Japan shale success

摘要

Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) has made a significant oil discovery onshore Japan from deep lying shale layers, according to reports. Testing to find oi l trapped in shale layers below the Ayukawa oil and gas field in Akita prefecture in northern Japan proved successful, Reuters reported a Japex official as saying. Japex estimates several million barrels of shale oil are contained in the Ayukawa field.