Fueling Asia’s Future: The Role of LNG in Energy and Economic Security
Podcast

Fueling Asia’s Future: The Role of LNG in Energy and Economic Security

Podcast with Mikkal E. Herberg, Philip Andrews-Speed, Kurt Glaubitz, and Ken Koyama
August 10, 2025

This episode of Asia Insight was recorded directly following NBR’s annual Energy Security Workshop in Washington, D.C. on July 22, 2025. The podcast features Mikkal Herberg (NBR Advisor and Energy Security Program Research Director) in conversation with Philip Andrews-Speed, Kurt Glaubitz, and Ken Koyama.

The four discuss takeaways from the workshop’s presentations on Asia’s liquified natural gas (LNG) landscape and its implications for regional energy and economic security, while also delving deeper into areas they plan to explore further ahead of NBR’s annual Energy Security Report release in late 2025.

Philip Andrews-Speed is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

Kurt Glaubitz is the Co-Founder of the Asia Natural Gas and Energy Association and Former Corporate Affairs General Manager for the Chevron Corporation, Asia Pacific Exploration and Production.

Mikkal Herberg is a member of NBR’s Board of Advisors and the Research Director of NBR’s Energy Security Program.

Ken Koyama
is Senior Managing Director and Chief Economist in charge of the Research Strategy Unit at The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan.