BeyondBarriersofEnergyCooperationinNortheast

1、byguillermo r. balce, d. sc.asean centre for energyfor presentation at the international seminar on northeast asia energy cooperation; 18 october 2002; seoul, koreabeyond barriers of energy cooperation in northeast asia: links to southeast asiaintroductionenergy cooperation among neighboring countri

2、es is motivated primarily by common concerns. in southeast asia, the common concerns are oil security and energy market access. these two factors cement the bond between net oil importing countries and net oil exporting countries in the asean towards creating regional energy programmes. two major en

3、ergy infrastructure programmes have commenced in 1999 upon the mandate of the asean heads of government under the asean vision 2020 issued in 1997. these programmes are the trans-asean gas pipeline (tagp) and the asean power grid (apg).it is most likely that oil security and energy market access are

4、 also common to northeast asian countries. therefore, energy cooperation could as well focus on gas pipeline and power grid.map of asean power gridasean power griddevelopment of asean cooperation for apg19602000199019801970(1978) thailandmalaysiasingapore power exchange agreementgms integrated trans

5、mission system study by mrc ( 1996 )establishment of aims wg under hapua ( may, 2000 ) policy statement on regional power trade endorsed by gms ministers ( january, 2000)( 1985 ) p. malaysia singapore interconnection commissionedp. malaysia thailand interconnection commissioned (1981) establishment

6、of hapua (1981)(1982) hapua electricity interconnection program commencementpower trade strategy for gms by wb ( 1999 )completion of apg master plan by aimswg ( projected 2003 )( 1966 ) lao pdr thailand power exchange agreement196020001990198019702nd meeting of the trans-borneo power grid interconne

7、ction (june 2002)1st meeting on trans borneo power interconnection (august, 2001)asean power gridlink with northeast asiaparticipation of yunnan province of china in gms power interconnection and trade programmeasean power gridgreater mekong sub-region interconnection planmap of tagptrans-asean gas

8、pipeline1988-1990: asean council on petroleums (ascope) study on the “potential of natural gas pipeline connection in the asean region”1993-1996: master plan on natural gas development and utilisation in the asean region under the asean-ec energy management training and research centre (aeemtrc) con

9、ducted by european companies snam, gaz de france and trans energ1 july 1996: master plan report endorsed by the 14th asean ministers of energy meeting15 dec 1997 : asean vision 202016 dec 1998 : hanoi plan of actionearly 1999: asean council on petroleum (ascope) created the trans-asean gas pipeline

10、task force (tagp-tf) led by malaysia1 july 1999: asean plan of action for energy cooperation 1999-200414 feb 2001 : ascope tagp-tf completed a new masterplan on trans-asean gas pipeline and proposed an asean mou on tagp5 july 2002: 20th amem signed asean mou on tagptrans-asean gas pipelinedevelopmen

11、t of asean cooperation for tagptrans-asean gas pipelinegas pipeline interconnection plan with southern chinatrans-asean gas pipelineindonesias integrated gas transmission plantowards ne asia se asia cooperation gms power trade agreement asean + 3 asean japan asean korea apec iea kyoto protocol others including bilateral arrangements current institutional linkagesoil trade flows energy security concern between ne asia & se asiaconclusion beyond the b