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  Significant Dates:
   
   
Dates Events
   
July 1963
Oil Discovered in Upper Zakum field
April 1969
Oil discovered in Umm-Al Dalkh field
November 1975
Oil discovered in Satah field
November 1977
ZADCO was established as per Law No. 9 of 1977
October 1978
UDECO was established as per Law No. 15 of 1978
May 1983
ZADCO first curde oil shipment exported from Zirku Island
July 1985
Oil production started from Umm Al-Dalkh field
July 1987
Oil production started from Satah field
April 1988
Amalgamation of UDECO operations with ZADCO
January 1994
Assignment of Arzanah Island operations to ZADCO
July 1994
Completion of Tank No. 6 in Zirku Island raising the storage capacity to six million barrels
November 1998
Company Headquarters moved to the new office complex on Abu Dhabi Corniche
May 2000
ZADCO new organization based on Asset Units
January 2001
Launching of Health, Safety & Environment Management System (HSEMS)
November 2002
25 th Anniversary of ZADCO
January 2003
ZADCO 4000th crude oil shipment exported from Zirku Island
2004
Completion of 3.00 billion barrels export
2005
ZADCO achieved the ISO 14001 Certification
March 2006
ExxonMobil joined ADNOC and JODCO in the Upper Zakum Field Development
 

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