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TEIKOKU is currently involved in the petroleum business from upstream through downstream, based on the domestic E & P activities as its starting point, with widespread oil/gas fields in the prefectures of Akitas, Niigata, Chiba and Fukushima (Offshore Iwaki). The objective of its main activities is to attach great importance to producing its own natural gas, from the Green Tuff in Niigata located in volcanic rock formation more than 5, 000m in depth, and to supplying such gas through its own pipeline, the most extensive pipeline network in Japan. With such background and objective, TEIKOKU in conscious about shifting “From Oil to Natural Gas” and “From Upstream to Middle & Down Stream (piline business)” in Japan, as the main business of the company. On the other hand, the compbny intends to expand its international business with technical and managerial know-how accumulated in the E & P activities, including the experjences of domestic transactions of natural gas, and in order to meet such a purpose, we reviewed and restructured our international business strategy to establish our mid-to long-term core areas. Here I would like to introduce the current status of TEIKOKU's E & P business in Japan, the technical concerns of the domestic natural gas business, as well as the upcoming perspectives in the international business scene.
