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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…

PGS unveils its Ramform Titan platform in Nagasaki, Japan

Jun 14, 2013

PGS unveiled its Ramform Titan platform in Nagasaki, Japan. The platform has a 70m broad stern and is equipped with 24 streamer reels, 16 reels aligned abreast and 8 reels further forward. “The Ramform Titan will spend her first season working on multi-client projects in the North Sea…

Baker Hughes completes well test off Japan

May 23, 2013

Baker Hughes participated in the first successful marine methane hydrate production test well offshore Japan on March 12, 2013. The test was conducted from a drill ship for the Japan Oil Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) in the Nankai Trough…

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