Shell Positions Itself for Bigger Slice of Asian Gas Pie

摘要

Royal Dutch Shell's voracious appetite for Asia-Pacific gas shows no signs of being sated, as it steadily builds a diverse portfolio spanning LNG projects, upstream unconventional exploration and new gas exploitation techniques - although there could be a few hiccups en route. While the industry generally is shifting towards more gas production. Shell's tilt is marked: Chief Executive Peter Voser says that, this year, the Anglo-Dutch supermajor will for the first time produce more gas than oil. And it has singled out Asia as the place to grow. "Asia is a particularly good part of the world to be in now. It contains enormous dynamic and is, economically, more optimistic than elsewhere," Michiel Kool, executive vice president for Asian upstream, told WGI during the World Gas Conference (WGC) in June. More opportunities have since emerged: Finance chief Simon Henry revealed last month that the company was in talks about a potential farm-in with InterOil, operator of the plarmed Gulf LNG project in Papua New Guinea.