APECAPECAPECAPEC ENERGYENERGY OVERVIEWOVERVIEW 22 00 00 4442 Energy Working Group December 2004 Prepared By ASIA PACIFIC ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE (APERC) THE INSTITUTE OF ENERGY ECONOMICS, JAPAN Inui Bldg.-Kachidoki 16F, 1-13-1 Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0054, JAPAN Tel: +81 (3) 5144-8551 Fax: +81 (3) 5144-8555 Email:
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[email protected] Website: www.apec.org © 2004 APEC Secretariat APEC#204-RE-01.9 ISSN0219-788X FOREWORD The recent recovery of the world economy in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis has accompanied strong demand growth in energy worldwide. In no small part, the strong and robust energy consumption growth engenders volatile energy prices, especially oil and coal. Rather an unexpected surge in demand for energy has put a strain on energy markets as energy supply is constrained by upstream and transportation infrastructure.