| 1998年 |
Japan Pipeline Development Organization (JPDO) was founded to make a reality of the idea for the project first envisioned in 1974. JPDO consulted with the Sakhalin state government and the Russian state-run corporation and asked for their cooperation in the project. A major U.S. company group was also consulted and their cooperation in the project sought. |
| 1999年 |
北海道開発局、北海道通商産業局、北海道庁、ロシア連邦総領事館、米国総領事館等の後援により、世界のメジャーをはじめ内外政界、官界、財界、学界、報道界等が一堂に会して、"サハリン天然ガス導入日本パイプライン推進会議"を開催。以後、米国メジャーテキサコ社と共同で事業化調査を実施し、実施可能と結論。ロンドン国際会議にて本事業計画を発表。ロシア連邦燃料エネルギー省次官等ロシア側関係者に協力要請。国会議員会館で開催されたアジア・エネルギー共同体推進議員連盟総会にて本事業計画を発表。 |
| 1999年 |
The “International Conference on Promotion of the Sakhalin-Japan Natural Gas Pipeline”, Hokkaido’s first international conference concerning the natural gas pipeline, was held attended by representatives of the world’s major oil companies as well as political, administrative, economic, academic and media circles both inside and outside Japan, under the auspices of the Hokkaido Development Bureau, the Hokkaido Bureau of International Trade & Industry, the Hokkaido Government, the Russian General Consulate and the U.S. Consulate General. Following this, a feasibility study undertaken in conjunction with the major U.S. oil company Texaco reached the conclusion that the project was feasible. The plan for the project was presented at the London International Conference. Cooperation was sought from the Russian parties concerned including the Russian Fuel & Energy vice minister. The project plan was presented at a general meeting of the Federation of Diet Members for Promoting the Asian Energy Community which was held at the Diet Members’ Building. |
| 2000年 |
米国テキサコ社幹部とともに北海道知事と会談し、日米共同で本事業を実施することについて協力要請。日・米・露を中心とする公開フォーラムにて内外関係者に協力要請。 |
| 2000年 |
JPDO and executives from U.S. Texaco visited the Hokkaido Governor and asked for cooperation and assistance in joint U.S.-Japan implementation of the project. : Domestic and international cooperation was also sought at an open forum with representatives from Japan, the U.S. and Russia as the primary participants. |
| 2001年 |
米国ユナイテットテクノロジー社等とともにパイプライン建設詳細調査報告書を取りまとめ、関係各省庁及び自治体等に提出して事前協議開始。全道商工会議所大会にて北海道縦貫パイプライン早期実現推進が決議され、以後、毎年の大会で推進決議。 |
| 2001年 |
As an initial consultation with the Japanese government, a detailed survey report for the pipeline construction compiled by JPDO and U.S. United Technologies Corporation was submitted to relevant government organizations and municipalities. A resolution to promote the earliest possible construction of pipeline through Hokkaido was passed at a convention of All Hokkaido Chambers of Commerce and Industry, which has since been reaffirmed at every subsequent annual convention. |
| 2002年 |
モスクワにてロシア連邦政府並びに国営ガスプロムグループ、国営ロスネフチグループ等と会談し、ロシア側のガス供給、パイプライン建設、本事業への参入等について基本合意。北海道議会において知事がパイプライン建設環境整備促進並びにパイプラインガス利用環境整備促進を表明。複数の市議会が推進意見書決議。 |
| 2002年 |
In Moscow, JPDO held talks with the Russian government, Russian state-run Gazprom Group and Rosneft Group, at which a basic agreement was reached covering gas supply by the Russian side, pipeline construction, and terms for entry into the project. At a session of the Hokkaido assembly, the Governor advocated environmental arrangement for the pipeline construction and benefit of the use of pipeline gas. A number of municipal assemblies also issued written statements backing the project. |
| 2003年 |
国会において関係省庁各大臣並びに経済産業省幹部がパイプライン支援措置を講じることを明言。民主党中心の超党派の国土幹線パイプライン建設推進議連が発足。自民党本部においてサハリン天然ガスパイプライン推進議連が発足。札幌にて議連会長を招いたサハリン天然ガスパイプライン推進全道大会を開催。 |
| 2003年 |
Speaking in turn at a session of the diet, the ministers heading each of the government ministries concerned, along with top officials from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, expressed their commitment to taking measures in support of development of the pipeline. The Diet Members’ Federation for Promoting National Trunk Pipeline Development was formed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers based on the Democratic Party of Japan. The Diet Members’ Federation for Promoting Sakhalin Natural Gas Pipeline Development was formed at Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters. The chairman of the Federation was among those invited to the Hokkaido Convention for Promoting Sakhalin Natural Gas Pipeline Development which was held in Sapporo. |
| 2004年 |
ユジノサハリンスクにてサハリン州行政府並びにロシア国営企業グループの協力によりサハリン・セミナーを開催。米国大使館及び札幌総領事館の幹部と協議し、首席公使が本事業への支援を表明。モスクワにおいて大統領特命全権代表と会談。ロシア国営企業ガスプロムグループ会社との間で、本事業を共同で進めることについて覚書を締結。 |
| 2004年 |
A Sakhalin Seminar was held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in cooperation with the Sakhalin State government and the Russian state-run corporate group. JPDO consulted with top officials of the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Consulate General in Sapporo, and the chief minister expressed their support for the project. In Moscow, JPDO had talks with the President’s representative extraordinary and plenipotentiary. A joint memorandum was signed with a Russian state-run Gazprom Group company, affirming the commitment of both sides to jointly undertake the project. |
| 2005年 |
ロシア国営企業ガスプロムグループ会社と本事業実施に必要な包括的諸事項について合意書締結。日露パイプライン事業化調査に関する契約書を締結し、ＦＳ作業開始。日本側パイプラインについて国土交通省、経済産業省、関連自治体等の協力により具体的準備作業が進行。サハリン天然ガスパイプライン推進全道大会にて、自民・公明・民主の各政党代表が本事業推進を表明。 |
| 2005年 |
JPDO and Russian state-run Gazprom Group companies signed agreement on all matters required to begin implementation of the project. With a contract signed with the Gazprom Group companies on a feasibility study for the pipeline from Russia to Japan, feasibility study work was begun. Concrete steps were taken on preparatory work for the pipeline in Japan in cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the municipalities involved. At the Hokkaido Convention for Promoting Sakhalin Natural Gas Pipeline Development, delegates of the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito and the Democratic Party of Japan all expressed their intention to promote the project. |
| 2006年 |
日露共同作業によるサハリン－北海道パイプライン事業化のエンジニアリング調査報告書、事業実施計画書等を添えて、ロシア連邦政府と許認可事前協議を開始。ロシア側のガス供給、パイプライン建設、事業参入、出資参加等について基本的了承を取り付け。モスクワの石油・ガス国際会議にてガスプロムグループ会社と共同でＦＳ結果を発表。ロシア連邦政府との事前協議を経て、ガスプロム本体と詳細協議開始。経済産業省がパイプラインによる名寄天然ガス発電所について火力部会の審査を経て大臣勧告書を交付。 |
| 2006年 |
With an engineering study report on the feasibility of the Sakhalin-Hokkaido pipeline project based on joint Russia-Japan work and a project action plan, prior consultation with the Russian government was started concerning an application for a government permit. Mutual understanding was reached for gas supply from Russia, pipeline construction, project entry and participation in investment. At the Moscow Oil and Gas Conference, JPDO presented the result of the feasibility study in conjunction with the Gazprom Group companies. Following prior consultation with the Russian government, detailed discussions began with Gazprom itself. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry issued the Ministry’s written recommendation on Nayoro Natural Gas Power Station, in accordance with a review by its Thermal Power Committee. |
| 2007年 |
An interdisciplinary executive meeting in Gazprom, representing a cross-section of its various departments involved, concluded that the project shows promising. Russia’s Eastern Gas Program was officially approved. A confidentially agreement on the progress of detailed discussions with Gazprom was signed with its vice president responsible for the project. The corporate name was changed to Japan Pipeline Development & Operation Inc. (JPDO). |
| 2008年 |
Full-scale preparation of formalities for the construction of the pipeline from Wakkanai to Tomatoh began. JPDO received a written reply from Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. indicating the possibility of being linked to the Tomatoh Natural Gas Power Station by pipeline. The Government of the Russian Federation entered the project as an addition to the Eastern Gas Program, one of Russia’s national policies. The Russian government granted to Gazprom a license to develop a number of gas fields including Sakhalin 3 Kirinsky Block. At the request of the Russian parliament, JPDO presented the project at the Russian Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Russia. |
| 2009年 |
With the participation of Gazprom itself and a Gazprom Group company, practical issues began to be coordinated. Gazprom started a boring survey in Sakhalin 3 Kirinsky Block. |
| 2010年 |
The Government of the Russian Federation accepted the project plan. With the vice minister of the Ministry of Energy playing a central role, specific consultations began with Gazprom. Gazprom conducted a full-scale boring survey in Sakhalin 3 Kirinsky Block. The Hokkaido Council for the Promotion of Introducing Sakhalin Natural Gas was set up and began requesting early implementation of the project to the ruling party and the government. |
| 2011年 |
The Great East Japan Earthquake led Japan to a fundamental review of its energy policy. Our project began to attract attention from various fields as an effective means to secure clean energy at low cost and reconstructed the disaster areas. The “Energy & Environmental Council” was set up at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence, and, as one of Japan’s new revolutionary energy strategies, set out policies to develop extensive nationwide natural gas pipeline and to drastically ease various regulations on pipeline construction. In response to the changing conditions, the pipeline plan from Sakhalin to Hokkaido and to Tohoku region has been rebuild as the “East Japan Natural Gas Project” to extend the pipeline to the Kanto region in eastern Japan. |
| 2015年 |
As intergovernmental Japan-Russia consultation was resumed, the Diet Members’ Federation for Promoting Pipeline Development passed a resolution of requests to the government asking for its cooperation, which it submitted to the prime minister’s office as well as concerned ministers. It also asked key government and business leader groups in Japan and Russia for their cooperation. An office was established in JPDO for preparing to implement the project. JPDO’s president was invited to participate in the “1st Eastern Economic Forum” hosted by President Putin. At a Japan-Russia international conference, both the Russian and Japanese sides presented objective data showing that transportation of natural gas to Japan via pipeline is far superior to that of LNG. |
| 2016年05月 |
In May, at a Japan-Russia summit meeting in Sochi, Prime Minister Abe proposed to President Putin “Eight areas of economic cooperation with Russia,” which clearly specified the development of Russia’s Far East and of energy closely related to the project. |
| 2016年09月 |
In September, the “2nd Eastern Economic Forum” was held in Vladivostok. JPDO’s president was invited by the Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation to be a panelist for the Forum’s session on large-scale projects, where he gave a presentation on the project. He also had a talk with top officials of the federal government, and they reached a basic agreement on Japan and Russia developing the project in bilateral cooperation. He talked with key figures on the Russian and Japanese sides as well, and made an appeal for the project both at home and abroad. Since the Forum, both countries have accelerated concrete steps for the projects related to the eight areas of economic cooperation. JPDO has also begun to work out specifies for the implementation of the project with the cooperation of major specialized agencies. In this way, it has been confirmed that pipeline (line) and LNG (point) will be connected by a network to enable the two countries to both enjoy advantages and contribute to the respective national interests by working together for mutual harmony and benefit, just as in Europe and America. |
| 2016年12月 |
A Japan-Russia summit meeting was held in Japan in December. For the Agreement on Economic Cooperation in Ten Areas, it was also agreed to intensify the detailed study and discussion of the project based on the economic entities. In the parallel with this, the management centered around the vice-president of Gazprom (the economic entity on the Russian side) and the group centered around the JPDO president (responsible for the coordination of the economic entities on the Japanese side) discussed the practical matters, and agreed to begin joint efforts in detailed matters necessary for the implementation of the project from now on. |
| 2017年04月 |
1st Japan- Russia Natural Gas Pipeline Promotion Forum hosted by the executive committee for the Forum (JPDO serves as its secretariat) centered around the Diet Members’ Federation for Promoting Pipeline was held at the International Meeting Room at the Diet Members’ Hall. |
| 2017年08月 |
2nd Japan-Russia Natural Gas Pipeline Promotion Forum was held in Hokkaido, which is the gateway to Japan for the pipeline from Sakhalin to reach its shore, and attended by representative organization groups from various fields and regions of Hokkaido. |
| 2017年09月 |
3rd Eastern Economic Forum was held in Vladivostok, JPDO had individual meetings with a senior official of the Russian government and a Gazprom executive and discussed the detailed matters of the project during the Forum. |
| 2018年01月 |
3rd Japan-Russia Natural Gas Pipeline Promotion Forum was held in January in Miyagi Prefecture. |
| 2018年09月 |
4th Eastern Economic Forum was held in Vladivostok. |
| 2018年11月 |
4th Japan-Russia Natural Gas Pipeline Promotion Forum was held in November in Aomori Prefecture. |
| 2019年03月 |
In March, the public interest corporation by the competent authority of Cabinet Secretariat established the “Japan-Russia Natural Gas Pipeline Promotion Strategy Review Meeting” which centered on the influential and scholar groups. And also the “5th Japan-Russia Natural Gas Pipeline Promotion Forum” was held in Fukushima Prefecture, which the disastrous nuclear accident was occurred. |
| 2019年06月 |
In June, it submitted an emergency proposal to the prime minister’s office, executives of the ruling party and the government by the establishment of the Review Meeting. |
| 2019年07月 |
In July, the study session was held by the director general of the Diet Members’ Federation for the economic organization groups in Hokkaido, which is the first project implementation area. |
| 2019年08月 |
In August, the “6th Japan-Russia Natural Gas Pipeline Promotion Forum” was held in Iwate Prefecture that is on the way to the reconstruction and recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. |
| 2019年09月 |
In September, JPDO’s president attended the “5th Eastern Economic Forum” hosted by the Government of the Russian Federation and had meetings with many top officials and asked for their cooperation of the project. |
| 2019年11月 |
In order to develop for a full-scale implementation of the project, we have been started preparation work individually for concrete step to implement the project with the cooperation of major specialized agencies and major facility specialized institutions in November. |
