Japan

Japan's Osaka Gas has said that it is holding negotiations with Oman over the sale of a minority stake in its subsidiary Senboku Natural Gas Power Generation Company to Oman... 2008-11-13

Japanese exploration group Inpex has received regulatory approval to acquire half of Royal Dutch Shell's 40% stake in Block BM-C-31 in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The price... 2008-11-05

The Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) has announced that it will sign a US$800mn syndicated loan for the expansion of the Panama Canal.

Turkish state-owned Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi (TPAO) will hold talks with Japanese companies Mitsubishi and Japan Petroleum (Japex) over the formation of a joint venture... 2008-10-17

Japan's Cosmo Oil has announced that it has acquired a 29.5% stake in Block 11 offshore Qatar. Cosmo's wholly-owned subsidiary Cosmo Energy Exploration & Development will... 2008-10-02

Japan's Inpex has decided to build its Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.

Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation has agreed to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the world's first floating gas liquefaction plant - the Progress LNG plant, which will be situated... 2008-08-13

The potential of gas hydrates to meet energy demand in Asia's most import dependent countries has reignited long smouldering tensions between South Korea and Japan over a group of... 2008-08-05

Japanese state-run Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos... 2008-07-22

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... 2008-07-07