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Your Challenges, Our Solutions

Technical Solutions
Project〜 with Japanese Cutting Edge Technologies 〜

Special Edition

Your Challenges, Our Solutions
JOGMEC s Technical Solutions Project〜 To provide technical solutions to oil and gas producing countries
utilizing Japanese cutting edge technologies 〜
In order to meet the technical needs and expectations of oil and gas producing countries,
JOGMEC launched the "Technical Solutions Project" in 2013 as part of our eﬀorts toprovide technical solutions to oil and gas producing countries in collaboration with awide range of Japanese industries.
The four pillars of the Technical Solutions Project shown in the ﬁgure on theright comprise our basic strategy to match technical needs of oil and gas producing
countries with the technical seeds of Japanese companies.
This special edition presents details of this project as well as the latest related trends.

Analysis of Needs and
Seeds

Analyze needs (technicalproblems facing oil andgas producing countries) andidentify seeds (applicable
Japanese cutting edge
technologies)

Four Pillars

Technology Development

JOGMEC Techno Forum

Develop potential technologies(seeds) through collaborative
research with a wide rangeof Japanese industries.

Strengthen close relationships
between oil and gas producing
countries that have needs andJapanese companies
that have seeds.

Technical Solutions Training
Program
Provide training program inJapanese cutting edge
technologies (seeds) toexperts from oil andgas producing
countries.

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Collaborative projects with oil and gas producing
countries and Japanese companies

Technical Solutions ProjectThe ﬂow of this project and the four pillars work eﬀectively to discoversuitable technical solutions for oil and gas producing countries.
View the ﬂow of this project (page 4) and the four pillars (pages 5-7).

What is the Technical Solutions Project ?
▶Concept of the Technical Solutions Project
NOCs of oil andgas producing
countries

Technical
problems

Solutions toproblems

Japanesecompanies

Needs

Solutions

Matching ofneeds and
seeds

Seeds

Japanese cuttingedge technologies

Analyze needs (technical problems
facing oil and gas producing countries)
and identify seeds (applicable Japanese
cutting edge technologies)

Analysis of Needs and Seeds

JOGMEC collects and analyzes both information

applicable. Through communications with theseconcerning technical problems (needs) of oil andcompanies, JOGMEC has been working to discovergas producing countries and applicable Japanesetechnologies that are capable of meeting the needs

technologies (seeds), which is obtained throughof oil and gas producing countries.

interviews or research studies. JOGMEC has developed
relationships with a number of oil and gas producing
countries through its various activities including project
By utilizing such communication channels with oil andgas producing countries, updated information on thechallenges facing these countries is collected.
Information on Japanese technologies (seeds) is obtained

Plant and
Process16%

Rawmaterials
52%

companies（As of June 2014）

Equipment
19%

The Flow of the Technical
Solutions ProjectCollect and analysis ofneeds & seeds

Needs/seeds matchingand Identify theapplicable technologies

Develop applicabletechnologies

Flow
improvement
chemicals

31%

some cases, their technologies turn out to be readily

Screening of proposals

Phase ❶

wide range of ﬁelds. JOGMEC believes that Japan's technicalOﬀer suitable
technical solutions

order to create solutions, was the springboard behind thelaunching of JOGMEC's "Technical Solutions Project Group",
which was established in June 2013.

Fiber for structural
materials

Develop potential technologies (seeds)
through collaborative research with awide range of Japanese industries
Technology development is on-going in a threep h a s e d m a n ner : Ph a s e 1 i s e a rly s t a g etechnology development in a laboratory, Phase
2 involves preparation of ﬁeld demonstrations
including small scale pilot tests, and Phase 3
involves ﬁeld demonstrations in oil and gas
producing countries. Transition to Phases 2
and 3 requires the collaboration of oil and gas
producing countries for testing.

Phase ❷

Biotechnology

Field demonstrations
Strengthen relationships
with oil and gas producing
countries

GOAL

Machinery

Preparation for ﬁeld demonstrations
Phase❸

technical problems facing oil and gas producing countries.
gas producing countries with Japanese technical seeds in

13%

Computer/ITseeds have signiﬁcant potential to solve a broad range ofThis concept, which involves matching the needs of oil andFormingchemicals

10%

regulations. Innovative technologies are expected to provide
research institutions boasting advanced technologies in a

21%

Technology development

wel l a s for compl i a nce w it h st r icter env i ron ment a lsolutions. Japan is home to a large number of companies andMembrane

Metals 8%

Japanese companies including company interviews. In

Technology Development

Others17%

through regular exchanges of information with

Selection

expanding requirements for productivity improvements as

Others 8% Total 148 interviews/99

ﬁnancing, joint R&D projects, and training programs.

Technology
development

Currently, oil and gas producing countries are faced with

▶ Results of interviews carried out up to June 2014

Technology
3%
IT 2%

Commercialization

Nanotechnology

Targettechnologies（examples）

Materials & raw
materials

Electronics

Environment

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JOGMEC Techno Forum 2015

Technical Solutions Training Program
Provide training programs about Japanese
cutting edge technologies (seeds) to experts
from oil and gas producing countries
The ﬁnal goal of the Technical Solutions Training
Program is to provide technology transfer training
to experts of oil and gas producing countries,
especially after the Japanese technology (seeds) haveturned into actual technical solutions for oil and gas
producing countries. In order to achieve this goal,
JOGMEC works to foster relationships of mutual
trust with oil and gas producing countries. In the

HSE Management
CourseZero Emissions
CourseIn addition to theworld s best practicesof HSE Management,
this cou rse includes
Japanese cutting edge
technologies that
contribute to productivity
enhancement andenvironmental protection
at oil and gas projectsites.

Along with thetechnology required toeﬀectively utilize CO₂
and produced water toenhance productivity,
this course introduces
the world's leading waste
management processes‒ developed in Japan ‒to reduce waste fromprojects to near zero.

JOGMEC Techno Forum
Strengthen close relationships between
oil and gas producing countries andJapanese companies
The purpose of the JOGMEC Techno Forum is
to comprehensively introduce the potential ofJapanese companies and their cutting edge
technologies to oil and gas producing countries
and to provide a place where needs meet seeds,
which will enhance the relationships between
Japanese companies and oil and gas producing
countries. In this forum, JOGMEC invites many

program aimed at helping participants learn

Number of participants: Number of participants:

presenters who are active on the front lines

applicable Japanese cutting edge technologies that

11 from 4 countries

from oil and gas producing countries as well as

8 from 3 countries

can be technical solutions, JOGMEC enhances thequality of training programs with the cooperation oftechnical experts from Japanese companies boastingleading Japanese companies. In parallel, theThese courses welcomed experts from UAE, Qatar, Mexico,
Libya, and Turkmenistan, and received positive feedback fromparticipants.

exhibition of Japanese technologies is also held
to introduce Japanese cutting edge technologies.

advanced technologies.

JOGMEC Techno ForumIn the exhibitionbooth, active
discussions weredeveloped withparticipants from oil
and gas producing
countries.

Mr. Ngosi C.X. Mwihava, Deputy
Permanent Secretary, Ministry ofEnergy and Minerals, United
Republic of Tanzania and Mr.
Hirobumi Kawano, President,
JOGMECA

Comment from Japanese company
staﬀ member:
I got a hint about connecting thhetechnical seeds of my company
y with theneeds of oil and gas producing countries
through a presentation that wa
as givenon actual technical problems.

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JOGMEC carefully prepares programs consisting of lectures, workshops, andﬁeld trips accordingly to each participant s ﬁelds of interest and expectations
regarding the technical content.

Many presenters from oil andgas producing countries gave
speeches outlining theirtechnical needs.

Participants at the HSE Management Course. During the course, participating
experts from various countries held meaningful discussions.
Participants of the Zero Emissions Course. Participants visited several Japanesecompanies during the ﬁeld trip.
Farewell Party of the HSE Management Course. This training led to theestablishment of personal networks and relationships based on mutual trust
between oil and gas producing countries and JOGMEC.

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Twenty three Japanesecompanies participatedin the exhibition as
exhibitors to introduce
their technical seeds.

Comment from participant fromfro an oil
and gas producing country:
Continue with this type of forum;
it is both educational and interactive.

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Three environment-related technologies
seeing growing interest
carbon dioxide (CO₂) that are by-products ofgas development has been attracting attention

oil and gas production. The supercriticalin recent years in line with the needs andwater cracking process used in extra-heavy

related regulations in oil and gas producing

oi l development is a lso consideredcountries.

environmentally friendly. JOGMEC has been

A typical example of this technology is thedeveloping these related technologies jointly

process of treating produced water andwith Japanese companies.

JGC Corporation and JOGMEC are working
collaboratively to develop a partial upgrading
technology (Supercritical Water Cracking;
S CWC) t hat enables easy processi ng ofoilsands and extra-heavy oils of high viscosity
and speciﬁc gravity into synthetic crude oilusing supercritical water*.

Conventionally, it is necessary to use light oils
or condensate to dilute extra-heavy oil ino r d e r t o pr o du c e d i lut e d b it u m e n fo rtransportation via pipeline. On the other
hand, SCWC technology does not use light oils
or condensate, which results in a simple andeconomical treatment process.

Joint Research Organization:
National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST)
Current phase: Phase 1

Extra-heavy oils Synthetic crude oil
In this SCWC system,
only water is used to
upgrade the extra-heavyoil. Water and pitch, thebyproduct, can bereused in this system
as fuel for generatings te a m . T h i s b o o s t seconomic eﬃciency by
reducing the amount of
natural gas required as
Pipelinefuel, and also reducestransportation the complexity of theapparatus, thereby
reducing its footprint.
Reusedin production
equipment

Production of extra-heavy
oil through steam ﬂooding

Water

Pitch

SCWC
UpgraderExtra-heavy
oils
・Abundant reserves
・Diﬃcult to transport

Upgrading ofextra-heavy oil
using only water

Upgradedheavy crude oil

Separating CO₂ from natural gas

CO₂ Removal System Using Novel
Zeolite Membrane- Low cost and compact CO₂ separation system -Materials that remove almost all chemical components ‒ higher functionalization of FMS

World-beating performance to signiﬁcantly reduce costs

AIST has been developing produced water
treatment technology using "self-assembled nanomaterials". The self-assembled nano-materials
are nano -meter-sized structures such as
nanotubes that are produced by a self-assemblyof low-molecular-weight molecules. AIST
focused on the adsorbing abilities of thismaterial toward various chemical components,and expects it to adsorb and remove chemical

Chiyoda Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical
Corporation and JOGMEC are jointly developinga CO₂ removal system using a zeolite membrane(ZEBREXTM). This membrane contains a huge
number of micro pores that allow CO₂ to passthrough but not CH₄ (methane), so the natural
gas can be separated into CO₂ and CH₄ after

components from produced water. Removing
almost all chemical components using a single
material leads to system miniaturization andcost reduction.
By applying this material to Flocculation andMagnetic-Separation for the produced water
treatment system (FMS) jointly developed with
Hitachi, Ltd., JOGMEC expects to improve theperformance of FMS.

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Zeolite membrane

CH4

Organic matter

Heavy metal
Ad s o rptio n of c h e mic al c o m p o u n d scontained in produced water by
self-assembled nano-materials

E x tra - h eav y oil with highviscosity and speciﬁc gravity.
* S u p e rcritic al wate r : Wate r in which th etemperature and pressure exceed the critical point

Joint Research Companies:
Chiyoda Corporationand Mitsubishi Chemical
Corporation
Current phase: Phase 2

passing through this membrane. Combining amethod to absorb CO₂ using amine solutions
with this separation membrane results in morecompact faci l it ie s a s wel l a s s ig n i ﬁca nt
reductions in costs and energy consumption.
We are now implementing various approaches inSoutheast Asian countries to seek cooperation in
conducting pilot plant tests.

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By applying theself-assembled
nano -materials to
the FMS "de-oiling"process, the treat
ment process is
expected to become
simpler.

Current phase: Phase 2

Enhancing the development/production of oil sand and extra-heavy oil in a simple,
economical and environmentally-friendly way▶Conceptual diagram of SCWC

"Environment-conscious technology" in oil and▶ Typical produced water treatment process

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Ongoing Technology Development
Projects

Produced Water Treatment Technology
Using Self-Assembled Nano-Materials

Joint Research Company:

CO2
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Separated purer CO₂ can be injected into reservoirs to increase production as CO₂
EOR, and thus can be reused as a medium while creating an environmentally-friendly
CO₂ treatment process.

Schematic diagramof zeolite crystalline
structure. This
structure does notallow CH₄ moleculesthat are larger than
CO₂ molecules top a s s t h ro u g h t h e
micro pores.

Source: International Zeolite Association (IZA).

JOGMECʼs Corporate ProﬁleOﬃces

One of JOGMEC's important functions is to provide ﬁnancial support, including equity capitaland liability guarantees, for E&P projects involving oil and gas, metals, and coal. In addition,
JOGMEC provides technical support, including technology development and various technicalsurveys, to develop these natural resources. Also, as a governmental agency, JOGMEC has a
responsibility to stockpile resources such as petroleum, LP gas, and rare metals.

HistoryOﬃces in the World
Asia

MiddleEast

On February 29, 2004, JOGMEC was establishedthrough the merger of the Japan National Oil
Corporation (JNOC) responsible for securing
supplies of oil and natural gas and the Metal
Mining Agency of Japan (MMAJ) responsible forsecuring supplies of non-ferrous metal andmineral resources.
In addition, the business of assisting coal andgeothermal development was added on
September 15, 2012.

1967

1978

Japan Petroleum
Development Corporation(JPDC) established

Renamed Japan National
Oil Corporation (JNOC)

1963

1973

Metallic Minerals Exploration
Financing Agency of J apan
(MEFAJ) established

2012

JOGMECʼ s functions strengthened due to the addition of
support activities related to coal and geothermal energy.

B.C. V6C3A6, CANADA
TEL.+1-604-685-1282 FAX.+1-604-685-4123

Jakarta Oﬃce（Indonesia）
5th Floor, SUMMITMAS, Jl, Jend, Sudirman Kav,
61-62, Jakarta 12190, INDONESIA
TEL.+62-21-522-6640 FAX.+62-21-522-6650

Washington Oﬃce（U.S.A.）
1233 20th Street, N.W. Suite 206 Washington, D.C.
20036, U.S.A.
TEL.+1-202-775-0602 FAX.+1-202-775-0605

Middle East Oﬃce（U.A.E.）
P.O.BOX 6270 Al-Masaood Tower #904,
Sheikh Hamdan Street, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
TEL.+971-2-6330366, +971-2-6217704
FAX.+971-2-6330280

Houston Oﬃce（U.S.A.）One Riverway, Suite 450 Houston, Texas 77056, U.S.A.
TEL.+1-713-622-0204 FAX.+1-713-622-1330

London Oﬃce（U.K.）

Mexico Oﬃce（Mexico）

South
Goldsmith No.37, Oﬁ cina 401, Col. Chapultepec
America

Polanco, C.P.11560 MEXICO, D.F., MEXICO
TEL.+52-55-5280-1099 FAX.+52-55-5280-0214

London W1B 5SE, U.K.
TEL.+44-20-7287-7915（oil & gas）,+44-20-7287-7916（metals）
FAX.+44-20-7287-7917

Renamed Metal Mining
Agency of Japan (MMAJ)

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation(JOGMEC) established through the integration of Japan
National Oil Corporation (JNOC) and the Metal Mining
Agency of Japan (MMAJ).

Vancouver Oﬃce（Canada）
North 1710-400 Burrard Street, Vancouver,America

Europe Carrington House, 126-130 Regent Street,

Africa2004

Beijing Oﬃce（China）
3005 Chang Fu Gong Oﬃ ce Building,Jia-26, Jianguomen Wai Street, Beijing 100022 CHINA
Tel: +86-10-6590-9520 Fax: +86-10-6590-8366

Lima Oﬃce（Peru）
Av. Camino Real 348, Torre El Pilar, Piso 7, Oﬁ cina 704,
San Isidro Lima-27, PERU
TEL.+51-1-221-5088 FAX.+51-1-221-1871

Botswana G eological Remote S ensing
Centre（Botswana）
Plot 54353, 5th Floor Oﬃ ce B, Masa Centre,
Gaborone, BOTSWANA
TEL：267-390-2878 ／ FAX：267-390-2879

Santiago Oﬃce（Chile）
World Trade Center, Torre Norte 1005,
Av. Nueva Tajamar 481, Las Condes, Santiago, CHILE
TEL.+56-2-2203-6130 FAX.+56-2-2203-6121
Sydney Oﬃce（Australia）

Moscow Oﬃce（Russia）
Russia Room 650, HOTEL：Mezhdunarodnaya-2

Oceania Level 23, BT Tower, 1 Market Street,Krasnopresnenskaya Nab.12 M oscow 1 23610,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TEL.+7-495-967-0405 FAX.+7-495-967-0407

Sydney NSW 2000, AUSTRALIA
TEL.+61-2-9264-9611 (oil&gas), +61-9264-2493 (metals)
FAX.+61-2-9264-4914

Technology andResearch Center（TRC）

Oﬃces in Japan

Organization
Internal Audit Oﬃce, General
Coordination, Financial
Management & Accounting, andEvaculation, andResearch & Analysis

Internal Audit
Oﬃce

Oil & Gas
UpstreamBusiness Unit

Oil & Gas
UpstreamTechnology Unit

Administration andTraining
Department

Executive
Vice President

Executive
Director

Metals Strategy& Exploration
Unit

Stockpile Unit

Auditors(2)Metals & Coal
Finance andEnvironment
Unit

MetalsEnvironment
Management
Department

Metals Strategy
Department

Stockpile Planning
Department

Exploration
Department

Metals Exploration
Department

Petroleum
Stockpile
Management
Department

Metals Finance
Department

Financial
Management &Accounting
Dpartment

Seismic Vessel
Project Group

Metals Mining
Technology
Department

LPG Stockpile
Management
Department

Coal Development
Department

Evaluation
Department

Technology
Department

Rare Metal
Stockpile
Department

Coal AssetManagement
Department

Research & Analysis
Department

Technical Solutions
Project Group

GeneralCoordination
Department

Business Strategy
Department

President

Project
Department

Methane Hydrate
Research &Development
Group

Kyushu BranchOﬃce

Auditors' Oﬃce

Geothermal
Resource
Development
Department

Head Oﬃce
Toranomon Twin Building, 2-10-1,
Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
105-0001 JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-6758-8000
Fax: +81-3-6758-8008
Oil Stockpile Site Management Oﬃces

Tomakomai Site Management Oﬃce
Mutsu-Ogawara Site Management Oﬃce
Kuji Site Management Oﬃce
Akita Site Management Oﬃce
Fukui Site Management Oﬃce
Kikuma Site Management Oﬃce
Shirashima Site Management Oﬃce
Kamigoto Site Management Oﬃce
Kushikino Site Management Oﬃce
Shibushi Site Management Oﬃce

LPG Stockpile Site Management Oﬃces

Kamisu Site Management Oﬃce
Nanao Site Management Oﬃce
Kurashiki Site Management Oﬃce
Namikata Site Management Oﬃce
Fukushima Site Management Oﬃce
Metals Environment & Geothermal Resource Support Oﬃce

Hokkaido Metals Environment & Geothermal Resource Support Oﬃce
Tohoku Metals Environment & Geothermal Resource Support Oﬃce
Chugoku-Kinki Metals Environment & Geothermal Resource Support Oﬃce
Kyushu Metals Environment & Geothermal Resource Support Oﬃce
Matsuo Mine Pollution Control Project Support Oﬃce
Other locations

Kashiwazaki Test Field Oﬃce

1-2-2, H amada, M ihama-ku,
Chiba-city,
Chiba 261-0025 JAPAN
Tel: +81-43-276-9212
Fax: +81-43-276-4061
Technical departments related
to exploration and developmentof oil and natural gas of
JOGMEC are integrated in
the Technology & ResearchCenter, and professional
training t o which technicalexperts from resources-richcountries are invited are heldby the Technology & ResearchCenter periodically.

Metals Technology
Center9-3, F urudate, Kosaka-kozan,
Kosaka-machi, Kazuno-gun,
Akita 017-0202 JAPAN
Tel: +81-186-29-3829
Fax: +81-186-29-3849
The Metal Technology C enterof J OGMEC is engaged i nresearch and development
related to t he p roduction andrecovery of metals, and raising
the eﬃciency of eco-friendly
technologies.