Strategic intent of OBOR: Enhancing energy supply resilience

Since the launch of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative in 2015, China has announced its intention to invest in major infrastructure projects to promote trade and co-operation with its trading partners along OBOR. This paper examines the current level of trading and key projects underway along...

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Main Authors: TANG, Loon Ching, LOW, Joyce M. W.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
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oil
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6524
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7523/viewcontent/Strategic_intent_OBOR_pv.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Since the launch of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative in 2015, China has announced its intention to invest in major infrastructure projects to promote trade and co-operation with its trading partners along OBOR. This paper examines the current level of trading and key projects underway along OBOR so as to provide insights to understand its strategic intent. In particular, a network model is constructed to analyze the impact to China current and future demand for energy under various conditions especially during prolonged periods of supply uncertainties. Since these key projects are closely connected to the current and proven oil and natural gas reserves locations, the findings propound the OBOR initiative is more than trade and a key motivation is to enhance China’s energy supply resilience amongst other imperatives.