On a mission to support carbon capture and storage (CCS), Metropolitan CCS, a joint venture (JV) between Inpex Corporation and Kanto Natural Gas Development, has secured the green light from Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to undertake exploratory drilling offshore Kujukuri along the east coast of Chiba Prefecture.

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