The prize for the GCC is vast: up to $100 billion in export earnings by 2050. Projects are under way to produce hydrogen and/or ammonia at the Ta’ziz industrial hub at Ruwais, the Dubai Expo site, and two at Kizad. The National Petroleum Construction Company formed a joint venture with French engineering firm Technip to co-operate on hydrogen.Įarlier this month, after the UK visit by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Adnoc, Masdar and BP announced plans to produce two gigawatts equivalent of hydrogen across the two countries. And it can take further steps to capitalise on this.Īt the event, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and managing director and group chief executive of Adnoc, repeated the ambition for the UAE to lead in “blue” hydrogen, made from natural gas. The UAE has natural and created advantages in this new energy carrier. This year’s Gastech conference, which concluded last week in Dubai, brought yet more advances. Hardly a day goes by without more announcements in the field of hydrogen.
