Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – Equinor and ENGIE have started a feasibility study for the H2BE project in Belgium, designed to produce low-carbon hydrogen from natural gas.
This will support the Belgian federal government’s Hydrogen Strategy, announced in late October.
H2BE will employ autothermal reforming (ATR) technology, said to facilitate decarbonization at rates above 95%, combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS).
The captured CO2 would be transported in liquid form for permanent subsurface storage in the Norwegian North Sea.
The two partners are assessing the technical and economic suitability of a site in the Ghent area, and are in talks with potential hydrogen offtakers and with North Sea Port on integration with port infrastructure.
H2BE would also be a key component of the open-access hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure Fluxys Belgium plans to develop to connect supply and demand across industrial clusters in Belgium and neighboring countries.
Operations could start before 2030.
12/16/2021
