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Delegates will explore applied solutions across geoscience, drilling, completions, well delivery, field development and production optimisation to improve technical outcomes across upstream operations.

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ADIPEC 2026 Technical Programme Committee

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ADIPEC 2026 Technical Conference Chairman

Haitham Al Jenaibi
EVP Development & Production (Gas), ADNOC Upstream

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AI & Digital Transformation

Co-Chairs:

  • Khaled Al Blooshi, VP Digital Projects & Innovation, ADNOC Technology
  • Dr. Wael Ziadat, VP of Middle East & Africa, Corva
  • Ali AL Ghafri, Digital Account Manager, SLB
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Advanced Drilling, Completions & Well Delivery

Co-Chairs:

  • Dr.-Ing. Dennis Heinisch, Principal Engineer, Baker Hughes
  • Ali Sulaiman Bin Sumaida, VP Drilling, ADNOC Onshore
  • Amitkumar Singh, Global Operations Support Manager, Weatherford
  • Abdelhak Ladmia, Specialist, Petroleum Engineering, ADNOC Upstream
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Integrated Field Development

Co-Chairs:

  • Maged Mabrook, Acting SVP, Field Development (Gas), ADNOC Upstream
  • Juan Navarro, SVP Technical & Subsurface, TotalEnergies
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Exploration & Geoscience

Co-Chairs:

  • Salahaldeen A. AlQallabi, Manager, Exploration, Al Yasat - FD&E
  • Mohammed Razik Fazil Shaikh, Senior Specialist Geologist, KUFPEC
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Health, Safety & Environment

Co-Chairs:

  • David Mendoza, MENA HSE Sr. Manager, Weatherford
  • Abdulrahman Ali Al Zahmi, ADNOC
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Energy Addition & Sustainable Solutions

Co-Chairs:

  • Aaesha Khalfan Al Keebali, Manager, EOR Deployment, ADNOC Upstream
  • Dr. Muhammad Tayab, Sustainability Director, NMDC
  • Dr. Abdulla Ismaeil Alhosani, Manager, Net Zero Solutions, ADNOC
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Marine Operations & Logistics

Co-Chairs:

  • Capt. Mohamed Al Ali, SVP Offshore Logistics, ADNOC Logistics & Services
  • Markus DeJonge, COO, Astro Offshore
  • Adrian Phillips, Chairman - Middle East, Society for Underwater Technology
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Project & Operational Excellence

Co-Chairs:

  • ElFadl Ibrahim, Advisor, Digital Surface solutions, ADNOC Upstream
  • Antonio Torsello, Operations Knowledge Owner, Eni
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People Development & Diversity

Co-Chairs:

  • Ali Al Sayegh, Acting SVP, ADNOC
  • Kulthoom Al Bulushi, Head of People - ISC, Petroleum Development Oman
  • Joseph Olaiya, Director of Sales Sub-Saharan Africa, Baker Hughes
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Unconventional Resource Development

Co-Chairs:

  • Fahad Mustafa Ahmed Al Hosani, Manager, Development, ADNOC Onshore
  • Hernan Buijs, Specialist, Hydraulic Fracturing, ADNOC Upstream
  • Muhammad Zeeshan Baig, Project Manager & Principal Unconventional Petrophysicst, SLB Middle East
  • Ziad Al Jalal, FRAC Technical & Sales Director, TAQA

ADIPEC 2026 Technical Conference programme chair

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“Meeting rising global energy demand requires more than ambition. It demands resilient, reliable and increasingly intelligent energy systems, and the ability to deploy proven solutions at speed and scale across the value chain. The ADIPEC Technical Conferences bring together the industry’s leading engineers, operators and technology experts to turn innovation into action, advancing the practical solutions that strengthen performance, reliability and long-term energy security.”

Haitham Al Jenaibi

EVP Development & Production (Gas), ADNOC Upstream ADIPEC 2026 Technical Conference Chairman

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