Kanoo Energy, one of the region’s most established energy players and a long-standing advocate for sustainable industrial transformation, unveiled a suite of AI-powered, future-ready technologies designed to meet the rapidly evolving demands of the global energy sector at ADIPEC 2025. Ali Abdulla Kanoo, Chairman of Kanoo Industrial and Energy, with over six decades of regional leadership and partnerships with top-tier global technology providers, shares how the company continues to align its innovation agenda with the UAE’s net-zero ambitions and international climate commitments.
Driving Sustainable Transformation With a Six-Decade Legacy
Kanoo Energy’s long-established legacy in the region remains the foundation of its transition into an era defined by clean energy and high-efficiency operations.
“Kanoo Energy leverages its long-standing legacy in the region’s industrial development by integrating its proven engineering expertise with advanced, sustainable, and intelligent technologies to drive the next phase of energy transformation. Few examples of this are implementation of predictive maintenance, remote monitoring, advanced analytics to enhance operational efficiency, projects and partnerships that focus on essential low-carbon solutions, including carbon capture and utilization (CCU), hydrogen and high-efficiency gas-based power projects along etc,” Ali Abdulla Kanoo said.
This blend of experience and innovation has positioned the company as a strategic partner in the region’s industrial evolution.
AI and Automation Take Centre Stage
With AI taking over global industries, Kanoo Energy is integrating it across its portfolio to enhance resilience and efficiency. He added, “Over the past couple years, Kanoo Energy has actively integrated AI and automation across its various projects to enhance energy efficiency and operational resilience through predictive maintenance, remote monitoring, advanced analytics, digital twin solutions, and specialized robotic applications.”
These technologies allow operators to minimize downtime, optimize energy use, and improve long-term asset performance.
Modular Technologies: Accelerating the Net-Zero Path
Modularity is emerging as a major enabler of decarbonization—and Kanoo Energy is at the forefront of implementing it. According to Ali Abdulla, modular technologies accelerate industrial decarbonization by enabling faster deployment, providing flexible, scalable, and redeployable solutions, and facilitating the integration of low-carbon processes. A few areas that are getting commonly used and explored are solutions such as small modular reactors (SMRs), modular carbon capture systems, and modular hydrogen-generating systems. These solutions offer scalability and fast implementation, essential for achieving climate goals within tight timelines.
Aligning with the UAE’s Net-Zero Goals
Kanoo Energy is strengthening its role in the UAE’s energy transition through advanced emissions monitoring and clean energy projects. The company offers comprehensive services, including fugitive emissions management, VOC monitoring, and methane detection using satellites, drones, and OGI cameras.
In addition, Kanoo Energy is involved in high-efficiency clean energy projects featuring carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), supporting the oil and gas sector in complying with OGMP2 standards and achieving Gold Standard status. The company is also advancing regional sustainability through solar energy solutions, hydrogen production technologies, and methane abatement initiatives.
Digitalization and Decarbonization
While heavy industry often struggles to balance digitalization with decarbonization, the company is proving that both can coexist—and amplify one another.
- The modular carbon capture technology (e.g., the CycloneCC system). Digitalization is crucial here in optimizing the operation of these systems
- “LOOP” technology, a digital and AI-powered system that turns methane emissions into high-value hydrogen and graphene. This directly links a decarbonization effort (methane reduction) with a digital-age business case (graphene and hydrogen production).
- Digital monitoring systems, such as the Corrosion Radar technology, which uses embedded sensors and a software dashboard to provide real-time data on corrosion under insulation risk
This integration transforms sustainability into not just an environmental imperative, but a commercial advantage.
Global Partnerships Strengthening Regional Energy Resilience
Lastly, the company is driving a strategic mix of local innovation and international partnerships. The company leverages local expertise to create AI-driven efficiency systems and localized supply chains while collaborating globally for technology transfer.
Recent initiatives include high-efficiency clean energy projects utilizing natural and flare gas with carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), alongside various energy efficiency technologies. Kanoo Energy’s collaborative approach helps the company stay ahead of industry disruptions while contributing to long-term sustainability in the region.
