Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 30

26-July-2004

Japans Downstream: Restructuring And Global Implications

By James Eastcott

The following article was written for MEES by James Eastcott, member of the Energy Strategy Department, Institute of Enrgy Economics (IEE), Japan.

In recent years the face of the Japanese oil industry has undergone a number of severe changes as a result of the changing economic environment, an aging population, saturated downstream oil market, and greater environmental...