(BOE Report) – Japan Petroleum Exploration said on Thursday it will acquire all equity interests in four Fundare companies holding tight oil and gas assets in Colorado and Wyoming for about $320 million. * The acquisition, expected to close in the October-December quarter, follows the purchase of adjacent Verdad Resources assets in February and is expected to lower costs through
(Oil Price) – As nuclear energy gains momentum amid energy security concerns and spiking power demand, global annual investment is seriously lagging the spending needed to reach the current capacity expansion goals, the nuclear industry’s main body, the World Nuclear Association, said in a report on Wednesday. A major nuclear revival is underway in Europe and the United States amid efforts to boost
(Oil Price) – JERA, the biggest Japanese LNG importer and largest power producer, is studying a potential listing in the United States as part of a plan to boost its international footprint, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter. The unlisted JERA has launched a feasibility study to assess potential investor demand and the U.S. market conditions and
(Oil Price) – Japan is readying a $10-billion financial support package for Southeast Asian economies to help them procure crude oil amid the supply shock from the Middle East, Japanese news outlet NHK reports. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to unveil the package on Wednesday at an online summit meeting of the Asia Zero Emission Community plus, or
(BOE Report) – U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran not to charge tolls on ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, as a mounting global energy crisis prompted Japan on Friday to announce a further emergency oil release. The Iran war has damaged Gulf energy production, stranded tanker traffic, and boosted oil prices by about 50% in the world’s worst energy
(BOE Report) – Oil prices have soared while share markets have skidded on fears that the escalating U.S.-Israeli war on Iran will squeeze energy supplies and hamstring industries around the world. Following are actions that governments are taking or plan to take to reduce the impact of the war on their economies. SOUTH KOREA PLANS FUEL CAP South Korean President
(Oil Price) – Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Co. will today restart its first nuclear reactor after the Fukushima disaster. Reactor #6 at the Kashiwasaki Kariwa power plant will be switched on after 7 pm local time, Bloomberg reported, citing a company news release. The reactor has a capacity of 1.36 GW, Reuters noted in a report on the news. Kashiwasaki Kariwa is the world’s
(World Oil)– Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX) has approved the acquisition of U.S. tight oil and gas assets through the purchase of all equity interests in Verdad Resources Intermediate Holdings LLC, marking a significant expansion of its North American upstream portfolio. The transaction will be executed via Peoria Resources Acquisition Company, LLC, an overseas subsidiary managed by Peoria Resources,
(BOE Report)– Japan Petroleum Exploration said on Thursday it will acquire Verdad Resources Intermediate Holdings LLC (VRIH), which owns tight oil and gas assets in the U.S. for $1.3 billion in its largest-ever deal. JAPEX will buy VRIH, which holds assets in Colorado and Wyoming, from Verdad Resources Feeder LLC using a mix of its own funds and debt. The
(BOE Report)– Tokyo Gas, Japan’s top city gas provider, plans to direct more than half of the 350 billion yen ($2.3 billion) it has earmarked for overseas investments over the next three years to the U.S. to drive growth, CEO Shinichi Sasayama said. In October, Tokyo Gas unveiled a plan to invest up to 1.3 trillion yen in the years
(Oil Price)– TotalEnergies is partnering with several Japanese firms to develop the Live Oak project in Nebraska—a facility to produce electric natural gas (e-NG), synthetic gas produced from renewable hydrogen and CO2, the French supermajor said on Tuesday. TotalEnergies has signed a Joint Development and Operating Agreement that grants Japanese energy firms Osaka Gas, Toho Gas, and ITOCHU a combined 33%
(BOE Report) – Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to push for the accelerated revival of nuclear power to tackle inflation, a source of public discontent, with reactor restarts key to reducing costly fuel imports. Takaichi has appointed Ryosei Akazawa, who was Japan’s point person in its recent tariff deal with the U.S., as trade and industry minister
