Natural Gas in Asia

The Challenges of Growth in China, India, Japan, and Korea 2nd Edition

Edited by Jonathan Stern

Contributors

Michael Bradshaw
Andy Flower
David Fridley
Sunjoy Joshi
Najeeb Jung
David Ledesma
Akira Miyamoto
Keun-Wook Paik
Jonathan Stern

The period to 2020 will be crucial for Asian gas markets. It will determine whether natural gas can become an important fuel in the emerging energy markets of China and India; and the extent to which the fuel can expand its share in Japan and Korea.

This second and expanded edition of Natural Gas in Asia: The Challenges of Growth in China, India, Japan and Korea, both updates the conclusions of the first edition and places gas development in the energy context of the late 2000s: much higher global energy prices, greatly increased concern about carbon emissions, and the emergence of a global LNG market. This new context has important consequences for the development of gas transportation over long distances – whether by pipeline or LNG. The specific problems of these four major Asian countries and the regions from which they may get their gas in future: Russia, Middle East, South East Asia and Australia, are carefully assessed by nine acknowledged experts.

Contents

Introduction
Natural Gas in China
Natural Gas in India
Natural Gas in Japan
Natural Gas in Korea
Russian and Central Asian Gas Supply for Asia
South East Asian and Australian Supply to Asia
Natural Gas from the Middle East
Conclusions
Appendix 1: Cost increases for LNG projects
Appendix 2: LNG pricing in Asia – Japan Crude Cocktail (JCC) and ‘S’-Curves

Key features:

Unique perspective by top experts who are immensely knowledgeable about the countries covered
There is no other book of this type available

409 pages | May 2008
978-0-19-954141-6 |Hardback
£45.00 inc. p&p ($90.00, €60.00)

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