Study underway to store natural gas in exhausted Japan fields

Study underway to store natural gas in exhausted Japan fields

A man points to a valve used to send natural gas into the exhausted Shiunji gas field in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Nov. 10, 2015. The project is part of research to use exhausted gas fields for the storage of natural gas. The prefecture produces about 75 percent of domestic gas output. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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