Photo 1. Participants from across ASEAN Member States, Australia, and Japan join one of the MLP 3.0 Webinar Series Sessions
The ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) has wrapped up the MLP 3.0 Webinar Series from 6 May to 18 June 2026, marking a new chapter for the ASEAN Energy Sector Methane Leadership Program (MLP) 3.0 as ACE takes over the Secretariat role.
Over four weeks in total, the series brought together a wide cross-section of the region’s energy sector, drawing 78 participants from six ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Timor-Leste) plus Australia and Japan, including government agencies, national oil companies, private operators, and specialists working in energy policy, MMRV, and financing. More than half of the participants in the opening session were attending an MLP session for the first time, reflecting steady growth in regional engagement on methane issues.
Held under the theme “Accelerating Commitments to Actions,” the series moved from shared understanding toward practical implementation. Sessions covered methane emission sources, detection and quantification, mitigation approaches, financing, and regulatory developments, and concluded with hands-on workshops tailored to technical practitioners, policymakers, and regulators.
The programme was shaped through collaboration with PETRONAS, the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), and Carbon Limits, whose input helped keep the curriculum closely aligned with the needs of MLP partners.
Feedback from participants reflects the practical value of the series. As one participant, an equipment supplier from Japan, shared:
“The most valuable takeaway for me is understanding the whole scheme of methane emission and mitigation in the upstream of Oil & Gas industries. I felt that it becomes difficult to reduce methane leakage beyond a certain level, but I think it is important to continue to implement Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) steadily and regularly to keep current emission levels. I would like to use the knowledge I learned in this webinar to propose a project aimed at reducing GHG emissions and to develop and improve the equipment required for it."
A participant from an ASEAN Member State pointed to the methane inventory workshops as the most valuable part of the series, noting that the sessions were clear and well-matched to their area of interest. Looking ahead, they expressed interest in seeing future MLP activities go further in-depth on methane inventory development, as well as on measurement techniques, technologies, and equipment.
Methane reduction in ASEAN’s energy sector is not a task that any single organisation can carry out alone. This series is one part of that continued exchange across governments, companies, and partners, and ACE looks forward to building on it in the months ahead.
