27 January 2012

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Achieved the goal of JAPAN-GTL Demonstration Test Project before ending it- Established JAPAN-GTL process applicable to commercial projects Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC, President: Hirobumi Kawano) andthe Nippon GTL Technology Research Association (Board Chairperson: Ikutoshi Matsumura;hereafter “Nippon GTL Association”) successfully achieved the goal of establishing JAPAN-GTLprocess (*) by 11,000 hours of demonstration operations since April 2009, before ending theJAPAN-GTL Demonstration Test Project in Niigata with the capacity of 500 barrels per day (80kilo-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 naturalgas, 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 thediversification of primary energy supplies. The fuels produced by GTL technology is also
expected to be environmentally-friendly clean fuels.
JOGMEC has been conducted preliminary feasibility studies to apply JAPAN-GTL process togas assets of national oil corporations and international companies. JOGMEC will continue toachieve a stable energy supply for Japan and harmony with the global environment.

(*) A proper process of Gas-To-Liquids (refer to as “GTL”) technologies developed by JOGMEC andNippon GTL Association.

1. Nippon GTL Technology Research Association: outline(1) Establishment:
25 Oct 2006
(2) Partners:

INPEX Corporation
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., LtdCosmo Oil Co., Ltd
Nippon Steel Engineering Co., LtdChiyoda Corporation(3) Place:1-1-1, Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 1050004, JAPAN2. JAPAN-GTL: outline
GTL is short for Gas-To-Liquids. The technology allows for production of petroleum
products such as naphtha, kerosene, and diesel oils from natural gas through chemical
reactions.
JAPAN-GTL is different from the overseas technologies advanced by Sasol in South Africaand Shell and it features in utilizing carbon dioxide gas as raw material, so that it is agroundbreaking technology that would for the first time ever allow for natural gas containing
carbon dioxide to be used directly. This technology focusing on the FT synthetic process canalso be applied to produce clean fuels from coal as well as natural gas, shale gas and coalseam gas.
Production flow of Japan-GTL process

Japan-GTL Process
Petroleum

Natural gas

SyngasSectionMethane& CO2 gas+SteamSyngas

FT Synthesis* Syncrude

Upgrading

products
NaphthaKerosene
DieselHydrogen
Carbonmonoxide*FT Synthesis: Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

3. Niigata GTL demonstration plant: outline(1) Location: 2881-45 Tarodai, Kita-ku, Niigata City
Research Center, Nippon GTL Technology Research Association(2) Plant capacity:

Production of 500 barrels (about 80 kiloliters) per day(3) Main process facilities: Syngas Producing Section
FT (Fischer-Tropsch) synthesis Section
Upgrading (hydrocracking) Section(4) Operation Period:FY2009-2011(5) Photo of plant
Fixed-point photo (Still photo: Planned for first part of April)

Syngas
Producing
SectionFT Reactor
UpgradingSection4. Operation result:outline(1)Start of operation: 16 April, 2009(2)Total accumulated operation: 11,000hours(3)Continuous operation: 3,300 hours(4)Total Accumulated Non Accidence:
man-hours in construction(EOF)

200,000 man-hours in operation and 1,030,000