Laos and Myanmar have signed a Joint Development Agreement to study a 2,790 MW hydropower project on their shared Mekong border. The feasibility phase is set to run 34 months.
Malaysia is spending approximately RM2,300 every second on fuel subsidies, according to the Prime Minister's economic adviser, as the government pursues biofuel and conservation measures to ease pressure.
Indonesia's Phase II downstreaming push spans energy, minerals, and agriculture across 13 projects, with 600,000 jobs projected from Cilacap to Morowali to Maluku.
ASEAN imports over a third of its oil and gas from the Middle East. The April 27 meeting was the bloc formally acknowledging a structural exposure that the Hormuz closure made undeniable.