"Economic Development and the Environment"
on the Sakhalin Offshore Oil and Gas Fields II

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The Russian Far East and Northeast Asia:
Aspects of Energy Demand and Supply Cooperation

Victor D. Kalashnikov


  1. Japan and South Korea import and consume natural gas as liquefied natural gas (LNG).
  2. North Korea plans to construct a nuclear power plant in accordance with the KEDO framework.
  3. F. Fesharaki, S. Banazak, and Wu Kang. 1998. East-West Center, USA. The Outlook for Energy Supply and Demand in Northeast Asia. In: Energy and Security in Northeast Asia: Supply and Demand; Conflict and Cooperation. Policy Paper # 36, February 1998. IGCC. University of California.
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  6. Sui Shuo Bao, 1998. National Petroleum Company of China. Perspective Plan of the Chinese Gas Industry Development. In: Eastern Energy Policy of Russia and Problems of Integration into the Energy Space of the Asia-Pacific Region. Proceedings of Conference. Irkutsk, Russia
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  8. F. Fesharaki, S. Banazak, and Wu Kang. 1998. East-West Center, USA. The Outlook for Energy Supply and Demand in Northeast Asia. In: Energy and Security in Northeast Asia: Supply and Demand; Conflict and Cooperation. Policy Paper # 36, February 1998. IGCC. University of California.
  9. M. Valencia, J. Dorian. 1998. East-West Center, USA. Multilateral Cooperation in Northeast Asia's Energy Sector: Possibilities and Problems. In: Energy and Security in Northeast Asia: Supply and Demand; Conflict and Cooperation. Policy Paper # 36, February 1998. IGCC. University of California. Keun-Wook Paik, 1993. Multilateral Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia: a Focus on oil and Natural Gas Development. J. Dorian et.al. (eds.). CIS Energy and Minerals Development. Prospects, Problems and Opportunities for International Cooperation. Kluwer Academic Publishers in cooperation with East-West Center. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  10. According to terminology adopted in Russia, "Fuel-and-Power Complex", "energy sector", and "energy" refer to commercial enterprises dealing with the extraction, production, processing, conversion, and specialized transportation of fuel and power resources.
  11. The RFE accounted for 2 and 4.6 percent, respectively, of Russia's total energy production and consumption in 1996. Electricity production accounted for 4.3 percent (in 1997).
  12. Rosneft' and Rosneft' - Sakhalinmorneftegas jointly own 33.3% of Pegastar's equity.