6 March 202624 April 2026 INPEX, Osaka Gas Commence Demonstration Operations at World’s Largest-Class Methanation Test Facility The test facility will use CO2 separated and recovered from the Koshijihara Plant (within INPEX JAPAN Corporation's Nagaoka Field Office) as raw material, to produce e-methane
14 April 202312 April 2023 Osaka Gas and MHI to Collaborate in CO2 Value Chain Development for CCUS The project will leverage Osaka Gas’s know-how on e-methane production and CO2 storage and MHI’s expertise in CO2 capture, liquefied CO2 maritime vessel transport, and CO2 management
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
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