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UAE-Backed AI Firm AIQ Plans Sales Push into US Oil and Gas Sector
AIQ, a joint venture of ADNOC and Presight, plans to export its nearly 300 AI tools after six years of use at ADNOC. CEO Dennis Jol outlined priorities including the US during a June 19 event in Abu Dhabi. The move follows the UAE's $1.4 trillion US investment pledge.
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AIQ, a joint venture between ADNOC and Presight, a unit of G42, is preparing to sell its AI tools to oil and gas producers outside the UAE, starting with the United States. CEO Dennis Jol said at the Semafor Gulf Live event in Abu Dhabi on June 19 that the company has proven its systems at ADNOC and is now ready to export them. The firm has built nearly 300 AI use cases over six years at ADNOC.
Its models, trained on 70 years of company data, support predictive maintenance that reduces drilling downtime, automation that shuts down equipment to avoid accidents, and subsurface modeling that selects which wells to operate. Jol described the firm as model-agnostic, allowing adaptation to any major AI platform.
Jol listed the US, North Sea, Canadian tar sands, and global south markets as top priorities.
He said the applications include closed-circuit camera checks for worker safety gear and routing tools that resemble Uber logistics but apply to energy production. The UAE exited OPEC earlier in 2026 and has committed $1.4 trillion in investment to the United States. Jol stated, “We’ve proven that we can do it here in the UAE.
