AIQ Signs Smart Safety Cooperation Agreement for Offshore Energy Facilities

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 10, UAE industrial artificial intelligence company AIQ and U.S. maritime intelligence company Quartermaster announced a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties signed the agreement during the 2026 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) held in Abu Dhabi, and will jointly develop intelligent maritime safety and monitoring solutions for the offshore energy industry. The first phase of cooperation focuses on the UAE, with applications covering offshore oil and gas platforms, oil and gas pipelines, and subsea infrastructure, with plans to subsequently expand to other Gulf Cooperation Council member states and international markets.

The cooperation will integrate Quartermaster's SmartMast maritime sensor network with AIQ's artificial intelligence technologies for the energy industry. SmartMast can detect and identify vessels and conduct maritime situational monitoring without relying on the Automatic Identification System (AIS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), or satellite imaging data. Quartermaster disclosed that the network has been deployed on more than 650 vessels across 25 countries, with cumulative records of over 3 million vessel detections.

AIQ has deployed its intelligent vision system SMARTi on dozens of vessels in the UAE. The system uses AI-powered vision technology to process vessel-borne image information. This cooperation will combine SmartMast's maritime target detection capabilities with SMARTi's visual analysis capabilities to evaluate application solutions such as vessel identification, anomalous activity monitoring, and maritime safety incident detection.

The application scenarios the two parties plan to jointly demonstrate include monitoring of offshore oil and gas platforms, oil and gas pipelines, and subsea infrastructure, identifying vessels entering relevant areas without authorization and suspicious maritime activities, and monitoring personnel safety incidents. The cooperation also involves using maritime data for risk assessment to provide data support for asset risk management and insurance evaluation for offshore energy operators.