Japan
Economy
French major Total is planning to invest US$1.9bn in Indonesia's upstream oil and gas segment this year, according to the company's head of exploration and production (E&P) in...
2008-07-07Economy
Japanese news agency Kyodo News has reported that Japan and China have agreed to jointly explore for natural gas in the disputed East China Sea.
2008-06-18Companies
Japan's leading upstream oil and gas company Inpex has acquired two new exploration permits off the western coast of Australia as part of the country's 2007 bidding round.
2008-05-16Companies
Japan's Nippon Oil and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up an oil refining joint venture (JV) in Japan by...
2008-05-08Economy
US oil major ExxonMobil has reached an agreement with the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) over the fiscal terms of an US$11bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, thereby removing...
2008-04-18Companies
Japan's Mitsui E&P and Toyota Tsusho Gas have acquired 20% and 10% respectively in Blocks WA-378-P, WA-396-P and WA-397-P in Australia's Browse Basin.
2008-04-18Companies
Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Chemicals will join Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) and state-owned PetroVietnam to build a JPY600bn oil refining and petrochemicals complex...
2008-04-01Companies
Indonesia and Japan have come to an agreement over the extension of liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts due to expire in 2010 and 2011. Having been negotiating for years, both parties...
2008-03-31
