Joint Study Agreement formed to evaluate development of clean hydrogen supply chain between UAE and Japan

Joint Study Agreement formed to evaluate development of clean hydrogen supply chain between UAE and Japan

The three companies Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”), ENEOS Corporation (“ENEOS”), and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”), have formed a Joint Study Agreement to begin evaluating the development of a clean hydrogen supply chain between UAE and Japan.

The project aims to be developed in two phases, with first phase utilizing by-product hydrogen from ADNOC’s system in Ruwais Industrial Area in Abu Dhabi, while Phase 2 envisages greenfield blue hydrogen production from natural gas.

The hydrogen will be transformed to methylcyclohexane (“MCH”), an efficient form of hydrogen transport vector to export to Japan.

The three companies will conduct technical and engineering verification of a hydrogen production facility with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year, and a feasibility study on the potential to expand this facility to commercial production of 200,000 tons per year.

ADNOC is accelerating its efforts in decarbonization, and in this regard CCUS options are being explored with an aim to establish a highly competitive blue hydrogen supply business utilizing existing facilities such as refineries and petrochemical plants. As part of these initiatives, ADNOC will be responsible for the hydrogen production component of this joint feasibility study.

One of the ENEOS Group’s envisioned goals stated