UAE and China Strengthen Energy Ties at Adipec with Focus on Technical Expertise
More than 205,000 people are attending Adipec in Abu Dhabi, where leaders highlighted the growing technical partnership between UAE energy firm Adnoc and China's CNPC.
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Energy leaders gathered in Abu Dhabi for the Adipec conference, where the deepening partnership between the UAE and China took centre stage. More than 205,000 people are expected to attend the event, which runs this week and features over 1,800 speakers and more than 50 energy companies from around the world.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, opened the conference. Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Adnoc managing director and group chief executive, also addressed delegates, alongside US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Al Mazrouei and Qatari Energy Minister Saad Al Kaabi.
A key theme this year is how the UAE and China are moving beyond trade and investment towards shared technical expertise. A comment piece in The National highlights the evolution of the partnership between the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) and Adnoc. CNPC has joined Adnoc and other partners in the Bab Gas Cap concession, which is expected to produce 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day. It is also a partner in the Umm Shaif Gas Cap development, which aims to unlock more than 600 million cubic feet per day by 2030.
Since 2017, when CNPC became asset leader for the North East Bab oilfield group and set up a technical centre with Adnoc, the partnership has helped double annual production across the field group while improving efficiency and cutting unit technical cost. At the Al Yasat onshore-offshore project, enhanced reservoir evaluation and development optimisation helped exceed second-phase production targets. CNPC has also supported Adnoc with CO2 storage wells and explored electrification, automation and advanced well designs.
The article stresses that the goal is not technology for its own sake, but applying the right solutions to improve recovery, reduce complexity and bring down costs.
