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ICE Futures Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abbreviation

IFAD

Location

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Region

Asia

Group

ICE

Product Types

Energy

About ICE Futures Abu Dhabi

ICE Futures Abu Dhabi (IFAD) is a regulated commodity derivatives exchange launched in 2021 by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in partnership with ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) and nine leading global energy market participants. IFAD's flagship product is the Murban crude oil futures contract, which was designed to become the world's first freely traded Murban crude benchmark, enabling global market participants to hedge against the Middle East's largest crude oil grade.

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