ADNOC has signed a multi-year partnership with OpenAI and G42. It becomes the first energy company to deploy OpenAI frontier technology. The agreement was announced at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi.
Partnership scope
The work will deploy OpenAI's advanced reasoning models on G42's sovereign UAE AI infrastructure. ADNOC will add its industrial data and expertise. Human experts will keep oversight of consequential decisions.
ADNOC's AI base
ADNOC already runs more than 200 AI applications and 70 robotics use cases. Its ENERGYai tool applies agentic AI to subsurface workflows. The company has also rolled out ChatGPT Enterprise to more than 40,000 employees with adoption above 97%.
Initial applications
The first application will improve field master planning. It will integrate decades of data across thousands of wells, multiple reservoirs, and hundreds of surface facilities. The second will connect production, processing, refining, logistics, sales, and trading to value oil in the ground.
The partners will also create a shared foundation of industrial knowledge. ADNOC and OpenAI will co-develop AI solutions and train employees. The agreement includes cybersecurity support through OpenAI's Daybreak Blue initiative.