1914 |
Oil first gushed out of Kurokawa Oil Well No. 5 in Akita Prefecture. |
1921 |
Nippon Oil merged with Hoden Oil. |
1931 |
Mitsubishi Oil established jointly by three Mitsubishi group companies (headquarters, mining, trading) and Associated Oil (later known as Getty Oil) in the United States. |
1933 |
Koa Oil established. |
1941 |
Nippon Oil merged with Ogura Oil. |
1951 |
Nippon Petroleum Refining established jointly by Nippon Oil and Caltex. |
1967 |
Nippon Oil Staging Terminal established. |
1968 |
Tohoku Oil established. |
1973 |
Okinawa CTS established. |
1984 |
All the Getty Oil-owned Mitsubishi Oil shares transferred to Mitsubishi group companies.Business alliance formed between Nippon Oil and Mitsubishi Oil. |
1995 |
Business alliance formed between Nippon Oil and Idemitsu Kosan. |
1996 |
Nippon Oil terminated business alliance with Caltex and acquired a full stake in Nippon Petroleum Refining. |
1998 |
Crude oil production started at Rang Dong Oil Field offshore Vietnam. |
1999 |
Nippon Oil and Mitsubishi Oil merged to form Nisseki Mitsubishi.Business alliance formed between Nisseki Mitsubishi and COSMO Oil. |
2001 |
New Service Station brand ENEOS launched. |
2002 |
Nisseki Mitsubishi Refining, Koa Oil and Tohoku Oil merged into Nippon Petroleum Refining.Nisseki Mitsubishi renamed Nippon Oil. |
2003 |
Natural gas production started offshore Malaysia (Helang Gas Field). |
2004 |
Consignment refining contract signed with China Oil. |
2005 |
Nippon Oil merged with Nippon Petroleum Gas. |
2006 |
Business alliance formed with Japan Energy.Capital tie-up formed with INPEX Holdings.Nippon Petroleum Refining merged with Nippon Petroleum Processing. |
2007 |
Business/capital alliance formed with SK Corporation (South Korea). A memorandum of understanding regarding long-term collaboration with China National Petroleum Corporation is concluded. |
2008 |
Nippon Petroleum Refining merged with Nippon Petrochemicals.ENEOS CELLTECH, a joint company with Sanyo Electric Company for stationary fuel cells, established.Nippon oil conducted a management integration with Kyushu oil.Conclusion of Memorandum on Management Integration with Nippon Mining Holdings. |
2009 |
SANYO ENEOS Solar, a joint company with Sanyo Electric Company for the production and sale of thin-film solar panels, established. |