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Preservation of Japanese petroleum exploration heritage
Aramco Asia Japan (AAJ) supports “Sekiyu no Sekaikan,” meaning "Petroleum Museum," located in Akiha-ku (the former Niitsu), Niigata, 300km northwest of Tokyo. It is Japan's only museum that specializes in oil industry.
It is barely known that Japan, whose degree of dependence on imported oil nowadays exceeds 99%, was once an energy self-sufficient country. In fact, while Saudi Aramco first discovered commercial quantity of oil in 1938, the first drilling of oil in Niigata dates back in 1600s, three centuries earlier.
AAJ's invitation to a partnership was in recognition of the local government's effort to promote history and culture of oil by treasuring and documenting the heritage of oil industry and the people engaged.
Yaichi Nakahara (right), mayor of Niigata city, and Omar Al Amudi , representative director of Aramco Asia Japan, shake hands after signing the agreement.
On October 24, Aramco Japan attended to the reopening ceremony of "Sekiyu no Sekaikan (Petroleum Museum)." Aramco’s donation to the City of Niigata, the owner of the museum, fully supported this renovation.
AAJ representative director Omar M. Al Amudi discusses the exhibits with members of the Petroleum Museum.
Sekiyu no Sekaikan (“Petroleum Museum” in Japanese language) located in Niigata, the birthplace of Japan’s oil industry.
Various exhibits give insight into the history of Japanese petroleum exploration.
Old oil storage tanks covered by bricks.
A sophisticated two-thirds scale model of christmas tree, a piece of equipment that provides flow control on a oil well.
A layer containing oil sands is still available near the museum.
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