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Eni discusses green, blue hydrogen

production plans in North Africa

EGYPT/ALGERIA REPRESENTATIVES of Italy’s Eni met with hydrogen, it said.
Egyptian and Algerian officials last week to dis- The study will also analyse potential demand
cuss the prospects for green and blue hydrogen for future hydrogen production, both within
production. Egypt and on the export market, the Italian
In a statement, the Italian company said major said. Additionally, it will assess the com-
that Alessandro Puliti, its COO for natural mercial viability of several specific proposals for
resources, had spoken with Toufik Hakkar, the production and sale of hydrogen, it added.
the CEO of Algeria’s national oil company Eni did not reveal any details of these propos-
(NOC) Sonatrach, in Algiers on July 7. Puliti als. It did state that it was pursuing co-operation
and Hakkar both said they hoped to expand with EEHC and EGAS within the framework
co-operation on technical issues in line with the of wider efforts “to reach the target of eliminat-
memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed ing Scopes 1, 2 and 3 net emissions (net GHG
between the two sides in late March. life-cycle emissions) and cancelling out the rel-
Specifically, they discussed plans for assess- ative emission intensity (net carbon intensity)
ing the “technical and commercial feasibility of by 2050, referring to the entire life cycle of the
a pilot project to produce hydrogen using elec- energy products sold.”
tricity generated from renewable sources (solar Egypt, meanwhile, sees co-operation with
and wind),” Eni said. The parties will also evalu- Eni on hydrogen production as a way to facili-
ate proposals for conserving the water extracted tate the transition to renewable energy sources
during oil production operations and using it and diversify domestic energy supply sources,
as raw material for the electrolysis process that it added. ™
yields hydrogen, it stated.
The project is representative of both com-
panies’ desire to reduce their greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions, it added.
In a separate statement, Eni reported that it
had signed an agreement with two state-owned
Egyptian companies, Egyptian Electricity
Holding Co. (EEHC) and Egyptian Natural Gas
Holding Co. (EGAS), on blue and green hydro-
gen production. The agreement provides for
the parties to study the commercial feasibility
of using electricity generated from renewable
sources to produce green hydrogen and electric-
ity generated from natural gas, with the result-
ing carbon dioxide emissions to be captured
and stored in depleted fields, to produce blue Eni is pursuing hydrogen projects to reduce emissions (Photo: EurActiv)

PROJECTS & COMPANIES
Bechtel signs agreement on construction

of Ain Sokhna petrochemical complex

EGYPT BECHTEL will design and build a $7.5bn pet- Ministry over the weekend.
rochemicals complex for state-owned Red Sea In a statement, the ministry said the agree-
National Refining and Petrochemicals Com- ments provide for the US-based construction
pany in the Ain Sokhna industrial zone under giant to work alongside state-owned Petrojet
two agreements signed with the Petroleum and Enppi.

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