WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - ADNOC chief Sultan

al-Jaber said on Tuesday the United Arab Emirates state oil

company was looking to grow its U.S. energy investments six-fold

to $440 billion in the next 10 years.

"For us, the United States is not just a priority, it is an

investment imperative," Jaber told an audience at a Washington

event, adding that AI represented a once-in-a generation

investment opportunity.

(Reporting by Valerie Volcovici and Maha El Dahan; Editing by

Emelia Sithole-Matarise)