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Yemen's Houthis claim fresh attack on British oil tanker in Gulf of Aden

STORY: Yemen's Houthis claim fresh attack on British oil tanker in Gulf of Aden SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi military spokesman STORYLINE: Yemen's Houthi armed group on Friday said it has launched a new missile attack on a British oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, setting it on fire. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YAHYA SAREA, Houthi military spokesman "In support for the Palestinian people in Gaza, and in response to the U.S.-British aggression against our country, our forces today (Friday) targeted a British oil vessel (Marlin Luanda) in the Gulf of Aden, with several marine missiles and caused a fire on the ship. We will continue targeting Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea until Israel ends its war on Gaza. Our forces have taken all military procedures to defend Yemen and to support Palestine." Earlier in the day, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO

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Summer camp for Saudi students in China opens in Qingdao

STORY: Summer camp for Saudi students in China opens in Qingdao DATELINE: July 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the summer camp STORYLINE: A summer camp for Saudi students studying in China recently opened in east China's Qingdao. The camp is jointly organized by China's Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. and Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). During the three-week program, the Saudi students will stay in Qingdao and north China's Tianjin to take courses, do training, and participate in other activities. The summer camp is also a chance to deepen intercultural communications and the friendship between China and Saudi Arabia. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China. (XHTV)

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Arabian Oil to withdraw from oilfield development business

TOKYO, Japan - Arabian Oil Co. President Kazutoshi Hoyano (R) and Fumio Sekiya, president of its parent AOC Holdings Inc., hold a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. Arabian Oil will virtually withdraw from its long-standing oilfield development activities and significantly scale down operations, the parent company said the same day.

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Japan minister in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi meet in Riyadh on Jan. 8, 2012.

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Major countries united in Saudi Arabia over high oil prices

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi (C) speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Jeddah on June 22. Major oil exporting and consuming countries agreed in their meeting earlier in the day that it is necessary to step up collaborative measures to address record-high crude prices, which pose a serious challenge to the world economy, with Saudi Arabia expressing readiness to boost its output capacity. At 2nd from R is Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.

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Japan offers oil storage facilities for use of Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) talks with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah in Riyadh on April 28. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese tanker that collided with U.S. sub arrives in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - The Japanese supertanker Mogamigawa that collided with a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in the Arabian Sea about two weeks ago arrived in Singapore on Jan. 21 to unload its cargo of oil.

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Japan asks Saudi Arabia for stable oil supply

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) shakes hands with Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi in Tokyo April 7. Nakagawa called on Saudi Arabia to ensure stable oil supplies.

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Arabian Oil, Kuwait reach oil drilling deal

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichi Konaga, president of Arabian Oil Co., Japan's leading crude oil producer, said March 27 in Tokyo that the company has struck a deal with the Kuwaiti government to continue operations in Kuwait's Khafji oil field after it loses concessions there in January next year.

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Arabian Oil, Fuji Oil to unite under holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Arabian Oil Co. President Keiichi Konaga (L) and Fuji Oil Co. President Michio Sakuma shake hands after agreeing to integrate operations under a joint holding company to be set up in January 2003.

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Hiranuma, Kuwaiti oil minister meet

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (R) shakes hands with Kuwaiti Oil Minister Adil Khalid al-Subih on July 7. Subih agreed to allow Japan's Arabian Oil Co. to extend its operational rights at the Khafji oil field.

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Japan seeks to reopen talks on Saudi Arabian oil concession

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) meets Saudi Arabia's Second Deputy Prime Minister Prince Sultan in Jiddah on July 4. Hiranuma asked Prince Sultan to reopen negotiations on drilling rights lost last year by Arabian Oil Co., a Japanese company.

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Kuwait official details new form of Arabian Oil contract

VIENNA, Austria - Kuwaiti Oil Minister Adel al-Subaih speaks to reporters in Vienna on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Al-Subaih said a new drilling contract for Arabian Oil Co. would give the Japanese firm operational rights, but not rights of possession in extracting oil from Kuwaiti fields.

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Obuchi meets Kuwaiti first deputy premier

Japan's Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) shakes hands with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber as-Sabah at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 26. Obuchi expressed hope Kuwait would renew oil-drilling rights for Arabian Oil Co., Japan's largest oil producer, off its Persian Gulf coast beyond the expiration in 2002 of its contract. Sabah, also minister of foreign affairs, is making a five-day visit to Japan through Oct. 29.

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SAUDI ARABIA-DHAHRAN-IKTVA-FORUM AND EXHIBITION

(220125) -- DHAHRAN, Jan. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at a booklet during the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2022. The 6th edition of the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition organized by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) kicks off on Monday and will last till Jan. 26. (Photo by Mohamed Nasr/Xinhua)

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SAUDI ARABIA-DHAHRAN-IKTVA-FORUM AND EXHIBITION

(220125) -- DHAHRAN, Jan. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors walk past the booth of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) during the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2022. The 6th edition of the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition organized by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) kicks off on Monday and will last till Jan. 26. (Photo by Mohamed Nasr/Xinhua)

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SAUDI ARABIA-DHAHRAN-IKTVA-FORUM AND EXHIBITION

(220125) -- DHAHRAN, Jan. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at a smart lighting system during the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2022. The 6th edition of the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition organized by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) kicks off on Monday and will last till Jan. 26. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou)

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SAUDI ARABIA-DHAHRAN-IKTVA-FORUM AND EXHIBITION

(220125) -- DHAHRAN, Jan. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces a smart lighting system to a visitor during the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2022. The 6th edition of the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition organized by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) kicks off on Monday and will last till Jan. 26. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou)

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SAUDI ARABIA-DHAHRAN-IKTVA-FORUM AND EXHIBITION

(220125) -- DHAHRAN, Jan. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A visitor interacts with a robot dog during the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2022. The 6th edition of the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition organized by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) kicks off on Monday and will last till Jan. 26. (Xinhua/Wang Haizhou)

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SAUDI ARABIA-DHAHRAN-IKTVA-FORUM AND EXHIBITION

(220125) -- DHAHRAN, Jan. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors listen to a lecture during the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2022. The 6th edition of the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition organized by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) kicks off on Monday and will last till Jan. 26. (Photo by Mohamed Nasr/Xinhua)

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SAUDI ARABIA-DHAHRAN-IKTVA-FORUM AND EXHIBITION

(220125) -- DHAHRAN, Jan. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A visitor listens to an introduction at a booth during the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2022. The 6th edition of the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition organized by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) kicks off on Monday and will last till Jan. 26. (Photo by Mohamed Nasr/Xinhua)

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SAUDI ARABIA-DHAHRAN-IKTVA-FORUM AND EXHIBITION

(220125) -- DHAHRAN, Jan. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces a smart lighting system to a visitor during the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 24, 2022. The 6th edition of the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) Forum and Exhibition organized by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) kicks off on Monday and will last till Jan. 26. (Photo by Mohamed Nasr/Xinhua)

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Arabian Oil, Fuji Oil to unite under holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Arabian Oil Co. President Keiichi Konaga (L) and Fuji Oil Co. President Michio Sakuma shake hands after agreeing to integrate operations under a joint holding company to be set up in January 2003.

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Arabian Oil, Kuwait reach oil drilling deal

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichi Konaga, president of Arabian Oil Co., Japan's leading crude oil producer, said March 27 in Tokyo that the company has struck a deal with the Kuwaiti government to continue operations in Kuwait's Khafji oil field after it loses concessions there in January next year.

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Major countries united in Saudi Arabia over high oil prices

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi (C) speaks during a news conference at a hotel in Jeddah on June 22. Major oil exporting and consuming countries agreed in their meeting earlier in the day that it is necessary to step up collaborative measures to address record-high crude prices, which pose a serious challenge to the world economy, with Saudi Arabia expressing readiness to boost its output capacity. At 2nd from R is Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency. (Kyodo)

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Hiranuma, Kuwaiti oil minister meet

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (R) shakes hands with Kuwaiti Oil Minister Adil Khalid al-Subih on July 7. Subih agreed to allow Japan's Arabian Oil Co. to extend its operational rights at the Khafji oil field.

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Saudi oil minister speaks to reporters before OPEC meeting

Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi speaks to reporters before a general meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna on June 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese tanker that collided with U.S. sub arrives in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - The Japanese supertanker Mogamigawa that collided with a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in the Arabian Sea about two weeks ago arrived in Singapore on Jan. 21 to unload its cargo of oil. (Kyodo)

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Japan minister in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi meet in Riyadh on Jan. 8, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Abe, leading Saudi prince meet to discuss economic vision plan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets with Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2016, to discuss ways Japan can contribute to realization of the growth strategy through which the kingdom is aiming to diversify its heavily oil-dependent economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, leading Saudi prince meet to discuss economic vision plan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) meets with Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (2nd from L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2016, to discuss ways Japan can contribute to realization of the growth strategy through which the kingdom is aiming to diversify its heavily oil-dependent economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan asks Saudi Arabia for stable oil supply

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (L) shakes hands with Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi in Tokyo April 7. Nakagawa called on Saudi Arabia to ensure stable oil supplies. (Kyodo)

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Japan seeks to reopen talks on Saudi Arabian oil concession

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma (L) meets Saudi Arabia's Second Deputy Prime Minister Prince Sultan in Jiddah on July 4. Hiranuma asked Prince Sultan to reopen negotiations on drilling rights lost last year by Arabian Oil Co., a Japanese company.

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Kuwait official details new form of Arabian Oil contract

VIENNA, Austria - Kuwaiti Oil Minister Adel al-Subaih speaks to reporters in Vienna on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Al-Subaih said a new drilling contract for Arabian Oil Co. would give the Japanese firm operational rights, but not rights of possession in extracting oil from Kuwaiti fields.

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Arabian Oil to cut Japanese workforce by 45%

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichi Konaga, president of Japan's Arabian Oil Co., announces in Tokyo on March 6 that the company will cut its Japanese workforce by 45% this month as part of its operational restructuring following the loss of its oil drilling concessions in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 27. Arabian Oil's operations in the Khafji oil field have been halved, limiting them to the part of the field controlled by Kuwait.

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Arabian Oil loses drilling rights in Saudi Arabia

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichi Konaga, president of Japan's Arabian Oil Co., tells reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 28 that the company had lost oil drilling concessions in Saudi Arabia when the deadline for renewal expired at 6 a.m. Japan time the same day. As a result, Arabian Oil's operations in the Khafji oil field will be reduced by half, limiting them to a part of the field controlled by Kuwait.

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Arabian Oil chief speaks on his Saudi visit

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichi Konaga, president of Japan's Arabian Oil Co., speaks to reporters Feb. 23 after reporting to International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya on his visit to Saudi Arabia last week. Konaga said Arabian Oil will continue efforts to reach a settlement on renewal of its drilling rights in the Khafji oil field between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

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Talks on Arabian Oil drilling rights continue

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (L) have informal talks with Saudi Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Ibrahim al-Nuaimi (2nd from R) over lunch at a ''soba'' (buckwheat noodle) restaurant in Tokyo on Feb. 16. Fukaya asked al-Nuaim to seriously consider any new proposal to be made by Tokyo-based Arabian Oil Co. to have its oil drilling rights renewed.

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Japan's trade minister seeks Saudi's oil rights

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Japan's trade minister Takashi Fukaya (L) meets with Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ibrahim al-Nuaimi in Saudi capital Riyadh on Jan. 15 in a bid to persuade Saudi Arabia to renew oil-drilling rights for Tokyo-based Arabian Oil Co. Arabian Oil's drilling rights in the Khafji oil field off the former neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait expire at the end of February.

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Obuchi meets Kuwaiti first deputy premier

Japan's Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) shakes hands with Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber as-Sabah at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 26. Obuchi expressed hope Kuwait would renew oil-drilling rights for Arabian Oil Co., Japan's largest oil producer, off its Persian Gulf coast beyond the expiration in 2002 of its contract. Sabah, also minister of foreign affairs, is making a five-day visit to Japan through Oct. 29. ==Kyodo