UK-based BP Plc has selected BASF’s OASE® white gas treating technology for the company’s H2Teesside blue hydrogen project. The technology’s carbon capture rate is up to 99.99%.
H2Teesside aims to be one of the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facilities, targeting 1.2GW of hydrogen production by 2030, equating to over 10% of the UK government’s hydrogen target of 10GW by the same year.
“This agreement marks another critical milestone for H2Teesside as the project builds momentum and continues to move towards commercial operations, planned for 2028,” said Will Harrison-Cripps, H2Teesside Asset Development Lead. “Along with its sister project HyGreen Teesside, H2Teesside could play a critical role in decarbonizing industry and heavy transport on Teesside, helping to transform the region into a leading hydrogen hub and kickstart the UK’s low-carbon hydrogen economy.”
Carbon capture at H2Teesside could capture and send for storage approximately two million mt/y of CO2 via the BP-led Northern Endurance partnership, the CO2 transportation and storage company that will deliver the onshore and offshore infrastructure needed to capture carbon from a range of emitters across Teesside and the Humber.
In October 2023, BP also announced that it had signed a licensing and engineering agreement for Johnson Matthey’s LCH blue hydrogen technology, which will enable the hydrogen production element of the process.