AIQ and Siemens Energy Team Up on Autonomous Digital Tools for Energy Industries

The companies have not published the scope, commercial terms or timetable of the arrangement in the material available so far. AIQ has, however, said what it wants from it. In an interview with Arabian Reseller at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi last week, chief technology officer Saravan Penubarthi said AIQ plans to offer RoboWell, its autonomous well-control system, through the Siemens Energy collaboration.

That matters for AIQ because almost all of its work so far has been for its parent. The company says its technology is deployed across ADNOC's producing wells, on all of its rigs and in about 30% of its reservoirs. Since 2020 it has built more than 200 AI use cases and 40 AI models, agents and workflows, according to Penubarthi. A partner with Siemens Energy's reach in turbines, compressors and plant equipment would give it a route to operators elsewhere.

RoboWell now runs on more than 500 onshore and offshore wells, and AIQ says it has cut gas-lift consumption by up to 30%. The system takes on repetitive, clearly defined tasks within limits set by engineers, with human oversight and an audit trail, and AIQ says it reduces physical interventions and offshore visits.

AIQ is also promoting Genesis, which it calls the "world's first AI-native operating system for energy". The platform coordinates AI agents, applications and operational data, is not tied to a single AI model, and lets operators review the reasoning behind a recommendation and change a proposed action before it is carried out. Penubarthi called 2025 the year of agentic AI and 2026 the year of orchestration, and warned that a spread of standalone agents could fragment enterprise systems again.

Outside the UAE, AIQ says it has a large multi-year computer vision contract with an unnamed Indian industrial conglomerate. Work in Egypt, Kuwait, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Colombia is at various stages, and the company sees openings in North America.

AIQ co-hosted the AI Zone at ADIPEC 2026, which ran from November 2 to 5. Its chief executive, Dennis Jol, and Siemens Energy chief executive Christian Bruch were both on the conference's list of technology speakers.