Novatek is working toward blending hydrogen into its natural gas liquefaction facilities
Novatek and RWE sign supply deal
Novatek is seeking offtakers for blue hydrogen from its Obsky project, originally conceived as being for LNG production
Russian gas firm Novatek has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply German utility RWE with low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia. The fuel would be produced at the firm’s planned Obsky project in Russia’s Yamal region and delivered to RWE and its customers in Germany and other European markets. Novatek decided earlier this year to reconfigure Obsky—originally designed to produce LNG—to produce ammonia, hydrogen and methanol, and is conducting a pre-Feed study. Steam methane reforming and carbon capture, utilisation and storage technologies can be retrofitted to LNG facilities to enable blue hydrogen and ammonia production. Novatek is already working with services company Baker Hughes to b
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