Reliance industries’ blue hydrogen plan will draw investors

Reliance Industries Ltd.’s plan to repurpose its $4-billion (about Rs 30,000 crore) gasification assets for clean energy will offer the Mukesh Ambani-controlled conglomerate an opportunity to rope in more investors, according to analysts. India’s biggest company by market value will use syngas—a product of coal gasification—to make blue hydrogen at a competitive cost of $1.2-1.5

A new, sustainable way to make hydrogen for fuel cells

A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan led by Ryuhei Nakamura. Unlike current methods, the new method does not require rare metals that are expensive or in short supply. Instead, hydrogen for

Reliance Industries targets to become world’s top blue hydrogen maker

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd is targeting to become one of the largest producers of blue hydrogen globally, producing the zero-emission fuel at costs that will be half of the global average. The operator of the world’s largest oil refining complex will re-purpose a Rs 30,000 crore plant that currently converts petroleum coke into

Green Hydrogen is the fuel of the future, aim to export it to the world: Gadkari

Roads and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday, February 10, that green hydrogen was the fuel of the future and he intends to export it to the whole world. A Toyota car fueled by green hydrogen from the Faridabad lab of Indian Oil will be tested in the city located in Haryana on March

Harnessing ammonia as ship fuel

Ammonia is one of the most promising future fuels in the maritime world, but introducing it to the fuel mix is far from straightforward. What are some of the biggest challenges that need to be overcome? And what are DNV and other companies doing to tackle them? It smells pungent and if a mere 0.5

Wartsila to maintain 2 LNG-fueled ferries from STQ

Finnish technology group Wartsila has signed an optimised maintenance agreement with the Canadian ferry operator Societé des Traversiers du Quebec (STQ) for two LNG-fueled ferries. The five-year long-term deal specifically covers two vessels: the Jos Deschenes II and the Armand Imbeau II. The 92-meter-long passenger LNG-fueled ferries are part of the Canadian Province of Quebec’s

Reliance Industries & ONGC to auction natural gas at different rates

Reliance Industries and ONGC plan to separately auction small quantities of natural gas with sharply different floor rates. RIL’s floor price is linked to crude oil and at the current rate of crude, would amount to $14 per mmBtu, while ONGC’s domestic gas price-linked floor is set at $4.5. Reliance has sought bidders for 0.65

BHP’s first LNG-powered bulk carrier fuels up in Singapore

BHP, the largest Australian mining company, has marked the delivery of the first of five bulk carriers that will be powered by liquefied gas instead of highly polluting bunker fuel to transport shipments of iron ore from the Pilbara to Asia. As part of the mining giant’s efforts to slash emissions across its supply chain,

Should Europe use more long term LNG contracts?

The threat of disruptions to Europe’s gas supply from Russia, in the event the West imposes sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine, has prompted a debate about the need for long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts. The United States has in recent weeks asked Qatar and other major gas producers whether they can send extra gas

India to double down on oil, gas exploration: Hardeep Singh Puri

India will more than double the area that is under exploration and production of oil and gas to 0.5 million square kilometre by 2025 and to 1 million sq km by 2030 with a view to raising domestic output and cut reliance on imported fuel, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. The world’s