• Who:                  Amin H. Nasser, President & CEO, Aramco
  • What:                Video address at Energy Asia 2025
  • When:               June 16, 2025
  • Where:            Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia – Aramco President & CEO Amin H. Nasser today delivered a video address at Energy Asia 2025, a premier forum that focuses on Asia’s key role in the energy transition. This year’s conference centers around the theme “Delivering Asia’s Energy Transition” and brings together energy and industry professionals and policymakers to help shape Asia’s energy future. Full text of Amin H. Nasser’s remarks follows below.

Amin H. Nasser, Aramco President & CEO, said: “I would have liked to be in Kuala Lumpur to personally congratulate Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik on another successful Energy Asia, particularly at such a challenging time in world affairs. Since we last met two years ago, the world has certainly learned a lot more about the challenges of the global energy transition. Unfortunately, much of that learning has come from hard reality.

Reality has revealed a transition plan that’s been oversold and under-delivered for large parts of the world, especially Asia. We were told it would be rapid, painless, and inevitably mean the collapse of conventional energy. Yet oil demand still exceeds 100 million barrels per day, with no sign of collapsing. Why?

Because real-world challenges have exposed deep technical, economic, political, and social flaws in the original narrative. For one thing, the transition is incredibly expensive. Reaching net-zero could cost up to 200 trillion dollars. For another, public doubts are growing as fairytale fantasies meet reality on the ground. People see that renewables, while important and growing, are far from ready to shoulder the burden intended and the risk that exists.

As a result, energy security and affordability have at last joined sustainability as the transition’s central goals. Pragmatism is replacing idealism. And that is a good thing, particularly for Asia. 

As the engine of global growth and the world’s largest energy-consuming region, Asia accounts for almost half of global demand. Without Asia’s needs and resources in the equation, the transition has no mass, no momentum, no chance! And Asia will need a lot more energy… from every source.

Yet wind, solar, and EVs aren’t even meeting today’s demand growth, let alone tomorrow’s. That’s why oil and gas remain a crucial part of the energy mix. They will be central to meeting rising demand and protecting energy security. But let me be clear: further reducing emissions from these critical sources will also be mission-critical.

Because the goal is not to abandon traditional energy. It’s to improve it, while expanding new solutions at a realistic pace. And each country must have a flexible, tailored energy strategy they can deliver. Based on where they are today…  and what they can afford. While accepting that transition will not be smooth sailing or pain-free… especially in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world. 

Because history tells us many things. It’s shown us that when conflicts occur, the importance of oil and gas can’t be understated. We are witnessing this in real time, with threats to energy security continuing to cause global concern. History also tells us that new energy sources don’t replace the old. They add to the mix.

That’s why, above all, history tells us we need collaboration. Government, industry, innovators all have a role to play – in new and conventional energy. So let’s ensure that Asia’s transition voice matches its economic voice. Let’s deliver a future that is secure and affordable as well as sustainable. And let’s move to a plan that’s grounded in reality. But where the sky’s the limit if we focus on prosperity and progress… for everyone.

Thank you, and I hope these thoughts help to shape a productive conference.”

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