30 - 31 March, 2011

Prince Hotel & Residence

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Developing, Operating and Maintaining

Efficient Gas Distribution Networks while
Ensuring Minimal Disruption to the City

Survey Results – January 2011

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Prince Hotel & Residence
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

What are the main challenges with city gas projects?

Ensuring minimal
Ensuring security of gas
disruption to the city, 0.00%
supply, 11.10%
Allowing for possible
future expansions of the
network, 0.00%

Enhancing safety in
construction, operations
and maintenance of city gas
networks, 33.30%

All of the above, 55.60%

Coordination between all

Pricing, 0.00% stakeholders involved,
0.00%

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What are some of the future challenges and opportunities for

natural gas distribution in the Asia region?
50.00%
44.40%
45.00%
40.00%
35.00%
30.00%

25.00% 22.20%
20.00%
15.00%
11.10% 11.10% 11.10%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Developing an effective Changing consumer Ensuring a security of Bringing new technologies Affordability of natural gas All of the above
and attractive regulatory mindset to switch to supply for 20 years to the gas distribution compared to other fossil
framework for gas natural gas providing assurance for a space (i.e.: smart fuels and any potential
distribution networks viable project metering) subsidies

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Given the current economic change, what would you suggest

has changed in the natural gas distribution space?
Oil lobbies work against The profile for gas demand
potential city gas and supply is very uncertain,
developments, 0.00% All of the above, 11.10% 0.00%

Booming of infrastructure
networks at the same time,
22.20%
The cost of fossil fuels is
very unstable, 22.20%

The economic crisis has

affected potential investors,
The market is more
22.20%
competitive and diversified,
22.20%

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Prince Hotel & Residence
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

What do you think are the most active countries in the city gas sector in Asia?
The response were:

• Japan
• Hong Kong
• China
• India
• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Vietnam
• Singapore
• Australia
• Pakistan
• Korea
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

What do you think is the future of the natural gas distribution business in Asia?

The most common answers were:

• Expecting bigger expansion in distribution network

• Currently, NG distribution is going to expand and apply the new technology to
develop the gas distribution network.
• Need to consolidate and keep investing in expansion and maintenance of
infrastructure
• BRIGHT and ESSENTIAL
• It is going to be very encouraging. NG is consider a cleaner energy among other
fossil future and advancement in exploration technology and availability of new
gas future will be able to meet with the growing demand. But Government will
play an important role in the NG market environment, they have the power to
influence to large extend the growth and adoption of NG in their economy.

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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