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COMPANIES growth opportunities with Japan that can help applications, including transportation, power
produce more energy with fewer emissions. generation, and industries including steel,
ADNOC to explore hydrogen JERA and JOGMEC provides a roadmap for cement and fertilizer production.
“This joint study agreement with INPEX,
In January, the UAE and Japan agreed
opportunities with us to deepen access to Japanese markets for to cooperate on fuel ammonia and carbon
recycling technologies following the signing
ADNOC’s products and further strengthen
Japanese firms the UAE’s hydrogen value proposition.” of a Memorandum of Cooperation between
ADNOC and Japan’s METI. Both the UAE
The UAE is aiming to expand bilateral
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company economic and trade relations with Japan as and Japan enjoy strong bilateral economic
(ADNOC) announced today, a joint study it drives post-Covid economic growth and relations dating back to 1961 when the first
agreement (JSA) with two Japanese companies ADNOC is leveraging its status as a long- shipment of UAE crude oil was exported from
– INPEX Corporation (INPEX), JERA standing reliable and stable supplier of oil the Umm al-Shaif offshore field in Abu Dhabi
Co., Inc. (JERA), and a government agency, and gas to Japan to nurture new partnership to Japan.
the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National opportunities between both countries. Japan ADNOC has a long history of mutually
Corporation (JOGMEC) – to explore is ADNOC’s largest international importer of beneficial strategic partnerships with Japanese
the commercial potential of blue ammonia oil and gas products with approximately 25% oil and gas companies that span over four
production in the United Arab Emirates of its crude oil imported from the UAE. decades and cover the entire oil and gas
(UAE). H.E. Mr. Kajiyama said: In January, METI value chain, and these partnerships have
The agreement builds on ADNOC’s and ADNOC signed a Momorandum of strengthened in recent years.
low-carbon fuels leadership and extensive Cooperation (MOC) on Fuel Ammonia ADNOC
experience in carbon capture and storage and Carbon Recycling. Since then, further
and follows a virtual meeting between His progress has been made among relevant NNPC focuses on
Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, entities, and we are pleased with the signing
UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced of JSA on fuel ammonia by ADNOC, INPEX, infrastructure, liquidity,
Technology and Managing Director and JERA and JOGMEC today. Japan hope that
Group CEO of ADNOC, and H.E. Kajiyama today’s conclusion of JSA will lead to further market linkages
Hiroshi, Japan Minister of Economy, Trade, progress in concrete efforts to the supply of
and Industry (METI). fuel ammonia from Abu Dhabi to Japan. National oil company, the Nigerian National
During the meeting, the ministers The JSA will provide a platform for Petroleum Corp. (NNPC), is keeping its
reviewed joint efforts between both countries ADNOC and its partners to explore supplying vision to build midstream and downstream
to enhance industrial cooperation and Japanese utility companies with blue ammonia backbone infrastructure, creating liquidity
drive new opportunities for partnerships in produced in Abu Dhabi. and providing linkages to markets in the
Hydrogen, renewables, and climate change ADNOC is already embarking on a world- Nigerian oil and gas space.
following a series of framework agreements scale blue ammonia production facility at the Mele Kyari, the corporation’s group
ADNOC signed with Japan’s METI as well as TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Ruwais managing director, said this amid assurances
other Japanese companies earlier this year. which will have a capacity of 1,000 kilotons that the NNPC is committed to ensuring
H.E. Dr. Al Jaber said: “For almost five per annum, and further opportunities in blue effective stewardship of the nation’s
decades, the UAE and Japan have enjoyed ammonia will be explored under the new hydrocarbon resources to guarantee energy
a deep-rooted and successful strategic agreement. security and drive wealth creation in Nigeria.
relationship, underpinned by long-standing Blue ammonia is made from nitrogen Kyari, delivering a keynote at the 2021
energy partnerships. As we increase our and “blue” hydrogen derived from natural Nigeria Oil and Gas conference and exhibition
focus on the potential of new lower carbon gas feedstocks, with the carbon dioxide by- in Abuja, said the corporation has completed
fuels and navigate the energy transition, the product from hydrogen production captured the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS)
UAE and ADNOC are keen to build and and stored. Ammonia can be used as a low- phase II project, thereby expanding the gas
strengthen our existing partnerships and seize carbon fuel across a wide range of industrial supply channel for domestic gas utilization.

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