1974

ADNOC gains 60 per cent interest in ADPC and ADMA

(later reincorporated as the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations and Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, respectively)

1978. A jack-up oil rig being built on the Creek side at the McDermott yard on the site of the modern-day dhow wharfage between the present Maktoum Bridge and the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry building.