Guiding sustainable hydrogen developments
We collaborate with our clients right from the beginning of their project, helping them to navigate the complex challenges presented in the production and utilisation of hydrogen. We provide guidance on preliminary studies, pre-FEED activity and, as that develops, provide robust FEED packages.
Investing in pre-FEED and FEED programmes is critical to project success and offers vital opportunities for mitigating technical, commercial and delivery risks. This additional transparency ensures sound final investment decisions.
- For blue and grey hydrogen projects – we draw on our deep hydrocarbon experience, including the delivery of hydrogen scopes in our traditional refinery projects, and our growing track record in energy transition projects, which includes complex CO2 capture and removal scopes.
- For green hydrogen, green ammonia, and methanol projects – we draw on our experience in designing and delivering electrical power systems for offshore wind projects, as well as our solar and gas processing expertise.
Across the energy industry we are known for our innovative approaches – challenging norms, pioneering new commercial and operational models, and bringing assured delivery to even the most challenging assignments. This is now helping clients to unlock the opportunities that hydrogen brings and how it can be best applied and integrated into future operations.
With several world regions poised to step up their hydrogen activities, and many energy-intensive industries eager for at-scale solutions, Petrofac has the understanding and experience to provide targeted support from concept to construction and into eventual operation.
Pioneering green hydrogen and green ammonia at scale
Australia – one of the world’s first green hydrogen production facilities
We combined our expertise in renewable, low-carbon engineering, and gas processing to successfully deliver FEED for one of the world’s first green hydrogen production facilities for Infinite Green Energy. Harnessing Australia’s abundant resources, the Arrowsmith project is targeting a production capacity of 25 tonnes of green hydrogen per day derived from renewable sources. To produce these volumes, the plant includes around 100 MW of solar power, supplemented by 114MW of wind generation capacity, both generated on-site.
Click below to learn more about how we’re supporting the Arrowsmith Hydrogen Project.
Chile – a significant new green ammonia project
We are Owner’s Engineer for Transitional Energy Group’s Gente Grande Green Ammonia Project on Tierra del Fuego. The project will use more than 3GW of wind generation capacity to produce more than 1.3 million tonnes of green ammonia annually. Ammonia is incredibly versatile and can also be converted into hydrogen should it be needed.
Egypt – a hydrogen-to-ammonia solution
We delivered an early-stage feasibility study for a new green hydrogen-to-ammonia project for Mediterranean Energy Partners. Our remit included sizing electrolysers, selecting the ammonia licensor, and assessing options for an export facility. The project will use a mix of wind and solar and is set to produce 125,000 tonnes of green ammonia a year.
United Kingdom – a green hydrogen plant for a major brewery
We delivered the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a large-scale green hydrogen plant for the Samlesbury Brewery in Lancashire to help AB InBev/Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I achieve its sustainability ambitions. The Samlesbury Net Zero project which has now secured planning consent, will avoid up to 11,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year.
Learn more about how we’re supporting the Samlesbury Net Zero project by clicking the link below.
Three factors that set us apart
We provide end-to-end EPC services
We have delivered more than 200 major engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects worldwide and across sectors. Many of these have had a hydrogen component, and almost all entail relevant expertise.
We are technology-neutral
Not all technology is suitable for every development, so we partner with all major licensors, assessing, selecting, and integrating the most appropriate technical and process solution for each hydrogen project.
We work from concept to construction – and beyond
We provide a complete plan-design-and-build service, and the more integrated we are in the project’s evolution, the more benefits we bring.
Supporting clients at every step of the way
Petrofac works across the lifecycle of energy facilities, from early conceptual phases to decommissioning. Drawing on this direct line of sight, we emphasise the constructability, operability, safety, and sustainability of hydrogen projects.
Concept
We think ahead, sharing our EPC knowledge to guide safe, reliable, and robust concepts – designs we can confidently take through to FEED stage. This work is fundamental when moving into a more robust FEED, enabling the end user to confidently clarify the scope of a project.
FEED
We apply the lessons learnt through our construction and commissioning projects, producing designs that reduce technical risk, improve cost certainty, and guide sound investment decisions. This work interlinks closely with pre-FEED, which is designed to mitigate any outlying factors that could impact the design created at this stage.
Construction management
We combine world-class project management and procurement capabilities with flexible commercial models to optimise every hydrogen project. In most cases engaging with the same provider for FEED and Pre-FEED can be beneficial, allowing for lessons learnt to be accurately shared, easing the transition between project stages.
Helping clients unlock the hydrogen opportunity
In recent years, some of the initial enthusiasm for hydrogen had been tempered by an increase in power costs, wavering political support, and questions about its ability to compete with other low-carbon options, like renewable electricity and biofuels.
By the start of 2024, aided by subsidies and government incentives, global interest in hydrogen was back in the ascendancy, particularly as a feedstock for ammonia and methane.
In the UK, for example, the government is set to support a further 875MW of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity through its HAR2 funding round. Similarly, in continental Europe, it is anticipated that the European Hydrogen Bank will provide EUR800 million to support renewable hydrogen producers.
Interest is also high in the Middle East, with the NEOM hydrogen megaproject underway, and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company partnering with Mitsubishi to establish a low-carbon supply chain for blue ammonia. And, buoyed by the US Inflation Reduction Act, some world-class hydrogen facilities look set to emerge across the Gulf Coast.
With the spotlight back on hydrogen, Petrofac is collaborating with clients in the energy sector and energy-intensive industries to unlock its opportunities.
Click the link below to learn how we are collaborating with clients to unlock opportunities in hydrogen.
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