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February 25, 2011

[SSJ: 6544] The Role of Natural Gas in the Asia-Pacific Energy Future

From: Tracy Timmons-Gray
Date: 2011/02/25

SSJ members may be interested to read a recent interview with NBR research director Mikkal Herberg on the future of natural gas in the Asia-Pacific. More information and a link to the full interview are below.

The Role of Natural Gas in the Asia-Pacific Energy
Future: An interview with Mikkal Herberg
http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=118

Natural gas is playing an increasingly important role in providing cleaner energy for Asia-Pacific countries, but bringing the energy market into the future is a challenging task.

In advance of the 2011 Pacific Energy Summit held in Jakarta with the theme of "Unlocking the Potential of Natural Gas in the Asia-Pacific," we asked Mikkal Herberg, NBR's research director for Asian energy security, to explain the importance of natural gas in Asia and the challenges facing policymakers and energy resource developers.

Questions that Mr. Herberg discussed include:

- Why is it so important to focus on natural gas now?

- What is preventing China and India from utilizing natural gas more?

- How does natural gas affect the geopolitical relationships in the region, especially between Japan and China, China and Russia, and India, China, and Myanmar?

Read the full interview at:
http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=118


Tracy Timmons-Gray
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)

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