Japan

Japan's Cosmo Oil has come to an agreement with Qatar to develop a new offshore oil field in the south-eastern part of the Middle Eastern country.

Japan's trading company Itochu Corporation has paid AUD246mn (US$209mn) for a 20% stake in the Basker-Manta-Gummy oil and gas project, located off south-eastern Australia. Itochu... 2007-08-10

Japan's Nippon Oil Corporation has announced the discovery of gas and condensate reserves from a deep offshore well in the Layang field in Malaysia. The company plans to begin production... 2007-08-10

Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin II oil and gas project, has signed a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export agreement with Japan's Chubu Electric Power. Under the contract,... 2007-08-03

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akira Amari and Indonesian Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu have agreed to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in August. The countries... 2007-07-06

Japanese oil distributor Nippon Oil and trader Mitsubishi are to spend US$1.2bn to purchase rights to an oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Nikkei Business... 2007-05-11

Japan's Inpex is set to invest US$4bn in the Abadi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia, according to reports in Upstream. The Indonesian upstream regulator BP Migas... 2007-05-08

South Korea and Japan have used the second Ministerial Energy Roundtable in Saudi Arabia to propose that Middle Eastern oil producers build up crude and refined product joint stockpiles... 2007-05-03

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been conducting a tour of Middle Eastern oil and gas producing countries in an attempt to forge closer ties and to secure long-term energy supply... 2007-05-02

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has agreed to lend the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) US$1bn on a concessional basis. The deal will further strengthen... 2007-04-30