AIQ, the Abu Dhabi-based Presight company, has been awarded a three-year $340 million contract by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to deploy its ENERGYai and associated AI solutions across the company’s upstream value chain. These solutions have proven to reduce the time taken for essential processes from months to just a few days.
Following the successful completion of its proof-of-concept phase, AIQ’s ENERGYai, and a suite of related AI solutions, will help drive optimisation and efficiency at ADNOC.
AIQ, ADNOC partner for innovation
ENERGYai combines large language model (LLM) technology with agentic AI and is built on 70 years of proprietary data and knowledge. It is trained for specific workflows across ADNOC’s upstream value chain and brings a new level of efficiency and precision to critical tasks. From seismic analysis to geological modeling and real-time process monitoring, it will reduce time for essential business processes from months to days, minimising cost and emissions in the process.
ENERGYai will use LLMs to enable engineers to “talk” to ADNOC’s proprietary data, maximising individual productivity and delivering new insights and opportunities.
Musabbeh Al Kaabi, ADNOC Upstream CEO, commented: “ADNOC is on a mission to become the world’s most AI-enabled energy company, maximising the potential of AI to drive efficiency and value creation across our operations.
“We look forward to working with AIQ to scale ENERGYai across the upstream business, consolidating our position as a responsible and reliable supplier of energy to global markets.”
Developed by AIQ with ADNOC experts, in collaboration with G42 and Microsoft, ENERGYai will integrate best-in-class technologies, including Azure cloud stack, agentic AI platform functionality, Open Subsurface Data Universe framework (OSDU), and OpenAI models.
Magzhan Kenesbai, Acting Managing Director, AIQ, added: “This contract marks a defining moment for AIQ. In partnership with ADNOC, we have developed a world-first agentic AI solution that is scalable across the entire energy value chain and has the potential to transform the industry as we know it.
“We are proud to see ENERGYai move from a successful proof-of-concept to full deployment, enabling ADNOC to unlock unparalleled efficiencies, reduce carbon intensity, and advance their sustainability ambitions. This achievement reflects our commitment to delivering innovative, high-impact AI solutions that not only meet the challenges of today but also shape the future of energy.”
The first operational version of ENERGYai is expected to be completed in mid-2025. This version will include five fully operational AI agents covering tasks within subsurface operations and will be test-deployed across several upstream assets, with plans to scale its application to thousands of wells.
Thomas Pramotedham, CEO of Presight, said: “We congratulate AIQ on signing this landmark agreement with ADNOC. As the major shareholder of AIQ, we are incredibly proud to see this partnership come to life, and we remain committed to supporting AIQ’s growth as it continues to drive innovation and create lasting value for the energy industry and our shareholders.
“Agentic AI is widely recognised by experts as the future of AI development and integration. Here in the UAE, through Presight’s collaboration with AIQ and ADNOC, we are not just predicting the future, we are creating it with applied intelligence today.”
Over the three-year contract term, AIQ will complete the roll-out of ENERGYai to all ADNOC’s upstream assets, comprising more than 28 producing fields.
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