阿布扎比国家石油公司（ADNOC）正在庆祝海湾地区第一口地热井的成功测试。这些井的温度超过 90°C (194°F)，流速约为每秒 100 升，很快将帮助为阿布扎比低碳城市项目马斯达尔城的冷却装置供电。

ADNOC该项目的合作伙伴是国家中央冷却公司（Tabreed），该公司将利用地热能来运行吸收式制冷机组。ADNOC表示，第一对油井将为马斯达尔城约10%的空气冷却需求提供足够的电力。

ADNOC的公告称，海湾地区首个地热项目的首次亮相也将帮助阿联酋实现到2030年发电14吉瓦可再生能源的更广泛目标。

阿联酋最大的石油公司还指出，空调是该国 930 万人口的最大电力需求来源。

ADNOC 和 Tabreed 于 2021 年宣布建立合作伙伴关系，并将地热项目视为在阿联酋启用更多区域供冷系统的关键。两家公司表示，分布式系统的能源效率比传统建筑制冷装置高约 50%。

“地热是阿联酋丰富的清洁可再生能源，能够提供基本负荷电力。然而，到目前为止，它仍然是一种尚未开发的能源。ADNOC 低碳解决方案执行董事 Musabbeh Al Kaabi 表示，通过利用技术进步，ADNOC 和 Tabreed 首次释放了这种清洁能源，使该国能源最密集的行业之一脱碳。一份声明。

该地热项目是ADNOC新宣布的150亿美元计划的一部分，该计划旨在到2045年实现净零排放，将其原定目标提前5年。

阿联酋的邻国也在考虑地热项目。沙特阿拉伯阿卜杜拉国王石油研究中心去年宣布，正在寻求开始钻探实验性地热井的许可。在阿曼，国际油田服务巨头SLB表示，它已开始代表阿曼政府评估该国的地热潜力。

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is celebrating the successful testing of what it said are the Gulf region's first geothermal wells. With temperatures surpassing 90°C (194°F) and flow rates of approximately 100 liters per second, these wells will soon help energize cooling units at the low-carbon urban project Masdar City in Abu Dhabi.

ADNOC’s partner on the project is the National Central Cooling Company, known as Tabreed, which will use the geothermal energy to run an absorption refrigerator unit. ADNOC said the first pair of wells will supply enough power for about 10% of the air cooling needs at Masdar City.

ADNOC’s announcement said the debut of the Gulf region’s first geothermal project will also help the UAE meet its wider ambition of generating 14 GW of renewable energy by 2030.

The UAE’s largest oil company also noted that air conditioning represents the biggest source of electricity demand across the nation of 9.3 million.

ADNOC and Tabreed announced their partnership in 2021 and consider geothermal projects as key to enabling more district cooling systems in the UAE. The distributed systems are about 50% more energy efficient than traditional building cooling units, the companies said.

“Geothermal heat is a clean and renewable source of energy abundantly available in the UAE and capable of providing baseload electricity. However, until now, it has remained an untapped source of energy. By leveraging technological advances, for the first time ADNOC and Tabreed have unlocked this clean energy source to decarbonize one of the most energy-intensive sectors in the country,” Musabbeh Al Kaabi, executive director for low-carbon solutions for ADNOC, said in a statement.

The geothermal project is part of ADNOC's $15-billion newly announced plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045, advancing its original target by 5 years.

Geothermal projects are also being considered by the UAE's neighbors. Saudi Arabia's King Abdulla Petroleum Studies and Research Centre announced last year that it was seeking licenses to begin drilling experimental geothermal wells. In Oman, international oilfield service giant SLB said it had begun assessing the country's geothermal potential on behalf of the Omani government.