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Asian growth straining oil supplies, experts caution

RESOURCES Representatives to the regional oil and gas summit said governments will have to start reducing red tape to deal with Asia's growing appetite for energy

AFP , KUALA LUMPUR

"The US$40 a barrel range will continue for some time. I don't see that coming down," he said.

Robin West, chairman of US-based consultancy group PFC Energy, said violence in the Middle East had created growing interest in energy projects in Asia, especially China, but the region must first deregulate its markers.

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