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2008.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Current demand and forecasts for gas needs in the APR. The Asia-Pacific Region (APR, or Pacific Rim) is today the world's most dynamic international market for natural gas. In the past few decades (late 20th and early 21st centuries), demand for gas in the APR has grown and construction of gas delivery systems proceeded faster than in the rest of the world and led to a rise of the region's share of global gas consumption by a factor of 15 over 40 years. In 1965, APR consumers used up 5.9 billion m3 of gas; in 1970, they needed 15.7 billion m3; in 1980, their requirements went up to 70.4 billion m3, which more than doubled in 1990, to 158.6 billion m3, reaching 438.5 billion m3 of natural gas in 2006, or above 15% of global demand
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