📋 Tender Overview
Project No.
EWG_101_2026A
Project Title
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APEC Workshop on Cleaner and More Efficient Operation of the Fossil Energy Industry 2026
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
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APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: Energy Efficiency, Low Carbon and Energy Resiliency Measures (EELCER)
Project Year
2026
Project Session
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Session 1
APEC Funding
150,000
Co-funding Amount
50,000
Total Project Value
200,000
Sponsoring Forum
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Energy Working Group (EWG)
Topics
Energy
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
Japan
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Canada; Chile; Korea; Chinese Taipei; United States
Expected Start Date
01/10/2026
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2027
Project Proponent Name 1
Satoru Yasuraoka
Job Title 1
Director for International Energy Strategy, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE)
Organization 1
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Telephone 1
81335010598
Email 1
yasuraoka-satoru@meti.go.jp
Project Proponent Name 2
Yuna Natsumi
Job Title 2
Deputy Director, Commissioner’s Secretariat International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
Organization 2
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Telephone 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
natsumi-yuna@meti.go.jp
Declaration
Satoru Yasuraoka
Project Summary
While APEC member economies are advancing clean energy transitions, oil and gas remain essential components of their energy systems due to resource endowment, infrastructure realities, and development stages. Improving operational efficiency and reducing fugitive emissions and flaring in these sectors are critical to minimizing environmental impacts while maintaining energy security and economic stability.
This project will deliver a capacity-building workshop for policymakers and policy support officials focused on the oil and gas industry. Building on prior discussions that identified available technical solutions, and complemented by a dedicated Background Research Report covering upstream and midstream operational improvements, Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS), and low-carbon solutions, the workshop will strengthen participants’ ability to integrate analytical diagnostics, operational and optimization improvements across production, processing, storage, and compression systems, and investment justification methodologies. By enhancing decision-making capacity, the project will support evidence-based policy frameworks that promote realistic, cost-effective, and high-impact improvements across APEC economies.
Relevance
Region
The APEC Workshop on Cleaner and More Efficient Operation of the Fossil Energy Industry 2025 identified a broad range of technical solutions to improve energy efficiency and reduce fugitive emissions across coal, oil, and gas
