日本ENEOS与沙特阿美签署MoU共同开发氢和氨供应链

据可再生能源新闻2021年3月25日东京报道，日本最大的炼油企业新日本石油公司（ENEOS）3月25日在东京表示，ENEOS日前与沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司(沙特阿美/Saudi Aramco)签署了一项谅解备忘录（MoU），考虑双方合作开发无二氧化碳氢和氨供应链，以加快发展氢生产、运输和销售业务。

ENEOS发言人表示，根据这份ENEOS首次与中东石油生产商合作的MoU，两家公司将进行为期一年的可行性研究，研究氢的生产方式和运输选择。

ENEOS表示，在可行性研究期间，ENEOS和沙特阿阿美将共同研究沙特阿美从天然气和液化石油气等原料中生产氢气，以及从生产中捕获和储存其相关的二氧化碳。

这两家公司还将研究以氨和甲基环己烷(MCH)的形式将氢从沙特阿拉伯运送到日本和其他消费国。

日本在2020年从沙特阿拉伯进口了首船蓝色氨货物，用于发电，其二氧化碳捕获工艺指定用于沙特基础工业公司Ibn-Sina设施的甲醇生产，以及捕获二氧化碳用于沙特阿拉美Uthmaniyah油田提高原油采收率。

李峻 编译自 可再生能源新闻

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Japan's ENEOS signs MOU with Aramco to develop hydrogen, ammonia supply chain

Japan's largest refiner ENEOS said March 25 it signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Aramco to consider development of a CO2-free hydrogen and ammonia supply chain as it accelerates efforts to develop hydrogen production, transport and sales businesses.

Under the MOU, which was ENEOS' first of its kind with a Middle Eastern producer, the two companies will conduct a year-long feasibility study looking at means of hydrogen production and transport options, an ENEOS spokeswoman said.

During the feasibility study, ENEOS and Saudi Aramco will jointly look at Aramco's hydrogen production derived from feedstocks such as natural gas and LPG as well as capture and storage of its associated CO2 from production, ENEOS said.

The companies will also look at means to transport hydrogen including in forms of ammonia and methylcyclohexane (MCH) from Saudi Arabia to Japan and other consumers.

Japan imported the maiden blue ammonia cargo in 2020 from Saudi Arabia to be used for power generation, with the CO2 capturing process designated for use in methanol production at SABIC's Ibn-Sina facility, as well as capturing CO2 used for enhanced oil recovery at Saudi Aramco's Uthmaniyah field.