| Asia's surging energy use means it has leverage to demand cheaper prices and holds the balance of power in the global market, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday.
Executive director Maria van der Hoeven said China's growing appetite for new energy sources will drive up demand over the coming decade, replaced by a rising India in the 2020s and fast-developing Southeast Asian nations after that. "These developments together make Asia the unrivalled centre of global oil trade as the region draws in rising shares of available crude oil," she told a news briefing in Tokyo, part of a roadshow to promote the agency's annual report...............................................Full Article: Source
|