Company History
History Of Nippon Oil Exploration Limited
Date | History of Nippon Oil Exploration Limited Main Business Developments | Date | History of Mitsubishi Oil Co., Ltd. Main Business Developments |
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1888 | May | Nippon Oil established | |||
1931 | February | Mitsubishi Oil established | |||
1990 | November | Malaysia: Discovered Helang gas field in Block SK10 | |||
1991 | June | Established Nippon Oil Exploration (Asia) Limited | |||
1992 | December | Myanmar: Discovered Yetagun gas field in Block M-12/13/14 | |||
1994 | June | Vietnam: Discovered Rang Dong oil field in Block 15-2 | |||
1997 | February | Indonesia: Discovered Vorwata gas field in Berau Block | |||
November | Changed trade name from Nisseki Asia Oil Development Co., Ltd. to Nippon Oil Exploration Limited | ||||
1998 | August | Vietnam Production commenced at Rang Dong oil field | |||
1999 | April | Nippon Oil Corporation and Mitsubishi Oil Co., Ltd. merged and changed trade name to Nisseki Mitsubishi Co., Ltd. | |||
2000 | May | Myanmar: Production commenced at Yetagun gas field | |||
2001 | October | Oil and natural gas exploration business succeeded by Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Limited following a company split | |||
Date | History of Nippon Oil Exploration Limited Main Business Developments | ||||
2002 | June | Nisseki Mitsubishi Co., Ltd. changed trade name to Nippon Oil Corporation | |||
2003 | November | Malaysia: Production commenced At Helang gas field | |||
2005 | June | Vietnam: Achieved total production of 100 million barrels at Rang Dong oil field | |||
2006 | February | Vietnam: Rang Dong oil field associated gas recovery and utilization project was registered as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol (CERs issued in February 2008) | |||
2008 | March | Papua New Guinea: Signed joint venture agreement for LNG project | |||
July | Vietnam: Achieved total production of 150 million barrels at Rang Dong oil field | ||||
September | Vietnam: Production commenced at Phuong Dong oil field | ||||
2009 | January | UK: Gas discovery in Culzean prospect Block 22/25a | |||
June | Indonesia: Tangguh LNG project commenced production |