This report recommends, as part of a three-level best practice regime, a collaborative international forum through which the great expectations that are held for cross-border natural gas trade and investment within APEC can be realized within a reasonable timeframe. A collaborative forum of the type recommended would facilitate the maintenance of the energy balance of the APEC region.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and Executive Summary
• Chapter 2: An Abundance of Stranded Resources
• Chapter 3: APEC Cross-Border Natural Gas Trade
• Chapter 4: Cross-Border Transportation Options
• Chapter 5: Immature Natural Gas Markets
• Chapter 6: The Paucity of Transportation Infrastructure
• Chapter 7: The Challenges of Project Scale, Cost and Financing
• Chapter 8: Wide Variations in Policies, Regulatory Regimes and Pricing Practices
• Chapter 9: Investment Protection
• Chapter 10: Concerns Specific to Gas Supply by Pipelines
• Chapter 11: Concerns Specific to LNG Supply
• Chapter 12: Towards Best Practice: International Collaboration, "Industry Vision" in Individual Economies and a "Total Package" Approach in Individual Projects
• Appendices