Oil Company Opens Hydrogen "GAS" Station for Tokyo Motorists

LONDON, June 18, 2003; Reuters reported that Showa Shell Sekiyu KK has opened the first hydrogen station in Tokyo, part of a worldwide push to supply fuel cell powered vehicles.

Showa Shell, 50 percent owned by Royal Dutch/Shell, opened the station in the central Tokyo Odaiba district, the energy giant's Shell Hydrogen unit said in a statement.

Shell opened its first hydrogen station in Iceland in April and plans to start selling hydrogen at a Washington DC gas station later this year.

Fuel cell vehicles use electricity produced from compressed hydrogen, cutting out emissions of the greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming.

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