ADNOC and SLB deploy AI platform across ADNOC rig fleet

In a major move illustrating how it is accelerating the deployment of AI at scale throughout its operations, ADNOC has deployed its AI-enabled Real-Time Operations Center (RTOC) across its fleet of more than 120 onshore and offshore drilling rigs, enabled by SLB’s DrillOps intelligent well delivery and insights solutions

The platform brings live rig data from across drilling operations into a unified, real-time environment that gives ADNOC teams greater visibility of activity across the fleet, helping them improve coordination, identify risks and issues earlier and make faster, more informed decisions, thereby managing operations more effectively. The RTOC combines operational data, automated dashboards, advanced analytics and AI-driven insights to turn large volumes of drilling data into clear, actionable information.

Benefits of the deployment

According to ADNOC, the deployment
• Reduces engineering effort by 30% to 40%
• Enables engineers to support two to three times more rigs while maintaining effective oversight
• Enables analyses that previously required a full day can to be completed within minutes,
• Allows reporting cycles that once took several days to be completed within hours
• Reduces incident response times by four to 12 hours
• Helps avoid one to two days of rig downtime.

Through this initiative, ADNOC continues to embed AI into core workflows and accelerate the transition toward more autonomous and optimised operations. It follows the deployment of the first AI-enabled fully automated walking island rig of a six-rig programme for ADNOC Offshore, enabling faster and more consistent offshore well delivery as ADNOC seeks to up production capacity to 5mn bpd by 2027.

Developed in the UAE and hosted within ADNOC's cloud environment, RTOC keeps critical operational data and workflows securely within the country while providing a trusted foundation for AI-driven operations.

Musabbeh Al Kaabi, ADNOC Upstream CEO, said, "The Real-Time Operations Center creates value across ADNOC’s drilling operations every minute by embedding AI into the heart of our drilling operations, helping our teams make faster, smarter decisions at scale. Built securely here in the UAE, it is further proof that ADNOC is moving from AI ambition to real-world impact as we become the world’s most AI-enabled energy company."

“DrillOps transforms real-time drilling data into operational intelligence that helps teams make faster, more informed decisions,” said Rakesh Jaggi, president, Digital, SLB.

“Deployed within ADNOC’s sovereign cloud environment, the technology provides the scalable digital foundation for AI-enabled workflows across one of the industry’s largest rig fleets and supports the continued progression toward more autonomous operations.”