MELBOURNE -(Dow Jones)- The need to develop unconventional sources of gas, such as coal seam gas, is increasingly important to meet the rising demand from Asia and an expected surge in gas-fired power stations over the coming decades, an executive at U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM) said Thursday.
Australia is well positioned to meet the demand for gas, although it risks dulling its competitive edge with tax and other policy decisions by its government, said Emma Cochrane, vice president of Asia Pacific and Africa for ExxonMobil's gas and power marketing.
In the text of a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne, Ms Cochrane said the Asia-Pacific region will account for almost a third of total worldwide gas demand by 2040 while demand in the U.S. and Europe will be flat to slightly lower.
At the same time, Australia's importance as a supplier of liquefied natural gas is growing and it is expected to provide a fifth of global supply by 2020, she said.
"A global market is emerging with the Asia-Pacific region poised to become the largest global gas market," Ms Cochrane said. "In some respects, the emergence of unconventionals--the Shale Gale, as some call it--could not come at a better time."
Worldwide demand for gas for power generation, meanwhile, is projected to rise 85% over three decades from 2010 levels and will represent nearly half of total gas demand, she said.
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