Japan's oil and gas industry got a bit of assurance from Brunei after learning it will receive stable long-term supplies of LNG from the sultanate.The reassurance came after some considerable effort by the Japanese government, including Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama who made a personal request of his counterpart from Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah."I seek your cooperation in the supply of LNG and the development of our friendly bilateral ties," Hatoyama told Bolkiah on the sidelines of a recent Asia-Pacific summit.Bolkiah replied, "We've had a good relationship in the past two decades on the supply of LNG, and there will be no problems with supply in the future."It wa...