Abstract
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation and the Nippon GTL Technology Research Association consisting of 6 private Japanese companies such as INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd, COSMO OIL CO., Ltd, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., Ltd and CHIYODA CORPORATION, successfully achieved the goal of establishing JAPAN-GTL Process by 11,000 hours of demonstration operations since April 2009, by using the JAPAN-GTL Demonstration Test Plant in Niigata with the capacity of 500 barrels per day (80 kilo-litter). JAPAN-GTL Process is a groundbreaking technology that would for the first time ever allow for natural gas containing carbon dioxide to be used directly. It is able to convert not only natural gas, but shale gas, coal bed methane (CBM) and so on as a raw material into petroleum products, and is an extremely effective means to gain alternative fuel sources to petroleum and achieve the diversification of primary energy supplies. The fuels produced by GTL technology is also expected to be environmentally-friendly clean fuels. We have been conducted preliminary feasibility studies to apply JAPAN-GTL Process to gas assets of national oil corporations and international companies. We will continue to achieve a stable energy supply for Japan and harmony with the global environment.
