Dear SSJ Forum members,

In advance of the 2011 Pacific Energy Summit, held in Jakarta last week, The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) published six papers that assessed the potential for natural gas to play a role in meeting the Asia Pacific's energy and climate change challenges. Links to these papers are below.

2011 Pacific Energy Summit Papers

"Natural Gas in Asia: History and Prospects," by Mikkal Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research and University of California - San Diego http://www.nbr.org/downloads/pdfs/eta/PES_2011_Herberg.pdf

"Asian Natural Gas - Supply, Infrastructure and Pricing Issues," by James Jensen, Jensen Associates http://www.nbr.org/downloads/pdfs/eta/PES_2011_Jensen.p
df

"Evolving Roles of LNG and Asian Economies in Global Natural Gas Markets," by Hiroshi Hashimoto, Gas Group, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan - IEEJ http://www.nbr.org/downloads/pdfs/eta/PES_2011_Hashimoto.pdf

"Europe's Evolving Gas Market: Future Direction and Implications for Asia," by Peter Hughes, Peter Hughes Energy Advisory Ltd.
http://www.nbr.org/downloads/pdfs/eta/PES_2011_Hughes.pdf

"The Policy Tightrope in Gas-Producing Countries:
Stimulating Domestic Demand Without Discouraging Supply," by Mark Thurber and Joseph Chang, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University
http://www.nbr.org/downloads/pdfs/eta/PES_2011_Thurber_Chang.pdf

"Unconventional Gas and Implications for the LNG Market," by Alexis Aik and Christopher Gascoyne, FACTS Global Energy http://www.nbr.org/downloads/pdfs/eta/PES_2011_Facts_Gl
obal_Energy.pdf

About the 2011 Pacific Energy Summit

The Pacific Energy Summit aims to foster economic and energy security in the Asia-Pacific by developing practical solutions to the twin challenges of rising energy demand and global climate change. For the 2011 Summit, world leaders in science, policy, and industry convened in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 21-23, 2011, to discuss the topic "Unlocking the Potential of Natural Gas in the Asia-Pacific." The 2011 Summit prompted frank, pragmatic, and forward-looking discussions to address four core foci:

- Natural gas as an energy source for transitioning to a low-carbon economy

- The potentially growing role of natural gas to meet rising energy demand, as an increasingly abundant resource

- The fiscal, regulatory, and legal steps Asia-Pacific nations must take to ensure adequate natural gas supplies alongside the investment, infrastructure, and planning needed to unlock the potential of an abundant resource

- Current and projected domestic natural gas markets, how to support the development of greater demand for natural gas, particularly in the power sector

To learn more about the Summit and its mission, please visit NBR's website at:
http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=97

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