JX Energy Targeting 40% Share in Hydrogen Stations for FCV

摘要

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (JX Energy), an oil refiner and wholesaler having about 40% share in fuel oil sales in Japan (FY2013), plans to seize a 40% share in the number of hydrogen supply stations for FCV’s (fuel cell vehicle) in Japan. Namely, its plan is to open a total of forty stations by the end of FY2015, including eleven being opened in FY2014, trying to seize 40% share of the one hundred stations as projected by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).