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US, Russian Energy Majors Join to Push LNG in India, Japan

Oct 25, 2018

Russia's energy major Rosneft and US ExxonMobil plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in a consortium with Indian and Japanese partners, spreading the estimated $15 billion cost, Reuters reported.The report said that  the LNG production…

Japan's Tohoku to Buy Anadarko LNG

Oct 16, 2018

U.S. oil and gas company Anadarko, as operator of Mozambique’s offshore Area 1, has signed a deal for up to 280,000 tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply with Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power company.'Anadarko and our co-venturers…

Japan, Scotland subsea research funding call launched

Dec 04, 2017

UK subsea industry body Subsea UK is working with Scottish Enterprise to promote research and development projects between Japan and Scotland, aimed at solving complex subsea challenges, particularly through use of digital technologies.  The…

OPT launches PowerBuoy off Japan

Apr 24, 2017

An Ocean Power Technologies' PB3 PowerBuoy has been deployed off the coast of Kozu-shima Island in Japan as part of its first lease agreement with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES). The PB3 was shipped to Japan in February and arrived in Tokyo on 18 March…

Inpex hits gas off Japan

Oct 28, 2016

Inpex made a gas find at an exploration well offshore the Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures in Japan. The Transocean M.G. Hulme Jr., from Inpex. The Transocean M.G. Hulme Jr. semisubmersible…

OpenHydro supply tidal turbine to Japan

Jul 27, 2016

TIdal turbine maker OpenHydro, a DCNS company, is part of a consortium which has been selected by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment to supply a tidal turbine system for installation at Naru Strait, Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture. The consortium includes Kyuden Mirai Energy Co…

Inpex spuds well offshore Japan

Jun 07, 2016

Japanese explorer Inpex has started exploration well drilling offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures, Japan. The well is being drilled as part of a project commissioned by Japan's Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy…

AWE rejects Lone Star Japan takeover

May 11, 2016

Australia's AWE rejected an unsolicited US$309 million (AU$420 million) takeover bid from US private equity group Lone Star Japan Acquisitions. Lone Star's proposal was to acquire all of the shares in AWE for a cash consideration of $0…

Iran in oil talks with Japan

Aug 10, 2015

Iran said it is ready to negotiate with Japan over the return of the country’s enterprises to its oil projects as well as its upstream industries. Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh told reporters after a meeting with a visiting Japanese…

Inpex to drill off Japan in 2016

Jul 31, 2015

Japan’s Agency of Natural Resources and Energy has chosen Tokyo-based operator Inpex to drill an exploratory well in the country’s offshore waters in the Sea of Japan. Exploratory drilling will take place from May to August 2016, 80-86mi…

Methane hydrate consortium launched

Oct 03, 2014

Eleven Japanese companies including oil and gas exploration firm Inpex have joined forces to create a new firm focused on methane hydrate extraction.  Japan Methane Hydrate Operating Co., (JMH) was formally established 1 October specifically…

Typhoon Neoguri reaches southern Japan

Jul 07, 2014

Typhoon Neoguri originated near Guam early Friday, 4 July, and has developed into the first superstorm of the season along the Pacific rim. It is now battering Japan's small southern islands (the Ryukyu Islands, known in Japan as the Nansei Islands)…

Oil tanker explodes off western Japan

Jun 03, 2014

An oil tanker exploded and sank off the coast of Himeji, western Japan, on 29 May 2014. The mid-morning explosion and fire aboard the 998 tonne fuel tanker Shoko-Maru sent towering columns of smoke into the sky.  The ship is owned by Syoho Shipping Co…

Ramform Atlas named in Japan

Jan 24, 2014

Petroleum Geophysical Services ASA (PGS) has launched its second Ramform Titan class vessel, the Ramform Atlas, at a naming ceremony in Nagasaki, Japan today. The vessel will typically tow a network of several hundred thousand recording sensors over an area greater than 12sq km…

OPT to design PowerBuoy system

Nov 01, 2013

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. has received a US$2.6 million contract from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The contract is to provide the final design and supply of key components of a PowerBuoy system intended for deployment…

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