Amnah commits hydrogen to Oman’s green steel industry

Amnah commits hydrogen to Oman’s green steel industry

Amnah, the multinational consortium that won Oman’s first land block under the international auction system for green hydrogen development, says it is earmarking its renewable hydrogen output from its multi-billion dollar investment in Duqm for the production of green steel in the Sultanate of Oman.

This strategic commitment towards the localized utilisation of green hydrogen was affirmed by a key project executive at the recent Green Hydrogen Summit Oman (GHSO) held in Muscat.

Mark Geilenkirchen, Project CEO, said the Amnah venture’s green hydrogen output, instead of being converted into a derivative for export, will be utilized to support the production of either green steel or intermediate low-carbon commodities, such as Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) and Direct Reduced (DR) iron.

“Instead of making a hydrogen derivative like ammonia and exporting it, we aim to use the green hydrogen in Oman itself, because we do believe that's the future for this country because it will have a much higher In-Country Volume (ICV),” he stated.

In June, the Amnah Consortium was named the winner of the first land block (Z1-01) offered by Hydrom, the orchestrator and master planner of Oman’s green hydrogen industry, in the maiden round of an international auction process. The 320 sq km block