Masdar and INPEX to join forces to explore e-methane production – Gulf Today

Masdar and INPEX to join forces to explore e-methane production – Gulf Today

Officials of Masdar and INPEX during the event.

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), the UAE’s clean energy powerhouse, has teamed up with INPEX, a leading Japanese energy company, to explore establishing an Abu Dhabi-based project to produce e-methane, a fuel source, using green hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

The agreement was signed during the Japan-UAE Business Forum, in Abu Dhabi, and witnessed by Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, and Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida. E-methane, or synthetic methane, has the potential to accelerate decarbonisation in hard-to-abate sectors such as industry.

Masdar and INPEX will carry out a feasibility study focused on the entire value chain. This includes hydrogen production, procurement of CO2 and e-methane production and transportation. The study will also evaluate the commercial viability of operating a methanation business in Abu Dhabi, with a view to exporting