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Co-existence Scenarios of North East Asian Energy Consuming Countries

Abstract Amidst a growing demand for energy and an increasing dependence on imports, the need to enhance energy security in Northeast Asia has become a focus of discussion for energy policy planners and energy industry players in the region. Based on this awareness, this report attempts to outline (1) the presumed demerits for Northeast Asian consuming countries (Japan, China, Korea) by working without partnerships and mutual cooperation, (2) the merits of partnerships and mutual cooperation, and then (3) analyze and examine sectors and policies for which cooperation is possible and a framework for the promotion of cooperation. Based on this analysis, this report introduces potential scenarios that will promote energy coexistence among consuming countries. Experts from Japan, China, and Korea held several meetings to develop the scenarios based on the scenario planning method. Currently, the Northeast Asian countries (Japan, China, Korea) face many challenges along the path to realizing mutual energy coexistence. However, by adopting a long-term perspective and coordinating interests, the three countries can build an even stronger state of cooperative existence. It is our sincere hope that this report can make a contribution to those efforts.
Author Strategy and Industry Research Unit, IEEJ, Institute of Energy Economics Japan; Dr. Ken Koyama (Ed), Senior Research Fellow, Director; July 2006
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Link http://www.frankhaugwitz.info/doks/general/2006_07_East_Asian_Energy_Cooperation_Senarios_Security_incl_China.pdf
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“Oil for the Lamps of China”—Beijing’s 21st-Century Search for Energy

Author MCNAIR PAPER 67, The Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)/National Defense University; Bernard Cole; 2003
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China’s Quest for Energy Security

Abstract China’s two decades of rapid economic growth have fueled a demand for energy that has outstripped domestic sources of supply. China became a net oil importer in 1993, and the country’s dependence on energy imports is expected to continue to grow over the next 20 years, when it is likely to import some 60 percent of its oil and at least 30 percent of its natural gas. China thus is having to abandon its traditional goal of energy self-sufficiency — brought about by a fear of strategic vulnerability — and look abroad for resources. This study looks at the measures that China is taking to achieve energy security and the motivations behind those measures. It considers China’s investment in overseas oil exploration and development projects, interest in transnational oil pipelines, plans for a strategic petroleum reserve, expansion of refineries to process crude supplies from the Middle East, development of the natural gas industry, and gradual opening of onshore drilling areas to foreign oil companies. The author concludes that these activities are designed, in part, to reduce the vulnerability of China’s energy supply to U.S. power. China’s international oil and gas investments, however, are unlikely to bring China the energy security it desires. China is likely to remain reliant on U.S. protection of the sea-lanes that bring the country most of its energy imports.
Author Rand Corporation, Los Angeles; Downs, Erica, 2000
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Link http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1244.html
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China’s Worldwide Quest for Energy Security

Abstract The IEA and China: Partners in Energy Co-operation and Policy Dialogue. Formal contacts between the International Energy Agency and China began in 1994. The relationship has developed over the years, to the mutual benefit of both parties. Within the framework of the IEA-China Memorandum of Policy Understandings, signed on 29 October 1996 in Beijing, the IEA maintains technical contacts and pursues an active dialogue with those responsible for Chinese energy policy. China’s growing importance in the world energy market and the global environmental system require that the world pay close attention. The Agency’s expertise and the experience of its Member countries are at China’s disposal to help answer critical questions about energy policy. This study presents the IEA’s analysis of China’s growing energy linkages with major petroleum producing countries.
Author International Energy Agency (IEA)/OECD, April 2000
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Link http://www.oecdchina.org/OECDpdf/china2000.pdf
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The Impacts of China’s Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on China’s Energy Sector

Abstract It was said to be a win-win game when the Minister of the China Foreign Trade Ministry and the Trade Representative of the United States toasted each other on the Sino-American bilateral agreement on China’s entry into the WTO on November 15, 1999. Half a year later, a similar  agreement was reached between the European Union and China. Climbing the two largest mountains to get to the WTO, China is approaching the endpoint of the marathon. China needs the world, and the world cannot advance without the participation of China. Facing the challenges brought about by the new technologies and global mobility of capital, no country can develop further rapidly and healthily without adapting to this globalization of economy. This is also true for China, the largest developing country in the world. It is in great need of taking in the advanced technologies, large volume of capital, and policy experiences to facilitate its economic reformation, even political reformation.
Author Development Research Academy for the 21st Century, Tsinghua University, Shi Zulin and Xu Yugao Beijing
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Link http://oldsite.nautilus.org/archives/energy/eaef/C3_final.PDF
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