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Nippon Oil

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
Public KK
Traded as :
Industry Oil and gasoline
Founded 1888
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Fumiaki Watari, CEO
Shinji Nishio, President
Products Petroleum
Petrochemical
Fuel
Revenue Increase ¥ 7,523.990 billion JPY (FY 2008)
Increase ¥ 148.306 billion JPY (FY 2008)
Number of employees
13,290 (2007)
Parent JX Holdings
Website www.eneos.co.jpwww.eneos.us

The JX Nippon Oil & Energy Co. (JXエネルギー株式会社 JX Enerugī Kabushiki-gaisha?, : ), or NOC or Shin-Nisseki (新日石) is a Japanese petroleum company. Its businesses include the exploration, importation, and refining of crude oil; the manufacture and sale of petroleum products, including fuels and lubricants; and other energy-related activities.

Its products are sold under the brand name ENEOS, which is also the name used for its service stations. It is the largest oil company in Japan, and in recent years it has been expanding its operations in other countries.

Nippon Oil is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu.

The company was established 1888 as the "Nippon Oil" (日本石油 Nihon Sekiyu?), or "Nisseki" (日石) for short. In 1999, the company merged with and absorbed the former "Mitsubishi Oil" (三菱石油 Mitsubishi Sekiyu?). The merged company was called "Nippon Mitsubishi Oil" (日石三菱 Nisseki Mitsubishi?) until 2002, when it adopted its present name.


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