NOV, a provider of energy technology, will closely collaborate with AIQ, the Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence champion developing innovative solutions for the energy sector, to facilitate the development of AI-enabled drilling solutions.

The collaboration is intended to accelerate adoption of AI-powered drilling optimisation and advanced digital workflows that enhance performance, reliability, and real-time operational decision-making.

NOV and AIQ plan to design and test AI-driven drilling technologies through targeted proof-of-concept and pilot deployments in live operational settings.

The work will leverage NOV’s Max industrial IoT and edge computing platform to enable secure data capture, edge processing, and integration of AI-driven workflows.

Renju Jose Kuruvila, President of NOV Digital Services and IntelliServ, said: “AIQ brings deep expertise in industrial AI for energy operations. Aligning AIQ’s decision intelligence capabilities with NOV’s leading drilling technologies and edge computing platform creates scalable value in the field—reducing variability, improving drilling efficiency, and extending best practices across rigs.”

Dennis Jol, CEO of AIQ, said: “NOV’s family of companies delivers equipment, technologies, and services spanning drilling, production, oilfield operations, and supply chain integration across the upstream oil & gas sector. By combining NOV’s strengths with our capabilities in the development of AI-enabled intelligence in energy, we see clear and actionable opportunities to create value for drilling operations in the UAE and beyond.” -TradeArabia News Service