Chairman of the Japan Petroleum Federation “Considering support for pipeline expansion in Middle East oil producing countries”

At a regular press conference on the 15th, Kito, chairman of the Japan Petroleum Association, which is made up of major oil distributors, announced his intention to work with the Japanese government to consider supporting efforts by oil-producing countries in the Middle East to strengthen pipelines in order to expand crude oil procurement through routes that do not go through the Strait of Hormuz.