PETRONAS, SOUTHEAST ASIAN ENERGY PLAYERS CALL FOR PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO METHANE EMISSIONS REDUCTION

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- PETRONAS, alongside Southeast Asia’s other leading energy companies, have released a Joint Statement to coincide with the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) calling for a progressive, collaborative and inclusive approach to methane emissions reduction in the region’s energy sector as part of a just energy transition which puts nature, people, lives and livelihoods at the heart of climate action.

The signatories - Ministry of Mines and Energy Cambodia, PT Pertamina (Persero), PETRONAS, Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, Philippine National Oil Company, Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd, PTT Public Company Limited, and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) - are also members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Council on Petroleum (ASCOPE).