World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192010-01-27https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2863Vietnam's gas sector is at a critical point. Vietnam's gas industry, from the producing field to the end-user, is already a vital component of the nation's energy economy and has the potential for major growth. Successes in the past decade have created a strong prospective demand for gas. However, Vietnam has begun to experience gas shortages. If the gas sector is to meet the rising demand for gas, there are challenges that must be addressed promptly. If certain key decisions are not made soon, these gas shortages can be expected to worsen with potentially serious economic impacts. To achieve its stated objectives for developing national gas resources, Vietnam must seek to create a 'moving train' of projects that will convert gas resources into proven reserves and production. It must also stimulate investment in the development of the requisite pipeline infrastructure as well as incentivize investment in gas consuming loads downstream such as power plants. And this will require gas pricing in consuming sectors (particularly the electricity sector) to be appropriately linked with gas pricing in the upstream gas exploration and production sector. Much remains to be done if Vietnam is to realize the potential it sees in its gas resources. This report proposes a vision, a sector framework and the sketch of a coordinated implementation roadmap for this development.CC BY 3.0 IGOAIR CONDITIONINGALTERNATIVE FUELAMMONIAAPPROACHASSOCIATED GASBALANCEBASINSBILATERAL DONORSBURNER TIPCARBONCARBON CONTENTCERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLIMATE CHANGECO2COALCOAL INDUSTRYCOAL RESOURCESCOMPETITIVE GAS MARKETCOMPRESSED NATURAL GASCONSERVATIONCONSTRUCTIONCONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTSCONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPSDEMAND FOR GASDISTRIBUTION COMPANIESDISTRIBUTION OF ENERGYDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMSDOMESTIC COALDOMESTIC ENERGYDOMESTIC EXPLORATIONDOMESTIC GASDOMESTIC NATURAL GASDOMESTIC SUPPLYECONOMIC REGULATIONELECTRIC POWERELECTRICITYELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYEMISSIONEMPLOYMENTEND-USERSENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY DEVELOPMENTENERGY ECONOMICSENERGY FORMENERGY MARKETENERGY MARKETSENERGY NEEDSENERGY PLANNERSENERGY PLANNINGENERGY POLICYENERGY PRICESENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SECURITYENERGY SOURCESENERGY STRUCTUREENERGY REVIEWENVIRONMENTAL COSTSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEXTRACTIONFISCAL REGIMEFISCAL TERMSFOSSILFOSSIL ENERGYFUELFUEL OILFUEL OILSFUEL PRICESFUEL SOURCESGASGAS ACTIVITIESGAS BUSINESSGAS CHAINGAS COMMODITYGAS CONSUMERGAS CONSUMERSGAS CONSUMPTIONGAS DEMANDGAS DEVELOPMENTGAS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTGAS DISCOVERIESGAS DISCOVERYGAS DISTRIBUTIONGAS DISTRIBUTORSGAS EXPLORATIONGAS EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENTGAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTIONGAS FIELDGAS FIELDSGAS GENERATIONGAS IMPORTSGAS INDUSTRYGAS INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTGAS INFRASTRUCTUREGAS LAWGAS MARKETGAS MARKET DEVELOPMENTGAS MARKETSGAS OUTPUTGAS PIPELINEGAS PIPELINESGAS POLICYGAS PRICEGAS PRICESGAS PRICINGGAS PRICING POLICIESGAS PRICING POLICYGAS PRICING PRINCIPLESGAS PROCESSINGGAS PROCESSING PLANTGAS PRODUCERSGAS PRODUCTIONGAS PROJECTSGAS PURCHASEGAS QUALITYGAS REGULATORGAS REGULATORY AUTHORITYGAS REGULATORY REGIMEGAS RESERVESGAS RESOURCEGAS RESOURCESGAS SALESGAS SECTORGAS SECTOR DEVELOPMENTGAS SECTOR PLANNINGGAS SHORTAGESGAS SUPPLIERSGAS SUPPLIESGAS SUPPLYGAS SUPPLY SECURITYGAS TRANSMISSIONGAS TURBINEGAS USEGAS USERSGAS WELLGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASESHIGHER GASHUMAN HEALTHINCOMEINDUSTRIAL USEINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCYINVESTMENT IN GAS EXPLORATIONLARGE-SCALE GASLIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASLNGLNG PROJECTLOAD FACTORLOW PRESSUREMARKET FOR GASMILLION BARRELSNATIONAL ENERGYNATIONAL GASNATIONAL OILNATURAL ENVIRONMENTNATURAL GASNATURAL GAS SECTORNATURAL GAS SUPPLYNATURAL GAS VEHICLESNATURAL MONOPOLIESNATURAL RESOURCESOFFSHORE OILOFFSHORE PETROLEUMOFFSHORE RESERVESOILOIL AND GASOIL COMPANYOIL EQUIVALENTOIL PRODUCTSOPECORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIESPETROCHEMICALSPETROLEUMPETROLEUM CONTRACTSPETROLEUM CORPORATIONPETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIESPETROLEUM GASPETROLEUM INDUSTRYPETROLEUM LAWPETROLEUM PRODUCINGPETROLEUM PRODUCING COUNTRIESPETROLEUM RESERVESPETROLEUM RESOURCEPETROLEUM RESOURCESPETROLEUM SECTORPIPELINEPIPELINE IMPORTSPIPELINE INFRASTRUCTUREPIPELINE NETWORKSPOWERPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATORSPOWER PLANTSPOWER PRODUCERPOWER PROJECTPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTOR PLANNINGPOWER SECTORSPRICE OF GASPRICE SPIKESPRICE VOLATILITYPRICES OF FUELSPRIMARY ENERGYPRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLYPRIVATE INVESTORSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTPRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACTSPROVEN RESERVESQUALITY ENERGYRAW GASRENEWABLE ENERGYRESIDENTIAL ENERGYSHADOW PRICESSTREAMTRUNK PIPELINEUPSTREAM ACTIVITIESUTILITIESUTILITY COSTSVEHICLESWELLHEAD PRICEWELLHEAD PRICESWELLSWORLD ENERGYWorld Bank10.1596/2863