13 August 20266 August 2026 Hitachi, MOL, and JAL Sign MOU to Conduct Japan’s First Pilot Test of Carbon Dioxide Removal Technology on Kume Island, Okinawa Direct Ocean Capture (DOC): a technology for recovering CO2 directly from the ocean
28 March 202425 March 2024 MOL, Idemitsu, HIF Team up to Develop e-fuel/e-methanol Supply Chain, Including Marine Transport of CO2 Through this initiative, MOL, Idemitsu, and HIF intend to lead the decarbonization of the energy and transportation industries, and collaborate to develop potential business opportunities
16 June 20219 September 2021 Japan to expand cross-sector use of synthetic methane Inpex has been co-ordinating with Nedo in a pilot project to produce synthetic methane at its oil and gas fields to explore the potential of recycling CO2
