Japan

During his visit to Alaska, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum promised to reverse a decision by the previous administration and “free up” 13 million acres of land—out of a total of 23 million acres—for oil and gas production. Joe Biden had previously designated these lands as “special zones.” Companies such …

Donald Trump is encouraging Asian countries, including Japan, to participate in the construction of an LNG plant in Alaska, under the pretext of reducing the trade deficit. However, Japanese companies are skeptical about the profitability of this project, which is estimated to cost at least 44 billion US dollars, according …

French oil and gas company TotalEnergies and Japan’s INPEX have signed an agreement with PTTEP to acquire PTTEP’s 100% stake in Australia’s AC-RL7 development permit, the companies said in a statement. Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to approval by the relevant authorities, TotalEnergies will acquire a …

Fukui (Japan) hosted today the eighth meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) between Gazprom and the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) under the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The meeting was chaired by the JCC Co-chairmen – Vitaly Markelov Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Hisayoshi Ando, Head of the Natural …

The Gazprom Export headquarters hosted today a working meeting of Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Director General of Gazprom Export with a parliamentary delegation representing the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, with Seiji Maehara, Member of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Party’s Policy Affairs Research Council at the lead. The meeting addressed the current cooperation of Gazprom …