General – Green Hydrogen
DEME and OQ recently reached an agreement to have bp as an equity partner and operator in the HYPORT Duqm project. bp will acquire a 49% stake, while OQ and DEME will each maintain a 25.5% stake in the project company.
The agreement will enable bp to become part of the green hydrogen project situated in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), Oman. The transaction will be completed in Q3 2024.
The first operational, large-scale green hydrogen project in Oman HYPORT Duqm is being developed on an area of 150 km² within the Special Economic Zone at Duqm in Oman. The production of green hydrogen to green ammonia will be powered by both wind and solar energy, with a combined capacity of approximately 1.3 GW under Phase 1 and potentially more than 2.7 GW upon completion of Phase 2.
The downstream operations plan is to be fully integrated with the state-of-the-art infrastructure at the Port of Duqm to handle green molecules and channel them for export into European and Asian markets. The molecules could serve to apply across several industries that are on their path to sustainable decarbonization. Currently, the project is in the pre-front-end engineering design phase, with the commercial operations date scheduled for 2030-2031.
In June 2023, DEME and its development partner OQ, the leading global integrated energy group in Oman, signed a Project Development Agreement with Hydrom, which represents Oman’s national interest in green hydrogen and is regulated by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.
DEME HYPORT Energy, which consolidates all of DEME’s green hydrogen interests, is a cornerstone of DEME’s sustainability strategy.
As an active developer of renewable hydrogen projects that target a leading role with early involvement, partnerships, and integrated control across the value chain, DEME HYPORT Energy is pursuing a fully integrated strategy to ensure that each project generates and transmits all the necessary electricity and water – resulting in 100% green hydrogen molecules.
The agreement with bp is further proof of DEME’s commitment to being a global player in the green hydrogen space.
In June 2024, DEME signed a milestone Cooperation Agreement with the Egyptian Government to establish an industrial-scale green hydrogen production facility in Egypt’s western desert. Leveraging the knowledge gained from the development of Oman’s pioneering HYPORT Duqm green hydrogen project, DEME will apply its expertise to this innovative second facility.
Meanwhile, DEME is also working with local partners in other strategic locations in regard to progressing utility-scale green hydrogen/ammonia projects, and more opportunities are being explored on a global level.
