Institute of Southeast Asian Studies	In conjunction with

ISEAS Energy Forum 
Global Energy Security: Competition or Cooperation? 
Thursday, 29 September 2005

* Fee entitles you to other GES events including the Opening Ceremony, Enterprise Exchange

Abstract

The rise of China and India has not only transformed geo-politics, but also fundamentally changed geo-economics. The rise of these two Asian giants however depends on their ensuring a guaranteed supply of energy; which is pertinent to economic progress. Hence energy security has now risen to the top of the international agenda. Their energy imports puts pressure on oil supplies and prices, and arouses deep concerns among all energy importers such as the USA and ASEAN There is a race to lock in energy supplies, and as psychology underpins oil prices, this atmosphere of competition helps to keep oil prices high, especially as production margins get dangerously low. The ISEAS energy forum will bring together top energy experts from the region to discuss these issues, presenting a coherent and in-depth analyses of global, regional and Chinese energy trends.

Speakers Biography

Peter COCKCROFT has twenty-five years experience based in Asia workings in operations and planning of BHP Petroleum, Energy Equity, Fletcher Challenge Energy (now part of Shell), Asamera Oil (now part of Conoco-owned Gulf Indonesia Resources), Husky Energy and Korea Petroleum Development (now Korea National Oil Cooperation). He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and also Advisor to the CEO of Premier Oil. Peter is the 2004-5 Distinguished Lecturer on Risk for the Society of Petroleum Engineers and is a member of the Institute Of Arbitrators. He has published more than thirty papers and has taught short courses in five countries.

Dave ERNSBERGER is currently the Editorial Director for all Asian coverage at Platts, the energy news agency owned by the McGraw-Hill Companies.  He has been working as a journalist in the commodities markets since 1996. He began his reporting career with Platts in London. In 2001, he became Platts' bureau chief in Houston, where he directed coverage of the energy markets during the melt-down of Enron, and the September 11 attacks on the US. He moved to Singapore to take up his current position in January. Mr Ernsberger has a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Politics from Warwick University, England, and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Southampton University, England.

KWA Chong Seng is the Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Private Limited, is currently the Lead Country Manager for the ExxonMobil Companies in Singapore.  He is functionally responsible for Fuels Marketing in the Asia Pacific region, which includes Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Chong Seng graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Singapore and joined Esso Singapore in 1969.  After a stint in refinery operations where he participated in the startup of the Singapore refinery, he had various assignments in Logistics, Marketing and other parts of the downstream business. He spent about nine years in various assignments outside Singapore, most of which was with the Exxon offices in New Jersey, Houston, New York and Hong Kong.  These included assignments in Marketing, Supply, Trading and Investment Planning. His appointments outside of ExxonMobil include Deputy Chairman, Temasek Holdings Board of Directors and Member of DBS Bank Board.  He also serves on the Public Service Commission and the Legal Service Commission in Singapore.

Dr Ligia NORONHA is a Senior Fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India. Her work focuses on environmental issues and development, natural resources policy and worked on various projects on energy in India including ‘Comparative Analysis of using LPG & Kerosene for Domestic Cooking’, ‘Contracts and Pricing Options in Oil Exploration & Development’ and ‘Indian Upstream Hydrocarbon Sector’ in Emergence of a New Giant:India’s Downstream Oil Sector to 2005. Prior to this she was also with the International Development Research Centre in Canada. Dr Noronha received her PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics in the UK.

Dr Kang WU has been a Fellow at the East-West Center since 1993, and conducts energy and economic research activities with a focus on the Asia-Pacific Region.  Dr Wu specializes in studies of energy policies, security, demand, supply, trade, and market developments, as well as energy-economic links, oil and gas issues, and the impact of fossil energy consumption on the environment.  Dr Wu is an energy expert on China and supervises the China Energy Project at the Center.  As an energy economist, Dr Wu’s work also includes energy modeling and Asia-Pacific energy demand forecasting.  Dr Wu received his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from University of Hawaii at Manoa and B.A. in international economics from Peking University, China.  He was a Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center from 1991 to 1993.   Dr Wu is the author and co-author of numerous journal articles, project reports, professional studies, conference papers, book, and other publications.  He speaks frequently at international conferences, forums, workshops, and training programs.  His research works have been widely cited by press and industrial media, including Time Magazine, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Asian Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Far Eastern Economic Review, Journal of Commerce, The Strait Times, Honolulu Advertiser, Pacific Business News, Radio Free Asia, Reuters, Voice of America, BBC, Dow Jones Energy Services, Bloomberg News, KGMB 9 News, and KITV 4/ABC News.    

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