ADNOC first energy firm to deploy OpenAI's Frontier platform

The deal was signed on the morning of ADIPEC's opening ceremony in Abu Dhabi, where ADNOC said it would use OpenAI's Frontier platform to build and manage AI agents. That announcement came as energy security dominated the conference agenda, with supply disruptions and geopolitical tensions weighing on oil markets.

At the same event, ADNOC Group CEO Dr Sultan Al Jaber urged increased investment in energy infrastructure and AI to strengthen the industry's long-term resilience against future disruptions, saying AI has become essential to ensuring operational continuity. His remark that "AI must be built in, not bolted on" framed the agreement as part of a broader push to embed AI in operations.

Other industry leaders at ADIPEC also outlined AI priorities. BP's CEO Meg O'Neill said BP is focusing its AI efforts on sub-surface analysis, including seismic processing and reservoir management, and on physical AI to improve facility operations. A report by ADNOC, XRG, and Microsoft found that 89% of energy leaders increased AI spending over the past year, and 62% now rank AI among their top two corporate priorities, up from 42% a year earlier.