Liverpool Bay gas could be converted for hydrogen production
July 5, 2021
Eni UK and Uniper have signed a memorandum of understanding to assess decarbonization initiatives in North Wales.
(Courtesy Uniper)
Connah’s Quay power station in Flintshire.
Offshore staff
LONDON – Eni UK and Uniper have signed a memorandum of understanding to assess decarbonization initiatives in North Wales.
In Liverpool Bay Eni UK owns and operates various oil and gas fields, with the gas supplied to Uniper’s Connah’s Quay power station in Flintshire.
Uniper will investigate opportunities for blue and green hydrogen production at the site, capturing any CO2 produced as a by-product from the process, while Eni UK will use its infrastructure to transport and store the CO2 in Liverpool Bay.
Eni is also repurposing its pipeline infrastructure to transport CO2 as part of a carbon capture and storage scheme connected with the wider HyNet North West low carbon project.
Earlier this year the company signed a framework agreement with Progressive Energy to accelerate this development. Eni has a CO2 storage appraisal license which it plans to use to convert its fields in Liverpool Bay into a CO2 storage site.
