JMH was established on October 1st, 2014 by eleven companies in order to participate and operate medium to long-term offshore production tests of pore-filling type methane hydrate in sandy sediments efficiently, effectively and smoothly.
JMH and its shareholders, which consist of the seven oil and natural gas development companies and the four plant engineering companies, form an all-Japan structure. Through this structure JMH takes the initiative in developing technologies to realize commercial development of methane hydrate with putting the shareholders’ wisdom together and sharing their knowledge among them.
Company Name: Japan Methane Hydrate Operating Co., Ltd. (JMH)
Established Date: October 1, 2014
Head Office: Sapia Tower 21st Floor, 1-7-12 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 Japan
Tel: +81-3-6268-7200
Shareholders (11 companies):
- Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX)
- ENEOS Drilling Limited
- INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX)
- Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
- ENEOS Xplora Inc.
- NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD. (NSENGI)
- Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda)
- Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo)
- JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
- Mitsui Energy Development Co., Ltd. (MOECO)
- Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC)
Capital: 300 million yen (Capital: 150 million yen; Capital Reserve: 150 million yen)
President: Katsuhei Yoshioka
Director:
- Takao Inamori
- Atsuo Hirata
- Yoichi Miyazaki
- Tatsuhiko Waragai
- Kosuke Furutachi
- Eiji Sakata
Auditor:
- Tadaaki Ishizawa
Organization:
- Administration Department
- Planning Department
- Operations Department
- Development Engineering Department
- Technology Integration Division