TotalEnergies has acquired a 30% operated interests in the SK410B Lang Lebah and B14 gas fields offshore Sarawak, East Malaysia, through farm-out agreements with Malaysia’s Petronas Carigali, Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP), and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) signed on the sidelines of ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi.
Considered one of Malaysia’s largest gas discoveries, Lang Lebah and the nearby B14 field are targeted for integrated development under production-sharing agreements to unlock more than 6.5 Tcf of gas resources and sustain a production plateau of around 10 Bcm annually for supply to the Petronas-operated, nine-train Bintulu liquefaction complex in Sarawak.
The International Gas Union (IGU) ranks Malaysia as the world’s fifth-largest LNG exporter in its World LNG Report 2026. Malaysia holds a 6.6% market share of the total global LNG trade, exporting 28.8 mtpa, according to the IGU.
“The development of Lang Lebah and B14 resources will allow the creation of another large-scale gas hub in Malaysia, leveraging shared infrastructure, to supply gas to Malaysia LNG and meet the growing LNG demand in Asia,” TotalEnergies Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné said in a news release announcing the 2 November signings.
“These agreements mark another important step in our strategy to strengthen our integrated gas position in Malaysia, following the acquisition of SapuraOMV in 2024 and the expansion of our long-standing partnership with Petronas in 2025,” he said.
Separately, KUFPEC’s CEO Eisa Al-Maraghi said, “The new partnership supports KUFPEC’s strategic objective of engaging a global operator to accelerate the development of these assets. The collaboration will also contribute to the optimal utilization of Malaysia’s gas resources, creating mutual value and benefits for all participating parties.”
At closing, TotalEnergies will hold a 30% operated interest in both fields, alongside PTTEP (25%), KUFPEC (25%), and Petronas Carigali (20%).
TotalEnergies Advances Methane Reduction in Angola
Prior to ADIPEC’s opening, TotalEnergies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Angola’s state oil company Sonangol at the CEO Gathering in Abu Dhabi of the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC) membership on l November.
The MOU strengthens technical cooperation on methane emissions reduction and decarbonization in Angola, building on experience gained from deploying the drone-mounted AUSEA gas detection system, which detects both methane and carbon dioxide emissions and identifies their source, French major said in a news release.
The two companies aim to identify practical solutions to reduce methane emissions and flaring, improve energy efficiency, support electrification, and advance carbon management solutions.
The scope includes greenhouse gas emissions reporting, technical training and knowledge sharing, and the exploration of financing opportunities, including potential support from the World Bank's Global Flaring and Methane Reduction Fund.
TotalEnergies used the OGDC gathering to highlight previously signed agreements with Petronas in Malaysia and Oil India Limited in India focused on methane emissions reduction and broader decarbonization efforts.
Developing Southeast Asia’s Methane Technology Evaluation Center
At Gastech 2026 in Bangkok on 13 September, TotalEnergies signed a collaboration agreement with Petronas, the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), and JGC Corporation to help develop the Southeast Asia Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center (SEA METEC).
Led by Petronas, SEA METEC is envisioned as a regional center based in Malaysia to evaluate methane emissions measurement and monitoring technologies across Southeast Asia.
Under the agreement, TotalEnergies will share with SEA METEC expertise developed over more than a decade through its TADI (TotalEnergies Anomalies Detection Initiative) center. Located at the Lacq Research and Development Center in southwestern France, TADI is described by the company as Europe's only facility dedicated to evaluating methane detection and quantification technologies.
Expanding Field Methane Detection with OIL in India
Building on a successful initial campaign using TotalEnergies' AUSEA technology to detect and quantify methane emissions across 20 OIL-operated sites in Assam, OIL and TotalEnergies said they are moving forward with a second field campaign.
The initial 1-month-long campaign provided OIL with data to support its emissions reporting while demonstrating AUSEA's ability to accurately detect and quantify methane emissions across a range of sites and operating conditions. AUSEA will now be deployed in a second 1-month campaign at additional OIL-operated sites.
“Our cooperation with Petronas in Malaysia, Sonangol in Angola, and OIL in India illustrates TotalEnergies' commitment to the OGDC and the momentum it has created among international and national companies,” Pouyanné said.
“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,” he added.