JAPEX specializes in E&P (Exploration & Production), which includes exploration, development/production, transportation and marketing of oil and natural gas. The business can be compared to the flow of a river; the exploration and development/production phases referred to as “upstream”, transportation as “midstream”, and marketing as “downstream”. After being extracted from the ground, oil and gas are transported and sold to power companies, gas companies and oil refineries, where they will be used in everyday life. E&P is the very source of the flow of energy.
Since our foundation in 1955, JAPEX has discovered numerous oil and gas fields, and continues to be a leading company in Japanese E&P industry. Our main fields of operation are in Hokkaido, Akita, Yamagata and Niigata. We supply our domestic resources to the local community, fulfilling our mission of providing a stable supply of energy. To this day, the domestic operations remain the core of our business.
