Amidst the increasing geopolitical tensions around the world, especially the ongoing conflict between America and Iran, a major change is now visible in the global energy market. The Middle East is busy strengthening its hold in the game of oil and gas. According to a report by oilprice.com, a big investment company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made a huge investment of about $ 2.25 billion in important energy assets of America. This clearly means that Arab countries no longer want to be limited to just selling oil from their region, but they are also directly gaining a hold on the energy infrastructure of a powerful country like America.
New chessboard to capture the energy market
According to the report, Abu Dhabi’s big investment firm 2PointZero has signed a big agreement to buy 100% stake in American company Traverse Midstream Partners. This company works on energy infrastructure and is run under the leadership of Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi.
In the information given to Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, the company said that this deal will be completed through its subsidiary company E Point Zero Holding RSC Limited. Although this deal is yet to get the final approval from American regulators, but this step makes it clear that the Gulf countries are now fully prepared to rapidly increase their presence in America’s energy sector.
Gulf countries control the pulse of American gas
Through this deal, the UAE company will get control of America’s very important and strategic natural gas pipelines. Traverse Midstream Partners has strong stakes in major assets such as Rover Pipeline LLC and Ohio River System LLC.
The Rover Pipeline is a large and important interstate gas network in the US, which extracts gas from the Utica and Marcellus Shale basins and transports it to major markets in the Upper Midwest, US Gulf Coast and Eastern Canada. At the same time, the Ohio River System is a modern infrastructure, which connects gas production areas to the main energy corridors of the country.
Plan to become an energy superpower amid war
Amidst the US-Iran conflict and increasing tension in the Gulf region, this huge investment is not an ordinary business deal, but a well-thought-out strategy. Only last year, UAE had presented a big plan to invest about 1.4 trillion dollars in America for the next 10 years.
In the same direction, Abu Dhabi’s national oil company ADNOC has also transferred some of its American gas and green energy-related assets to a new investment arm named XRG. The goal of the Middle East is to have a strong and decisive hold on energy supplies in times of any global crisis.
Even Saudi Arabia is not behind in this race
UAE is not alone in the race to invest in America’s energy sector. Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, is also growing rapidly. By the end of 2025, Aramco had signed 17 new agreements with American companies worth more than $30 billion. These agreements include many big agreements related to LNG, supply chain and financial services.
Experts believe that now the countries of the Middle East do not want to remain just suppliers of oil and gas, but they are moving towards becoming the owners of the energy infrastructure of the entire world. Its impact can be clearly seen on the global economy in the coming times.