ITOCHU OIL EXPLORATION CO.,LTD.

CORPORATE HISTORY

1970 ITOCHU established Japan Low Sulfur Oil Co., Ltd. (JALOSCO) to conduct hydrocarbon exploration and production activities of offshore Southeast Sumatra (SES) and offshore Northwest Java (ONWJ) in Indonesia
1971 The first production of Cinta crude oil and Ardjuna crude oil
1972 Establishment of C. Itoh Energy Development Co., Ltd. (CIECO) for the exploration of the Vogelkop region in Indonesia
Crude oil discovery in Kasim, Vogelkop
1973 The first production of Walio (Kasim) crude oil
1977 The first shipment of Ardjuna LPG
1984 CIECO merged with JALOSCO
1987 Crude oil discovery in Intan, offshore Southeast Sumatra
1988 Crude oil discovery in Widuri, offshore Southeast Sumatra
1990 Production Sharing Contract with Pertamina for the Kepala Burung block
1991.1. Acquisition of an additional working interest in onshore Vogelkop block
1992.9. Acquisition of an additional working interest in offshore Southeast Sumatra block
1993.1. Commencement of production from Kepala Burung block
1993.2. Acquisition of an additional working interest in offshore Southeast Sumatra block
1993.4. C. Itoh Energy Development Co., Ltd. changed its name to ITOCHU Oil Exploration Co., Ltd.
1993.5. Acquisition of interests in three U.K. North Sea fields (Hutton, Northwest Hutton, and Hudson)
1995.3. Acquisition of shares of Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Co., Ltd.(SODECO)
1996.3. Acquisition of a working interest in Azeri, Chirag, and Deepwater Gunashli, South Caspian, Azerbaijan
1996.7. Acquisition of an additional working interest in Azeri, Chirag, and Deepwater Gunashli, South Caspian, Azerbaijan
1997.11. The first production of Azeri light crude Oil
1998.12. Acquisition of a working interest in Atashkyakh, Yanan Tava, and Mugan Deniz, South Caspian, Azerbaijan
Acquisition of a working interest in block 28/3, U.K. North Sea
2000.7. Acquisition of a working interest in Algeria Ohanet gas field
2002.6. Acquisition of interests in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline project
2003.10. The first production of Algeria Ohanet gas
2004.3. Succession by ITOCHU to the energy resource development business formerly belonging to CIECO
2004.5. Acquisition of a working interest in the Cliff Head oil field, Australia
2005.6. Acquisition of a working interest in the Alba field, the U.K. North Sea
2006.5. The first production from the Cliff Head oil field
2006.6. The first transportation of ACG crude via the BTC Pipeline
2007.1. Acquisition of exploration lease interests in the GoM Texas State Water
2007.3. Acquisition of lease interests in 15 producing fields in the GoM offshore
2007.10. Acquisition of production license interests in the offshore Victoria in the southeast area of Australia
2008.5. Acquisition of exploration blocks in Faroese Continental Shelf
2008.7. Acquisition of exploration blocks in west of Shetland

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