- Asia’s premier energy summit brings together 1,500 leaders amid unprecedented market volatility
- Key topics: crude supply, maritime trade, upstream regrowth, downstream resilience, biofuels, AI and digitalisation
SINGAPORE, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — S&P Global Energy will host the 42nd annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) from September 7–10, 2026, at Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore. This year’s event convenes 1,500 global industry leaders to address supply chain disruptions, shifting trade corridors, and the commercial realities of securing energy in a fragmented world.
APPEC is Asia’s cornerstone energy event, guiding industry through historic shifts for over four decades. The 2026 edition comes amid real-time recalibration in oil and natural gas sectors, focusing on trade corridor volatility, energy security, and market resilience.
Ms. Gan Siow Huang, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of Trade and Industry for Singapore, will deliver the opening address. More than 180 speakers – including S&P Global Energy specialists – will share insights across oil, natural gas, chemicals, biofuels, and shipping.
“APPEC is where the energy industry of Asia and the world-over meet to exchange critical intelligence. While its convening has guided the industry through many historic shifts across the last four decades, 2026 stands apart,” said Dave Ernsberger, President, S&P Global Energy. “This year, theoretical risks have become physical realities, redrawing the trade map and making APPEC’s dialogues especially relevant.”
To reflect today’s market complexities, APPEC 2026 has expanded its program to explore key themes across seven interconnected streams:
- Oil Markets: Asia’s evolving crude supply map, global balance sheet, sanctions, refining capacity, demand trends
- Energy Security: LNG supply choices, upstream regrowth, resilience for import-dependent economies
- Shipping & Bunker: Maritime trade, freight economics, bunker supply constraints, fuel mix transition
- Trading: Managing price swings, procurement strategies, trader playbook
- AI & Digitalisation: Future trading desks, automation, digital shipping corridors
- Chemicals: Portfolio transformation, feedstock pricing, market updates
- Biofuels: SAF supply chain, feedstock dynamics, policy and procurement
For the complete list of speakers and the latest agenda, visit APPEC 2026 Speakers.
To register, visit APPEC Registration.
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Media Contacts:
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