The Iran War Is Showing What ADNOC’s AI Can Really Do

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The Iran war has disrupted the United Arab Emirates’ oil exports, initially reducing volumes from about 5.1 million barrels per day to 1.9 million in March, and ADNOC has adapted its export operations. The article focuses on how the state-owned company is applying AI to manage the changed export system during the conflict.

Oil companies have spent years using AI to drill faster, predict equipment failures and squeeze more production from existing fields. The UAE’s state-run oil giant, ADNOC, is now finding out what the same technology can do when the problem isn’t efficiency, but a war that initially cut UAE oil exports by roughly two-thirds, from about 5.1 million barrels per day before the conflict to just 1.9 million bpd in March. Almost seven months later, ADNOC is operating through a very different export system that heavily relies on AI.  By…