A Japanese company has started an exploratory well for oil and natural gas offshore the Hidaka area of Hokkaido using the Ensco8504 drilling rig.

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Japan has long been seen as a key market for US-produced LNG, but the country is slowly reducing its demand as it restarts nuclear reactors idled after the 2011 earthquake and tsnumai. Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) said the project was commissioned by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry (ANRE).