ＥＥＥ会議（ＡＰＥＣ首脳会議の成果：　エネルギー問題）.................................................................031022

今回のＡＰＥＣ首脳会議（バンコク）では、エネルギー安全保障問題についても
議論が行われ、次のような成果があった模様です(米国の国務省発表から)。
とくに目立つのは、ＡＰＥＣ加盟国だけで全世界の６２％を生産している天然ガス
の取引の促進を強調している点で、そのほか、石油の国家備蓄・緊急時対策
の拡充、新エネルギー開発の重要性、燃料電池車の２０２０年までの実用化
計画（いずれも米国提案）などについても合意があったとしています。
原子力については触れていないようです。
--KK

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Fact Sheet: APEC Endorses Initiative to Enhance Energy Security

(Initiative urges more research in alternative fuel sources) (310)

The leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies
have endorsed a U.S. initiative to enhance energy security in the
Asia-Pacific region by expanding trade in natural gas, promoting
investment and research in alternative fuel sources, and establishing a
real-time information sharing and coordination system to respond to
emergencies.

Following is the White House fact sheet on the initiative:

(begin fact sheet)

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary (Singapore)
October 21, 2003

FACT SHEET

Energy Security Initiative

Presidential Action

-- President Bush and the other APEC Leaders endorsed today an Action Plan
to Enhance Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region.

APEC Energy Action Plan:  APEC Leaders launched today a U.S.-driven
initiative to enhance the region's energy security by committing to:

-- Expand the trade of natural gas, particularly liquefied natural gas
(LNG), by creating an on-line Gas Market Data System and sharing of best
practices. APEC members account for 62 percent of the world's natural gas
production, 56 percent of its consumption, and 56 percent of its exports.
The Asia-Pacific is the heart of the global LNG market, with half of the
world's exports and 70 percent of imports.

-- Strengthen energy emergency response planning and establish a real-time
information sharing and coordination system.  Leaders also committed to
the continued development of strategic oil stocks and other response
mechanisms.

-- Promote investment in clean and efficient energy sources and
technologies in cooperation with the private sector and financial
institutions.

-- Identify opportunities to develop hydrogen and fuel cell technologies
and cooperate with the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy,
a U.S.-led initiative that aims to put competitively priced hydrogen cars
on the market by 2020; and

-- Promote collaborative research on methane hydrates, an important future
source of natural gas.