SPE WA AGM and Seminar: Methane emissions – The hidden climate lever
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SPE WA will hold its AGM immediately prior to the Technical Gaia Seminar. The AGM will provide members with an update on the Society;s achievements and key initiatives over the past year. It will be followed by the election of the 2026-2027 Chair and the Board. All members are encourage to attend this important part of the evening. The AGM will be held from 5pm to 5.20pm followed by the seminar.
Hosted by SPE WA Gaia Sustainability hear from the well-known industry senior executive and passionate climate advocate Yvette Manolas talk about Methane Emissions – The hidden climate lever
Yvette will talk about why Methane has become one of the most urgent climate policy issues for energy, agriculture and waste systems. It has a shorter atmospheric lifespan than carbon dioxide, but it is far more powerful over the near term. That makes methane emissions reductions one of the fastest levers available to slow warming. With upstream activities being responsible for 80% of oil and gas methane, this makes them the top priority for action and for focus by Petroleum Engineers.
After Yvette’s short presentation she will join an engaging “fireside” chat, and take questions and comments from the audience.
Yvette Manolas is a distinguished global climate authority and senior executive with over 25 years of strategic and technical leadership across energy, industrial operations and climate policy. A proven operator of scale, she has run oil and gas businesses with revenues in excess of $3 billion per annum and overseen assets and projects valued above $20 billion through high risk safety events, major turnarounds, COVID, severe weather crises and complex project integrations. Yvette advises the world’s preeminent climate institutions—including the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the United Nations’ International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) and MiQ Methane Certification and serves as an Executive in Residence at Deloitte. She also works with a range of global governments, is a regular peer reviewer for the International Energy Agency (IEA), a Non-Executive Director of the CO2CRC and a Fellow of the UK Energy Institute. Yvette’s leadership has been recognized with the WeQual 2024 Sustainability Award, 2025 PropTech WA Rising Star Award and 2022 Energy GameChanger Award, alongside earlier honors such as 40Under40 and Young Business Woman of the Year.
Registration
Early Bird SPE Member $65 <till 4 Aug 2026>
Early Bird Non-Member $80 <till 4 Aug 2026>
SPE Member $75
Non-Member $90
Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Location: Pulse Technology Hub
Address: 915 Hay St, Perth WA
Time: 4:45pm – 5:00pm Registration & Networking.
Time: 5:00pm – 5:20pm AGM
Time: 5:20pm – 6:20pm Presentation, “fireside chate” Q&A Session.
Time: 6:20pm – 7:30 pm Networking drinks & nibbles.
Free tickets are available for Students. SPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors is kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical events. Please apply through your Student Chapter