Global energy services firm SLB has joined forces with Abu Dhabi-based technology firm AIQ to advance the use of AIQ’s ENERGYai agentic artificial intelligence platform across the subsurface operation of ADNOC, the UAE’s national energy company.
The companies said they would collaborate on design and deployment of new agentic AI workflows, covering geology, seismic explorations, and reservoir modeling. Support will be provided by SLB’s Lumi data and AI platform and other digital technologies.
ENERGYai combines large language model technology with agentic AI trained for specific workflows in the upstream value chain of ADNOC, which owns just under half of AIQ.
According to AIQ, a test of the ENERGYai platform’s capabilities using 15% of ADNOC’s data, and looking at just two fields, resulted in a seismic agent achieving a tenfold increase in the speed of seismic interpretation and a 70% increase in precision.
Dennis Jol, AIQ’s CEO, said the collaboration between AIQ and SLB was enabling the development of sophisticated AI workflows that integrated seamlessly with ADNOC’s infrastructure, driving efficiency, scalability, and innovation through the energy lifecycle.
“Our ENERGYai agentic AI solution is pioneering in its sheer scale and impact, and we are proud to involve other significant industry technology players in its development and evolution,” he said.
Rakesh Jaggi, President, Digital & Integration at SLB, said the platform was “set to drive long-term value and operational resilience across ADNOC’s energy value chain”.
A scalable version of ENERGYai is under development to include AI agents covering more tasks within subsurface operations. Deployment is scheduled to start in late 2025.
AIQ announced in March it had signed a $340m three-year contract with ADNOC to deploy ENERGYai and associated AI solutions across ADNOC’s upstream operations to drive optimisation and efficiency.
Global partnerships
The tie up with SLB is the latest in a growing number of partnerships between AIQ and major technology players, as the company seeks to tap into cutting edge AI solutions from around the world.
In April, AIQ signed a memorandum of understanding with Weatherford International to create a partnership aiming to improve energy production efficiency, using advanced automation, data-driven insights and AI.
Earlier in the year, AIQ signed a collaboration project agreement with SLB to develop autonomous energy operations through use of the Agora edge AI and internet of things solutions, which allow real-time remote connectivity and hosting of AI applications for autonomous operations. Last December, AIQ, ADNOC, Baker Hughes, and CORVA announced they would collaborate on the use of AI to enhance drilling performance on ADNOC’s fields.
Meanwhile Microsoft was a key collaborator in establishing ENERGYai with AIQ and ADNOC. In April 2024, Microsoft made a $1.5 billion strategic investment in Abu-Dhabi based G42, which controls AIQ’s majority stakeholder Presight.
AIQ is also keen to become an international player. For example, In May, the company signed an agreement to advance the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan, in partnership with Samruk Kazyna, the Kazakhstan Sovereign Wealth Fund.The pact aims to facilitate exchange of expertise, best practices, and technological know-how in the fields of AI, asset digitalisation, and autonomous operations, as well as open up avenues to implement digital solutions in hydrocarbons exploration, production, and infrastructure management.
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