s east coast as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on the Strait of Hormuz following disruptions caused by the Iran war, Bloomberg reports.

The company has not made a final decision on the project, CFO Peter van Driel told Bloomberg Television. The proposed facility would give the UAE an alternative route for LNG exports without sending supplies through the contested waterway.

The plan forms part of wider efforts to build infrastructure around Hormuz, including new pipelines and port expansions. Moreover, for ADNOC Gas, an east-coast LNG plant would likely require a pipeline linking it to gas fields on the UAE’s western coast.

ADNOC Gas is already building an LNG export terminal at Ruwais in the Persian Gulf, which will more than double its export capacity to around 15 million tons per year (mt/t).

Separately, the company plans to invest $8.2 billion in gas production and processing facilities to handle higher output. Van Driel said the company expects demand for gas to grow in the UAE and Asian markets, supporting a 60% increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization by 2030, up from its previous 40% target.

That said, the company has also restored around 85% of operations at the Habshan gas-processing facility, the UAE’s largest, after the site sustained damage during the war.

Notably, the UAE has been working on alternatives to Hormuz since May 2026. Abu Dhabi ordered ADNOC to accelerate construction of a pipeline to Fujairah, with the project targeting a doubling of oil export capacity by 2027.