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The Workshop on Energy Statistics in APEC Region was held on 8 and 9 July 2002 at Royal Park Hotel in Tokyo organized by the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan and sponsored by The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Kenichi Matsui, Councillor of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan and Chair of the APEC Expert Group on Energy Data and Analysis. Representatives from Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; New Zealand; Peru; Philippines; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; U.S.A. and Vietnam attended the meeting. A list of representatives to the meeting is provided in Annex 1.
Main discussion items were
- Monthly Oil Data
- Quarterly Energy Data
- CO2 Emission Data
- Annual Energy Data(Coal Data, Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Data, Gas Data, Electricity Data, Non-Commercial Energy Data)
- Ways to Improve Energy Statistics
1. Monthly Oil Data
The Coordinating Agency (hereafter: CA) presented the current situation of the Monthly Oil Data Collection Exercise and pointed out problems in terms of timeliness, completeness and quality. Although each member economy has its own difficulties in collecting the data, it is indicated that all participants are working to improve the situation. Those member economies that currently do not submit the M-1 data are encouraged to do so having possible assistance from the CA. Japan and possibly U.S.A. will provide a paper on the estimation methodology they apply to M-1 data and this paper will be distributed to other member economies. The CA asked member economies who use metric tons to provide the conversion factors from metric ton to liter or barrel. Regarding the common unit, the CA will use Kl until the concerned international organizations will reach agreement. If the international organizations will not reach agreement in near future, this issue will be discussed again. Some member economies pointed out that commitment at a high level of government is important to carry this exercise.
2. Quarterly Energy Data
The CA presented the current situation of quarterly energy data collection and pointed out that some member economies did not submit data regularly and that there were inconsistencies in the data submitted. To improve the quality of data, participants agreed to check their data submissions after the meeting. Regarding the definition of "Crude Oil", the CA agreed to determine whether it includes NGL and condensates and the result will be reported to each member economy. For Power Generation of the Quarterly Data, the CA proposed to collect only data for gross electricity generation and will not collect data for own use and losses, which are asked in the case of Annual data. This proposal was accepted.
3. CO2 Emission Data
Member economies who have not submitted CO2 emission data are requested to submit them as soon as possible. CA explained the method to estimate CO2 emission data and agreed to help member economies to provide the data. The CA will provide software to calculate CO2 emission figure to some member economies. It is reconfirmed that the national data submitted is prioritized and the estimated data by the CA is used only for those economies who do not supply national data.
4. Annual Energy Data
The CA reported that annual data for Supply and Demand are submitted by almost all member economies, but the data for Final Energy Consumption by sector and data for Energy Price has not been submitted by nearly half of the member economies. Member economies are encouraged to improve the situation. It was pointed out that the use of different definitions by the CA caused confusion and the CA agreed to produce a new and single definition and this new definition will be distributed to member economies. The definitions will include references to the source publications used to derive the definitions. The CA will provide the data validation program to some member economies. The CA requested that member economies check the transformation balance of input and output and supply and demand.
4.1 Coal Data
The CA reported that the quality of coal data is generally poor, especially in the coal transformation and gas recovering sector. Some of the member economies reported only the data for total coal and had not disaggregated the data into Hard Coal, Anthracite, Bituminous and so on. It was also reported that the data discrepancy between supply and demand is obviously too large for some member economies. It was pointed out that a high loss ratio of transformation is found in some member economies, while a transformation gain is found in other economies.
4.2 Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Data
All member economies are reporting the data for total Crude Oil, but data on NGL and condensate is reported only by half of member economies. The data for Petroleum Products, Naphtha, Jet Fuel and LPG are relatively poorly reported compared with MOGAS, Diesel and Fuel Oil. In time series data, the fluctuations are too large for some member economies. It was also reported that in some member economies, there are inconsistencies in the data submitted.
4.3 Gas Data
After presenting the details of gas processing, the CA proposed that member economies should divide the current gas processing sector into 4 categories, i.e., Gas Works, Vaporization and enrichment, Liquefaction, and Gas recovering, and divide Town gas into Gas works gas and Natural gas. The purpose of such divisions is to reflect specific situation in each member economy and achieve common concept of Town gas and Natural gas. Member economies expressed concern that the proposed categories required further consideration and it was agreed that member economies would consider this proposal further and that the issue would be raised for discussion at the next data workshop.
4.4 Electricity Data
The CA presented quality of electricity data issues identified in member economy submissions. The CA requested that member economies submit electricity generation data by fuel type as much as possible and review the definition of auto-producer and calculation of thermal efficiencies and submit data if data is in error. Member economies noted standard value for geothermal efficiency used for reporting purposes is 10 %.
4.5 Non-Commercial Energy Data
The CA presented the current situation of submission of non-commercial energy. The CA requested that member economies submit more complete non-commercial energy data in timely manner. It was requested that the CA to provide a definition on non-commercial energy and circulate it to member economies.
5. Ways to Improve Energy Statistics
The CA presented a review of methods of improvement of data submissions to the CA. These improvements included: a. format & definition. b. timeliness of data submissions. c. completeness. d. quality. e. cooperation.
The CA stressed the importance of ensuring all definitions are clear and provided to member economies for all required data categories. It was noted that timeliness of data submissions was important and that member economies should advise the CA as difficulties are encountered. It was also noted the importance of data quality and the cooperation between the CA and reporting member economies.
Member economies discussed various data issues and the CA agreed to provide member economies with revised and single definitions by the end of July 2002.
U.S.A. noted the value of the data workshop which had provided all member economies with an excellent opportunity to discuss and resolve data issues, including improving communication between member economies. All member economies agreed. All member economies supported the proposal to hold another data workshop in the near future to further resolve outstanding issues and to improve the reporting of energy statistics in the APEC Region.
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