Building on a successful proof-of-concept phase, AIQ has announces a $340 million contract with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to deploy ENERGYai and associated AI technology across ADNOC’s upstream value chain. The 3-year contract will see ENERGYai and a suite of related AI solutions rolled out across ADNOC’s upstream operations.
“This contract marks a defining moment for AIQ,” said Magzhan Kenesbai, AIQ’s acting managing director. “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.”
Built on 70 years of proprietary data and knowledge, ENERGYai combines large-language-model (LLM) technology with agentic AI, which is trained for specific workflows across ADNOC’s upstream value chain. ADNOC said it plans to use ENERGYai for a variety of critical tasks, including seismic analysis, geological modeling, and real-time process monitoring.
“ADNOC is on a mission to become the world’s most AI-enabled energy company, maximizing the potential of AI to drive efficiency and value creation across our operations,” said Musabbeh Al Kaabi, ADNOC Upstream CEO.
Developed by AIQ with ADNOC experts, in collaboration with G42 and Microsoft, ENERGYai will take advantage of the Azure cloud stack, agentic AI platform functionality, the OSDU framework, and OpenAI models.
The first operational, scalable version of ENERGYai is expected to be completed in mid-2025. This version aims to have five fully operational AI agents covering tasks within subsurface operations. Plans call for it to be test-deployed across several upstream assets before being scaled to thousands of additional wells. Over the 3-year contract term, AIQ said it plans to complete the roll out of ENERGYai to all of ADNOC’s upstream assets, consisting of more than 28 producing fields.