JAPEX works to fulfill Japan's energy demands amid technology, people challenges

摘要

AS ONE OF Japan's biggest upstream companies, Japan Petroleum Exploration Company (JAPEX) pursues a two-pronged approach to its operations - improving recovery on existing" fields and finding new reserves in frontier areas. In reality, however, JAPEX has been so busy trying to meet Japan's demand for oil and natural gas that it has little time to look for new reserves, said Takahashi Hideaki, general manager of the operations department of JAPEX' s development division. Facing a demand for gas that keeps expanding, JAPEX has devoted most of its resources this year to fulfilling that demand.