09/11/2026 by Cameron Clarke
At a meeting of companies participating in the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), TotalEnergies showcased its ongoing collaborations to reduce methane emissions.
TotalEnergies, which makes the Total metalworking range, signed an agreement to collaborate on the Southeast Asia Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center (SEA METEC). This will be located in Malaysia and led by Petronas with further collaboration from JGC Corporation and the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC). It will focus on methane emission measurement and related technologies in Southeast Asia.
The company also signed a memorandum of understanding with SONANGOL of Angola to cooperate on decarbonisation solutions and methane emissions reduction. TotalEnergies will also expand its collaboration with Oil India Limited (OIL) with a second field trial of the AUSEA technology for accurately detecting and measuring methane emissions.
TotalEnergies CEO and chairman, Patrick Pouyanné, said the collaboration:
“…illustrates TotalEnergies’ commitment to the OGDC and the momentum it has created among international and national companies. I am convinced that by sharing technologies, expertise and best practices, we can accelerate concrete action and contribute to our common ambition of achieving near-zero upstream methane emissions by 2030.”
Together with its research and development (R&D) partners, TotalEnergies developed the drone-mounted AUSEA technology with a dual sensor for detecting both carbon and methane emissions. It also reveals the source so corrective action can be taken. In addition to having high accuracy, it is capable of investigating potential emission points in various industrial settings that might be otherwise hard to reach.
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