UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received the Honourable Doug Burgum, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council, who is visiting the UAE to attend the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC 2025), taking place from 3 to 6 November.
During the meeting at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi, His Highness and Secretary Burgum discussed the growing ties between the UAE and the United States, particularly in the fields of energy, artificial intelligence, and innovation. His Highness also witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the UAE and the United States to accelerate collaboration in energy and artificial intelligence to drive industrial transformation and economic growth.
The MoU was signed on behalf of the UAE Government by Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Managing Director and Group CEO of ADNOC, and on the US side by the Honourable Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council.
Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said the collaboration reflects the leadership’s vision of building high-impact global partnerships across key sectors. The collaboration aims to deliver a major leap in industrial processes, production planning, and logistics – strengthening long-term competitiveness and resilience by tapping into the potential of artificial intelligence, improving energy efficiency, managing smart grids, enabling predictive maintenance, and enhancing energy storage systems.
The agreement also covers the use of AI in robotics, materials engineering, and automation, alongside efforts to promote technical and research collaboration, knowledge sharing, skills development, and capacity building through tailored leadership and specialist training programmes.
Secretary Burgum said that, under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the US energy sector is leveraging artificial intelligence to modernise infrastructure, improve energy systems, and significantly scale up production to meet growing demand. He added that the collaboration between the United States and the UAE reflects the strong commitment President Trump demonstrated during his visit to the UAE earlier this year.
