On February29, 2004, Petroleum Group and Metals Group are integrated as JapanOil, Gas andMetalsNationalCorporation(JOGMEC), responsible for managingJapan's petroleum reserve.
The Times report describes a letter recently sent by a coalition of funds to the following foreign oil companies doing business in Iran: Royal Dutch Shell, Total of France, Repsol of Spain, Eni of Italy, Gazprom of Russia, the China National Petroleum Corporation, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India and Inpex Corporation of Japan.