Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi met with UAE Undersecretary for Energy and Petroleum Affairs Sharif Salim Al-Olama on 16/10/2025 in Cairo to finalize a new bilateral framework on energy cooperation.
The meeting marked a major step toward aligning Egypt’s modernization agenda with the UAE’s regional energy efficiency and upstream innovation goals.
This note examines the emerging Egypt–UAE energy partnership, including:
- The new cooperation framework on energy efficiency and unconventional upstream development
- Planned funding mechanisms from Abu Dhabi
- ADNOC’s potential joint ventures with Shell Egypt and EGPC
- The newly signed Egypt–UAE “Energy Innovation Partnership” and 2026 pilot programs








