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Japan will begin test drilling for oil and gas off Niigata coast in 2013

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Commercialization could begin as early as 2023. The government previously conducted drilling surveys off the coast of Niigata in fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2004, but it was unable to confirm reserves viable for commercialization. Location of Sado Island in the Sea of Japan. Click to enlarge. and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp.

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