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of-understanding to co-develop Humber “associated infrastructure” at its Lingen Equinor awards extra
Zero, a large scale decarbonisation project Refinery. The electrolyser, BP said, was
that is fully aligned with the wider Humber expected to generate nearly 9,000 metric tons contracts for Bacalhau
Industrial Decarbonisation Deployment of hydrogen per year.
Project (Humber DP). Renewable, or green hydrogen, refers to Equinor has let contracts to Baker Hughes,
Initially, Humber Zero will decarbonise hydrogen produced via the electrolysis of Halliburton, and Schlumberger for drilling
8Mt per annum of CO2 emissions, with the water, with the electricity used in the process and well services on Bacalhau field in the
potential to target 30Mt of CO2 emissions coming from renewable sources like wind Santos basin off Brazil.
from the wider Humber Cluster to the west and solar. The contract scope awarded to Baker
of Immingham. In its own announcement, Orsted said it Hughes covers drilling services and
The North Sea operator emphasized expected the electrolyser at the Lingen Green completion. Halliburton’s scope of work
that the V Net Zero project is aligned to its Hydrogen project to be powered by one of its will include intervention services and liner
energy transition strategy and will be critical offshore wind farms in the North Sea. hanger, while Schlumberger will deliver
to delivering low carbon infrastructure on “Heavy industries such as refineries wireline services. The contracts have a firm
Humberside, the UK’s most carbon-intensive use large quantities of hydrogen in their period of 4 years and two 2-year options. The
industrial region. manufacturing processes,” Martin Neubert, total value of the three contracts is estimated
executive vice president at Orsted, said in a at $455mn.
statement issued on November 10. Front end engineering and design (FEED)
BP, Orsted team up for replacing the currently fossil-based hydrogen contracts with early commitments and pre-
“They will continue to need hydrogen, but
investments for Phase 1 development were
green hydrogen at refinery with hydrogen produced from renewable awarded in January.
Bacalhau, 185 km from the coast of Sao
energy can help these industries dramatically
Orsted and BP are to work together on the lower their CO2 footprint,” he added. Paulo, in 2,050 m water depth, will be the
development of a large-scale renewable Together, Orsted and BP have made first greenfield development in the presalt by
hydrogen project at a refinery in north- an application for funding from the EU an international operator. A final investment
west Germany, the latest example of major Innovation Fund, which is focused on the decision is planned in 2021 with first oil
businesses in the energy sector focusing on so “demonstration of innovative low-carbon expected in 2024. Phase 1 development
called “green hydrogen.” technologies.” capacity is 220,000 bpd.
In an announcement on November 10, According to BP, a final investment Equinor is operator in Bacalhau (40%)
BP said it had signed a letter of intent with decision is expected in 2022, “subject to with partners ExxonMobil (40%), Petrogal
Orsted to collaborate on the project. appropriate enabling policies being in place.” Brasil (20%), and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA,
According to the oil and gas giant, the The project could be up and running by non-investor government agency).
scheme will involve the development of 2024.
an initial 50 MW electrolyser as well as

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