Keun-Wook Paik
Senior Research Fellow

Keun-Wook Paik is a specialist on Northeast Asia's oil and gas issues, in particular Sino-Russian oil and gas cooperation, China's natural gas industry, and DPRK's offshore oil exploration. Dr Paik joined the Institute in January 2007 and also is currently associate fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme, Chatham House. He is the author of Gas and Oil in Northeast Asia: Policies, Projects and Prospects (London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1995), and co-author/supervisor of China Natural Gas Report (China OGP, Xinhua News Agency & RIIA, 1998). The study on China’s gas expansion was done in 2004 and the edited version was published by Chatham House in 2005. Dr Paik has contributed well over 35 papers to Energy Policy, Journal of Energy and Development, Geopolitics of Energy, The Pacific Review, Energy Exploration & Exploitation, Oil & Gas Journal, Petroleum Economist, Pipeline and Gas Technology, FT Asia Gas Report, China Daily Business Weekly, China Brief, The World Today, RIIA Briefing papers, and Asia-Pacific Review. He is currently working on his second book project on Sino-Russian Oil and Gas Cooperation (to be published in 2011). He served as advisor to Sin-Russian Oil and Gas Cooepration Committee, CNPC during March 1998-Decmber 1999 and advisor to Chairman of the Government, Sakha Republic during November 2000-November 2002. He also served as consultant for the establishment of UNDP GTI’s Energy Board and the Energy Expert Council during the first half of 2006.