Project Profile
Location: 20 km south-east of the city of Niigata, Japan
Production: 300-380 bpd (June, 2015)
Start-up year: 2004
The Minami-Kuwayama field lies about 20 kilometres south-east of the city of Niigata and has produced roughly 1 million barrels of oil since 2004. In June 2015, Inpex started carrying out drilling at the field in the hope of tripling production which currently averages between 300 and 380 barrels per day. On the 25th of June, Inpex hit oil while carrying out exploration drilling at the Minami-Kuwayama oilfield in Japan\'s Niigata Prefecture. The Minami-Kuwayama-3 well had hit a 24-metre oil column at a depth of roughly 3,900 metres. Wireline logs and samples confirmed the well would be capable of producing oil.
Operators:
Inpex: Operator with 100% interest