Adapting to a New Energy Era: Maximizing Potential Benefits for the Asia-Pacific
NBR Special Report no. 46

Adapting to a New Energy Era
Maximizing Potential Benefits for the Asia-Pacific

by Tsutomu Toichi, Tom Cutler, Roy D. Kamphausen, and Mikkal E. Herberg
September 30, 2014

Soaring Asian energy demand and declining North American import needs have fundamentally altered the flow of oil and gas supplies in international markets. Although Middle Eastern supplies remain the linchpin of global energy security, nearly all of the region’s oil and gas exports are now directed to Asia. In this NBR Special Report, four leading specialists examine these trends and draw implications for the Asia-Pacific.