Nippon Oil Exploration Limited
Company History
| 1990 | November | Malaysia: Discovered Helang gas field in Block SK10 |
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| December | U.S.A.: Acquired interest in Orchard North gas field | |
| 1991 | June | Established Nippon Oil Exploration (Asia), Limited |
| 1992 | February | Canada: Acquired interest in Syncrude project |
| June | Papua New Guinea: Started production at Kutubu oil field | |
| December | Myanmar: Discovered Yetagun gas field in Block M-12/13/14 | |
| 1992－94 | Malaysia: Discovered Jintan gas field and Serai gas field in Block SK8 | |
| 1994 | January | U.K.: Acquired interests in multiple licences from Petrofina |
| June | Vietnam: Discovered Rang Dong oil field in Block 15-2 | |
| 1996 | December | U.K.: Acquired interest in Magnus field |
| 1997 | February | Indonesia: Discovered Vorwata gas field in Berau Block |
| November | Changed trade name to Nippon Oil Exploration Limited | |
| 1998 | June | Australia: Discovered Mutineer oil field in Block WA-26-L (Subsequently discovered Exeter oil field in adjoining Block WA-27-L) |
| August | Vietnam: Started production at the Rang Dong oil field | |
| 2000 | May | Myanmar: Started production at Yetagun gas field |
| 2002 | August | U.K.: Acquired interests in Brae fields |
| 2003 | November | Malaysia: Started production at Helang gas field |
| 2004 | June September |
Malaysia: Started production at Serai gas field and Jintan gas field |
| 2005 | March | Japan: Acquired shares held by the former Japan National Oil Corporation in four project company (NOEX (Malaysia), NOEX (Sarawak), JVPC, NOEX (Dampier)) |
| March | Australia: Started production at Mutineer-Exeter oil field | |
| April | U.S.A.: Acquired various assets from Devon | |
| June | Vietnam: Rang Dong oil field reached the cumulative oil production of 100 million barrels | |
| September | U.K.: Acquired interests in Blocks 16/3d, 210/18, 210/19a and 210/20a | |
| December | Libya: Acquired interests in Blocks 2-1/2 and 40-3/4 | |
| 2006 | February | Vietnam: Rang Dong oil field associated gas recovery and utilization project was registered as a CDM Project under the Kyoto Protocol (CERs were issued in February 2008) |
| March | Papua New Guinea: Started production at SE Mananda oil field | |
| 2007 | February | U.K: Acquired interests in Blocks 15/23c, 15/24a, 15/28a, 15/29e, 22/25c, 30/3b |
| May | U.S.A: Acquired K2 assets from Anadarko | |
| September | U.K: Started production at Blane oil fields | |
| November | Vietnam: Acquired Block 16-2, offshore Southern Vietnam | |
| December | Malaysia: Acquired Block SK333, onshore Sarawak | |
| December | Thailand: Acquired Block B6/27, offshore Thailand | |
| 2008 | March | Papua New Guinea: Signed the joint venture agreement for LNG project |
| April | Malaysia: Acquired Block PM308A offshore Malay Peninsula | |
| April | U.S.A.: Discovered natural gas in Block WC 552 | |
| July | Japan: Acquired MOC Exploration (U.K.) Limited shares held by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan | |
| July | Vietnam: Rang Dong oil field reached the cumulative oil production 150 million barrels | |
| September | Vietnam: Started production at Phuong Dong oil field | |
| December | Papua New Guinea: Acquired LNG Project and Oil Field Equity assets from AGL Energy | |
| 2009 | January | Papua New Guinea: Acquired Block PPL219, PPL 239 (onshore), PPL234, PPL244 (offshore) |
| January | U.K.: Gas discovery in Culzean prospect in Block 22/25a in the North Sea. | |
| April | U.K.: Started production at West Don oil field | |
| June | Indonesia: Started production at Tangguh project. | |
