{"id":"2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","language":"en","title":"UAE–France energy forum discusses power, nuclear and oil-and-gas cooperation","summary":"MoEI and CCI France UAE co-organised a forum at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, with sessions on power systems, low-carbon technology and oil and gas.","body":["The UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) and CCI France UAE co-organised the UAE–France Energy Forum at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, Emirates News Agency reported on 9 October. WAM said government officials, energy industry representatives, experts and other stakeholders from both countries attended to discuss bilateral cooperation and possible opportunities in the sector.","The report described three sessions: renewables, electricity grids, storage and strategic energy infrastructure; nuclear power and innovative low-carbon technologies; and oil-and-gas emissions reduction, carbon capture and storage, operating efficiency and energy security. WAM also reported government-to-government engagements, business-to-business meetings and networking. It did not report signed contracts, committed funding, completed projects or measured emissions cuts."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"UAE–France energy forum discusses power, nuclear and oil-and-gas cooperation\n\nMoEI and CCI France UAE co-organised a forum at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, with sessions on power systems, low-carbon technology and oil and gas.\n\nThe UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) and CCI France UAE co-organised the UAE–France Energy Forum at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, Emirates News Agency reported on 9 October. WAM said government officials, energy industry representatives, experts and other stakeholders from both countries attended to discuss bilateral cooperation and possible opportunities in the sector.\n\nThe report described three sessions: renewables, electricity grids, storage and strategic energy infrastructure; nuclear power and innovative low-carbon technologies; and oil-and-gas emissions reduction, carbon capture and storage, operating efficiency and energy security. WAM also reported government-to-government engagements, business-to-business meetings and networking. It did not report signed contracts, committed funding, completed projects or measured emissions cuts.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["power","oil","gas"],"eventDate":"2026-10-09","eventDateBasis":"WAM's 9 October report describes the forum in the past tense but gives no separate day for the event; this date is the source announcement/report date, not an independently stated event date.","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T16:38:29Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-10T16:38:29Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T16:37:52Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-09","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T16:32:16Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2nmx7g-ministry-energy-and-infrastructure-organises","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","attribution":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), ‘Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure organises UAE–France Energy Forum to deepen cooperation’, 9 October 2026. No open reuse licence was identified on the source page. This is an original factual summary; no source prose or media is reproduced. Reported discussions and meetings do not establish signed contracts, committed funding, implemented projects or measured emissions reductions.","publishedAt":"2026-10-09"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-continuation-gulf-uae-france-energy-forum"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["industry-event"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-AZ"},{"role":"issuer-location","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"FR","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}