• Preface
  
• Principal Activities
  
• Outline
  
• Executives
  
• Committees
  
• Secretariat
  
• Supporting Members
  
• Map
  

Principal Activities

I Development of Production Technologies

1. Processing Technologies
   (1) Development of Petroleomics Technology
   (2) Development of Technologies
        for Facilitating Advanced Cracking and Effective Use of Heavy Oil
   (3) Development of Technologies
        for Refining and Cracking Ultra-heavy Oils/Oil Sands
   (4) R&D for Creation of Technological Seeds of Innovative Refining
   
   
2. Hydrogen Energy
   (1) High-efficiency Hydrogen Production
   (2) System and Elemental Technologies
        for Hydrogen Stations
   (3) R&D for Rationalizing Regulations and Reviewing
        Standards Concerning Hydrogen Supply Infrastructures
   
   
3. Development of Safety Infrastructures for the Petroleum Industry
   (1) Safety Support Database System (PEC-SAFER)
   (2) Study on Applicability of Safety Techniques
   
   

II Development of Fuel Utilization Technologies

1. Automotive Fuels
   (1) Research on Automobiles/Fuels to Date
   (2) Japan Auto-oil Program(JATOP)
   
   
2. R & D at JPEC Advanced Technology and Research Institute
   (1) ATRI
   (2) Components Development of Technologies for Automotive Fuels:
        R&D concerning Diversification and High-efficiency Use of Fuels
   (3) Research on Technologies
        for Advanced Use of Heavy Oil
   
   
3. Contract Testing Services by Advanced Technology and Research Institute (ATRI)
   
   

III Research and Information Collection

1. Collection and Delivery of Information
   (1) Information Collection and Delivery
   (2) Release and Dissemination of Information
   (3) Network for Gathering Overseas Information
   (4) Lectures at Universities
   
   
2. Studies and Analysis
   (1) Socioeconomic Topics
   (2) Technological Topics
   
   

Ⅳ Statistics Analysis

1. Operation of the Oil Information system