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Japan upstream summary

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12 November 2021

Japan upstream summary

Report summary

The country relies heavily on LNG and oil imports to meet its energy needs - In 2020, Japan produced 3.2 million barrels of oil in total, making up 0.3% of the country's oil supply. Gas production in 2020 was 81.2 billion cubic feet, around 2.2% of the total gas supply. Japan was the world's largest LNG importer until it was overtaken by China in 2021.Hydrocarbon production is mainly from Niigata in the west and Hokkaido in the north - The country's largest gas producing field, ...

Table of contents

  • Executive summary
  • Key facts
  • Location maps
  • Key companies
    • Geology Introduction
      • Tectonic setting
      • Sedimentary Basins
      • Stratigraphy and volcanic reservoirs
    • Licensing
    • Drilling
      • Drilling activity
      • Unconventional hydrocarbons
      • Success rates
      • Future drilling plans
  • Reserves and resources
    • Oil/liquids
    • Gas
    • Introduction
    • Oil infrastructure
    • Gas infrastructure
      • Import Pipelines
      • Transportation Tariffs
      • Rail and trucked LNG
      • Gas Storage
    • Capital costs
      • Capital expenditure by location
    • Key legislation
    • Gas Market regulations
    • Gas Sector Reforms
    • Draft of Japan's 6th Strategic Energy Plan
    • Tariffs
      • Gas Pricing
    • Regulatory body
    • State oil company
    • State participation
    • Licensing
    • Overview
      • Upstream
      • Mid/Downstream
    • Current fiscal terms
      • State Equity Participation
      • Indirect Taxes
      • Royalty and Other Production Taxes
    • Product Pricing
      • Liquids Pricing
      • Gas Pricing
    • Corporate (or Petroleum) Income Tax
      • Tax Rate
    • Sample Cash Flows

Tables and charts

This report includes 17 images and tables including:

  • Key facts: Table 1
  • Country Map
  • Reserves and resources: Table 1
  • Map
  • Production: Table 1
  • Production: Table 2
  • Liquids Production
  • Production: Table 3
  • Production: Table 4
  • Gas Production
  • Gas Infrastructure Map
  • Fiscal terms: Table 1
  • Fiscal terms: Table 2
  • GEM models
  • Map of Basins
  • Costs: Table 1
  • Costs: Table 2

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