Abu Dhabi state oil giant ​ADNOC's Group CEO ⁠Sultan Al Jaber will not travel to Houston ‌for the CERAWeek energy conference and will participate virtually before travelling to Washington ​D.C. for meetings, an ADNOC spokesperson told Reuters, as the Iran war ​upends energy markets.

The gathering, ​which draws some of the oil and gas industry's top executives and officials, opens on Monday, at ⁠a time when global oil prices are soaring due to Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz as well as attacks on infrastructure, leaving governments scrambling to fight inflation and ​avoid recessions.

CERAWeek, ‌organised by S&P ⁠Global, will ⁠be without the physical presence of top Gulf executives this year. Saudi ​Aramco CEO Amin Nasser has cancelled his ‌planned appearance because of the war ⁠and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation's CEO will address the gathering from Kuwait on Tuesday.

Al Jaber's "participation reflects the importance he places on direct engagement with the global energy community at a critical moment for energy security", the spokesperson said.

Separately, he will travel to Washington on a 48-hour trip to hold a series of senior-level bilateral meetings and attend an event hosted ‌by the Middle East Institute, the spokesperson said.

Al ⁠Jaber is expected to address CERAWeek on ​Monday and his trip to Washington is expected in the middle of this week.

His meetings there "will focus on the Hormuz ​situation, global ‌energy supply continuity, and the UAE-U.S. strategic partnership," ⁠the spokesperson said.

(Reporting by ​Yousef Saba; Editing by Toby Chopra and Arun Koyyur)