UAE opens oil and gas summit as industry weathers wars and awaits US election

Sultan al-Jaber addressed the inaugural session (AP)

The United Arab Emirates has opened its annual oil and gas summit as it plans to increase the country’s energy output amid volatile global prices and uncertain global politics ahead of the US presidential election.

The massive Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (Adipec) comes after the UAE just last year hosted the United Nations Cop28 climate talks.