Stablising climate change is more important than ever and oil & gas companies are up for the challenge. Innovative processes and efficient technologies capable of decarbonising industrial processes and delivering net-zero emissions are being used by the industry to reduce their carbon footprint.

Under the terms of the contract, thyssenkrupp nucera will deliver two of its large-scale alkaline water electrolysis standard modules to Air Products’ 10 metric ton per day green hydrogen facility in Arizona, USA.

World Energy’s Southern California SAF facility will be expanded to develop the world’s first commercial scale and North America’s only SAF production facility. With this project, World Energy aims to decarbonize the aviation industry.

Industrial gases company Air Products announced that its subsidiary Air Products San Fu recently brought two new air separation units onstream. The project is part of the long-term agreements to provide ultra-high purity industrial gases to one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers in Asia.

Mc Dermott has secured an order to build two 500,000-gallon double-wall liquid hydrogen spheres for Plug Power's new green hydrogen production facility in Genesee County, New York, USA. On completion, the project is expected to produce 45 metric tons of green liquid hydrogen daily, thus making it the largest green hydrogen facility in North America.

Under the terms of the shareholders agreement, Reliance will join hands with Adnoc and ADQ in the Ta’ziz industrial chemical zone in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi for the development of a mega chemical project – Ta’ziz EDC & PVC. For this, the joint venture has plans to invest over 2 billion dollars for building a chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride and polyvinyl chloride production facility.

Under the European Green Deal, the EU chemical industry is looking to develop a more sustainable and green industry with the incorporation of clean technologies and solutions in the sector. PROCESS Worldwide shares the many dynamics of this significant market.

A consortium comprising of six firms have collaborated to develop Asia’s first green e-methanol plant. Capable of converting captured biogenic carbon dioxide and green hydrogen produced from renewable electricity into green e-methanol, the pilot plant will be established in Singapore and the low-cost fuel will be supplied to the maritime industry.

Uniper, Hydrogenious and Jera Americas have entered into a joint study agreement with Adnoc to explore hydrogen transportation between the UAE and Germany. Hydrogenious’ Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) technology will also be used for this venture.

Led by Enagás and Acciona, the Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca Project is developed on the island of Mallorca in Spain. The company aims to reduce CO2 emissions on the island by up to 21,000 tons annually after full implementation of its green hydrogen ecosystem.