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In an exclusive Energy Connects studio discussion, Chiranjib Sengupta sat down with Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director Emeritus of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Chair of the Executive Committee at the Japan Energy Summit and Exhibition 2025, for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of energy. Tanaka highlighted the evolving opportunities and the challenges of the energy transition, and why natural gas and LNG will be a key part of the future energy mix. He also touched on the increasing dominance of energy security in the global narrative, how Japan’s latest Strategic Energy Plan reflects that agenda, and what he is looking forward to at the Japan Energy Summit and Exhibition 2025 in Tokyo.

In an exclusive studio interview at India Energy Week, Chiranjib Sengupta sat down with Saravan Penubarthi, Chief Technology Officer of AIQ, to discuss the positive results of leveraging AI across the energy transition value chain and how the company was relentlessly focusing on use cases that bring value. Saravan shared the successful results of the proof-of-concept trial of ADNOC’s energyai using AIQ’s agentic solutions, with significant improvements to seismic interpretation, reservoir performance and monitoring. He also outlined the roadmap for the next phase of the project, to scale up the entire energyai value chain agents in the first half of 2025, with a focus on accuracy, efficiency and sustainability.

In our next studio interview, Chiranjib Sengupta sat down with Anish De, Global Head of Energy, Natural Resources and Chemicals at KPMG, for a wide-ranging conversation on why AI and energy efficiency are critical to the future success of the energy sector. Anish spoke about KPMG’s partnership with Microsoft to enable advanced energy frameworks through AI, and how all forms of energy need to coexist and be sustainable to meet future demand. He also highlighted the revival of the nuclear industry and how modularisation can unlock efficiencies and lower costs.

In an exclusive studio interview with Energy Connects at EGYPES 2025, Loïc Jaegert-Huber, Regional Manager for North Africa at ENGIE, shared insights on the region’s energy transition. He discussed ENGIE’s investments in renewables, desalination, and hydrogen, as well as the crucial role of public-private partnerships in driving sustainable growth.