Mikkal Herberg Addresses Increasing Demand for Gas in Asia
Expert tells Alaska to get moving on pipeline if it wants to sell gas to Asia
11/28/2012
Suzanna Caldwell,
Alaska Dispatch
Uncertainty persists when it comes to the future of the worldwide liquefied natural gas development, but with Asian demand ramping up, development that happens sooner rather than later will be crucial in pursuing a North Slope natural gas pipeline.
That's according to Mikkal Herberg, a senior lecturer on international and Asian energy at the University of California-San Diego who spent 20 years working in the oil industry.
At an Alaska World Affairs Council luncheon in Anchorage Wednesday, Herberg broke down the international market, focusing on Asia, where the demand for natural gas has steadily increased over the last 20 years. With that demand expected to expand over the next 20 years, Alaska is in position to tap the market.
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Mikkal Herberg is a senior lecturer on international and Asian energy at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. He is also the BP Foundation Senior Research Fellow for International Energy at the Pacific Council on International Policy and also serves as research director on Asian energy security at The National Bureau of Asian Research.
