Adnoc + Kawasaki strengthen low-carbon hydrogen value chain: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) signed an agreement with Japanese manufacturing giant Kawasaki to explore joint production, liquefaction, and transport mechanisms for low-carbon hydrogen for delivery to international markets, according to a company tweet yesterday. The timeline and financials of the partnership were not disclosed.

And there’s another agreement to certify standards: Adnoc also signed an agreement with the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security, multinational trading firm Mitsui, Japanese oil company Inpex, and the Clean Fuel Ammonia Association to develop certification standards verifying the ammonia Adnoc produces as carbon-neutral, Adnoc notes.

UAE-Japan green hydrogen agreements have been heating up: Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsui & Co signed a shareholder agreement with Ta’ziz — a joint venture between Adnoc and ADQ — GS Energy, and Fertiglobe to construct a facility generating some 1 mn tons of blue ammonia annually last January. That same month, Adnoc signed a joint study agreement with Japan’s Tsubame BHB on new ways to manufacture ammonia, while renewables developer Masdar signed an MoU with Japanese power generation company Jera to explore joint hydrogen production potential. Later in February, Jera inked a similar agreement with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) to explore the feasibility of low-carbon green hydrogen and thermal energy production projects in MENA.

Japan is also interested in Saudi and Oman: Saudi mining company Ma’aden inked an MoU with Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsui & Co to become the first commercial supplier of blue ammonia to Japan last month. Japanese trading and investment conglomerate Marubeni also signed an agreement last month with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to jointly conduct a feasibility study for a green hydrogen production facility in KSA, noting it would export some of the green hydrogen to international markets. Marubeni is the largest developer in a consortium working on the USD 1 bn green ammonia SalalaH2 project in Oman, which will have a generational capacity of 1k tons per day once operational in 2028.

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