Competition and cooperation in the natural gas market: a game-theoretic demand-base analysis.
This paper aims to explore various possibilities in the evolving global gas market by constructing game-theoretical models involving the major players: Russia and Qatar exporting gas to the Asia-Pacific and Europe, respectively. We explore a series of hypothetical scenarios based on competitive and...
| Published in: | Asia Europe Journal Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 21 - 50 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=153438455&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 153438455 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16102932 V96 jtl: Asia Europe Journal issn: 16102932 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2021 Supplement 1 vid: 19 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 153438455 10.1007/s10308-021-00615-5 ppf: 21 ppct: 29 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 679KB tig: atl: Competition and cooperation in the natural gas market: a game-theoretic demand-base analysis. aug: au: Chang, Youngho Trang, Dang Thi Quynh Tan, Tsiat Siong Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad affil: Singapore University of Social Sciences, 463 Clementi Road, 599494, Singapore, Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan su: Qatar Russia Cooperation Monopolies Natural gas Market leaders sug: subj: Cooperation Monopolies Qatar Russia Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas Natural Gas Distribution Natural gas Market leaders ab: This paper aims to explore various possibilities in the evolving global gas market by constructing game-theoretical models involving the major players: Russia and Qatar exporting gas to the Asia-Pacific and Europe, respectively. We explore a series of hypothetical scenarios based on competitive and collusive settings for the Asia-Pacific LNG market and based on Qatar's export route to the European gas market. The scenarios that are examined are (1) Russia as the follower and Qatar as the leader in a Stackelberg game; (2) Russia and Qatar as Cournot competitors; (3) collaboration between Russia and Qatar as bilateral monopolies; (4) Qatar exporting gas to European borders; (5) Qatar exporting gas to the last transit country; and (6) Qatar transporting gas to the Turkish border under a multi-pricing scheme. Demand is estimated under each scenario to simulate the respective export volumes, prices and quantities, and profit in each scenario. By exploring these market interactions, we find that it is essential for Russia to strike a deal with Qatar in the Asian market and accelerate their gas production in order to compete as an LNG market leader. Russia is likely to benefit more if it can link with Qatar to act as a monopoly on their segmental demand curve. On the other hand, Qatar's profit is expected to be higher under the scenario when Qatar sells all the gas to the last transit country as the sole demand point instead of passing through transit countries. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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