Masataka Yarita

Masataka YARITA has served as Director for LNG and Methane Management Division since April 2025 and Head for LNG Information Team in Research and Analytics Department of Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC). Including his former carrier as a Head of Methane Management Taskforce, he led methane emission management efforts across the organization. Previously, he served as a stocks and demand analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) and provided analysis on OECD and major non-OECD petroleum inventories for the flagship monthly publication, Oil Market Report. He also contributed the IEA’s five-year oil market forecast providing an analysis on fundamental economic issues, petrochemical sector and global strategic petroleum reserves. He holds LLM in International Oil and Gas Law and Policy with Distinction from University of Dundee in Scotland and bachelor’s degree of Global Political Economy from Waseda University in Tokyo.