Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining to merge Oct. 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Nishio (L), president of Nippon Oil Corp., the largest oil distributor in Japan, and Mitsunori Takahagi (R), president of Nippon Mining Holdings Inc., the country's sixth-largest oil distributor, shake hands during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 4. They announced the two companies will merge their businesses in October 2009 in a move that will create the world's eighth-largest oil company in terms of group sales.

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