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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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Keiichi Konaga

Vice Minister of International Trade and Industry = June 19, 1984, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images, Due to the age of the photo, the surface may be faded or scratched. Titles are as of the time the photo was taken.

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Keiichi Konaga

Director-General of the Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) = December 10, 1982, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images, Due to the age of the photo, the surface may be faded or scratched. Titles are as of the time the photo was taken.

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Keiichi Konaga

Vice Minister of International Trade and Industry = June 19, 1984, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images, Due to the age of the photo, the surface may be faded or scratched. Titles are as of the time the photo was taken.

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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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JH President Fujii wants open hearing on his dismissal

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiro Konaga, lawyer for Japan Highway Public Corp. (JH) President Haruho Fujii, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14. Konagasa said that Fujii wants the hearing that the government will hold as a step toward relieving him of his duties to be open rather than closed. (Kyodo)

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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.