Southeast Asian networks will help ease growing demand, but China faces the most uncertainty due to rapid growth
Opec's move to cut oil production has highlighted the long-term energy planning nightmare of east Asia's rapidly growing economies.
The resultant price rise will have greatest impact on natural resource-poor northeast Asia, heavily dependant on oil from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries in the Middle East.
Energy experts believe the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (Asean) forward-thinking strategy to link most member countries with oil, gas and electricity networks puts it in better stead to meet demands in coming decades.
The director-general of the Asean Centre for Energy's electricity and energy division, Cecilya Malik Sastrohartono, said the organisation was making good progress in its plans.
Pipelines had already been built between Indonesia and Singapore, the city state and Malaysia, and Myanmar and Thailand. A fourth was being built between the Indonesian island of Sumatra and Singapore.
