TOKYO -- Exxon Mobil is downsizing operational staff at Sakhalin-1, an oil production project in Russia's Far East, and is preparing to exit the business, sources from the Japanese government and Exxon told Nikkei.
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Half the oil Japan imports from Russia comes from the Sakhalin-1 project. (Photo courtesy of Exxon Neftegas via Kyodo)
TOKYO -- Exxon Mobil is downsizing operational staff at Sakhalin-1, an oil production project in Russia's Far East, and is preparing to exit the business, sources from the Japanese government and Exxon told Nikkei.