PETRONAS Carigali Unveils Pioneering AI Venture - TriCipta AI with Beicip-Franlab & AFED Digital to Deliver Breakthrough Performance Across Upstream Value Chain

2025 Media Release - 18 Jun

Kuala Lumpur, 18 June 2025 - PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd today announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership for its Upstream business with Beicip-Franlab, a leading geoscience and reservoir technology company, and AFED Digital, a specialist in advanced AI and digital solutions. Together, they have entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) via TriCipta AI, a pioneering venture aimed at accelerating hydrocarbon discovery, reducing uncertainties, and maximising recovery sustainably across PETRONAS Carigali's operations.

The partnership will initially focus on delivering high-impact and tangible AI solutions to directly address key challenges in exploration, development, and production. Built on a long-term vision of collaborative success, the strategic partnership reflects PETRONAS' drive towards operational excellence and future readiness across its value chain.

PETRONAS Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Upstream, Mohd Jukris Abdul Wahab said, "This partnership reflects PETRONAS' firm commitment to collaborate for a future-ready Upstream digital and technology ecosystem. By integrating advanced AI and data-driven solutions across the value chain, PETRONAS is reinforcing our position as a resilient and adaptive upstream player."

This strategic move underscores PETRONAS' enduring drive for innovation and growth through partnerships, to deliver advantaged barrels in meeting sustainable energy needs.

Signing ceremony during Energy Asia 2025. From left: Ahmad Faisal Bakar (PETRONAS Vice President of Exploration), Thierry Le Maux (Chairman of the Management Board, Beiciep-Franlab), Hazli Sham Kassim (CEO of PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd.), Mohammad Khazaidi Kamaruddin (CEO of AFED Digital), and Afiq Hanafi Ramli (Executive Director, AFED Digital).

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