Gazprom Neft to double hydrogen production
Oil and gas firm is looking to leverage CCS expertise in production of blue and turquoise hydrogen
Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft plans to more than double its production of hydrogen by 2024. The firm currently produces 100,000t/yr of hydrogen and hopes to raise this volume to 250,000t/yr by 2024. Gazprom Neft has joined Russian analytical advisory body the Council of Industrial Partners—part of Technological Hydrogen Valley, a consortium formed by educational and scientific institutions—in order to share knowledge and expertise. “We have already formed a technological chain for capturing, storing, transporting and geological storage of carbon dioxide” Vashkevich, Gazprom Neft The bulk of the firm’s hydrogen production is of the grey variety. Gazprom Neft did not say what propo
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