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Singapore stands at the forefront of Asia’s energy transition—leveraging its role as a global maritime hub and LNG bunkering leader to drive decarbonisation in one of the hardest-to-abate sectors. As the city-state pursues its net-zero target by 2050, low-carbon liquefied natural gas (LNG) is emerging as a critical bridge fuel, offering significantly lower lifecycle emissions than traditional marine fuels and enabling progress toward the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2050 net-zero goals.
Decarbonising maritime shipping remains a complex challenge across Asia, given its importance to trade, energy security, and economic growth. Low-emissions LNG, supported by robust methane measurement and abatement as a necessary first step, presents a practical near-term pathway for maritime decarbonisation in the region.
Across Asean, governments and industry players are advancing efforts on low-carbon fuels, port readiness, vessel efficiency, and lifecycle assessments of LNG’s climate impact. Yet, the region’s fragmented regulatory environment — marked by differing CO2 and methane emissions accounting standards and infrastructure readiness — continues to create uncertainty and slow investment in these vital solutions.
In Singapore, the SLNG terminal has supplied half the nation’s gas needs since 2013 and fuels the country’s expanding bunkering ecosystem, handling over 100 reloads in 2024 alone. Singapore LNG Corporation, alongside national oil companies in Asean, are further pushing for a progressive, collaborative and inclusive approach to methane emissions reduction – a key decarbonisation lever for the energy sector.
LNG bunkering demand is projected to reach 2 to 3 million tonnes annually by 2035, supported by infrastructure enhancements such as additional truck loading bays and a second offshore terminal. Meanwhile, Singapore’s pilots in low-carbon alternatives, including bio-LNG through the Rotterdam–Singapore Green Corridor and ammonia partnerships with Sembcorp, showcase its commitment to innovation and collaboration.
'Certified' natural gas with lower methane intensity, which assesses the decarbonisation of the full LNG supply chain, plays a pivotal role in validating these efforts. By ensuring transparent methane tracking and credible lifecycle emission accounting across the supply chain, certification frameworks build confidence among stakeholders and attract the capital needed to scale cleaner fuel solutions. Singapore’s planned participation in the Coalition for LNG Emission Abatement towards Net-zero (CLEAN) initiative, led by leading LNG importers such as Japan and South Korea, will fuel further confidence in the market.
This invitation-only roundtable hosted by Eco-Business in partnership with global non-profit EDF offers a timely platform to examine Singapore and the region’s evolving policy and market landscape for low-emissions LNG, methane management, and maritime decarbonisation. By convening policymakers and industry leaders, the session aims to identify tangible opportunities for collaboration that deliver near-term emissions reductions while building the foundation for a fully decarbonised maritime sector.
