Japan's Inpex and joint venture partner Shell have extended a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesian utility PLN concerning long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply. They have also expanded the MOU to incorporate joint studies in hydrogen, as well as ammonia, and CCS in relation to the proposed Abadi LNG project at the Masela Block offshore Indonesia.
Malaysia’s Petronas has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI), as well as a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), to collaboratively pursue mutual sustainability goals of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
Australia’s Woodside Energy has signed a joint research agreement with numerous Japanese partners to study the creation of a ammonia supply chain from Australia to Japan.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has reached final close on the world’s largest clean hydrogen fund.
Australia’s Woodside Energy Group (ASX:WDS) has a range of capital expenditure options that cover a US$9 billion projected spend on oil and gas projects out to 2024 and another US$5 billion pencilled in for new energy projects by 2030.
Aberdeen-headquartered Wood has hailed its $230 million business on the other side of the North Sea.
McDermott International has been awarded a pre-front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) contract from Woodside Energy (ASX:WDS) for the proposed H2Perth project in Western Australia.
India’s state-backed Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and joint venture partner Greenko could invest up to $6.2 billion on Indian renewable energy and green hydrogen projects under the terms of an agreement signed this week, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
Oil giant ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is to study the potential for repurposing an oil and gas terminal for use in producing and distributing green hydrogen.
Adnoc has strengthened its low-carbon ties with Japan, signing deals on blue hydrogen and ammonia, during a three-day visit.
While hydrogen can be used in many sectors, its derivative, ammonia, has emerged as a key tool to provide flexible power generation and integrate variable renewables. Analysis by energy research company Wood Mackenzie shows that a 10% ammonia co-firing in global coal plants would translate to 200 million tonnes (Mt) of ammonia demand, a potential market of $100 billion by 2050.
Wood has been appointed as capital delivery partner for Esseco UK’s chemical production facility in Wakefield.
Japan’s JERA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Electricity Generating Public Company Limited (EGCO), a major power generation company in Thailand, to cooperate in the energy transition field. The pair are eying opportunities in LNG, hydrogen, and ammonia.
JERA, the world’s largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and Summit Power, Bangladesh’s largest independent power producer, are collaborating on a plan to decarbonise the South Asian nation’s power sector.
Japanese engineering company JGC and Indonesia’s national energy company Pertamina said they will study prospective joint projects in the decarbonisation business field after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
Wood will provide concept engineering for the H2 Magallanes Project, a large-scale green hydrogen facility in southern Chile being developed by Total Eren.
KBR said it has won an ammonia technology contract from South Korea’s Daelim Industrial, or DL E&C, for NeuRizer's carbon-neutral fertiliser project in Australia.
Europe has woken up to LNG demand as a means to provide energy security, even while such a move appears out of step with countries’ net zero commitments.
A rush of announcements on green hydrogen in the US highlights that the received wisdom, that blue hydrogen has the price advantage, does not tell the entire story.
Chemical and fertiliser giant Yara will install a green hydrogen demonstration plant at its ammonia production facility in Porsgrunn, Norway
Hydrogen is a major target in the energy transition, so it is only right that Africa launch its own plan to accelerate uptake.
Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Woodside (ASX:WPL) is busy positioning itself for a future in which hydrogen may play a growing role in the energy mix. Significantly, it is working closely with customers in its traditional LNG export markets – particularly Japan and South Korea – to meet demand for cleaner forms of energy.
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ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the assessment of lower-carbon technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations.
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