Pakistan and Turkmenistan has agreed to fast-track a major pipeline project that will allow the Central Asian state to supply natural gas to Pakistan and India via Afghanistan.
The infrastructure, which is expected to start commercial operations by 2032, is meant to transport newly produced and imported hydrogen, says Reuters.
The expansion will enable the recovery of natural gas liquids (NGL) from roughly 1.5 billion ft3/d of natural gas, boosting production to more than 90 000 bpd.
The European Commission has signed off on about €3 billion of planned German state aid for building a system of hydrogen pipelines known as the Hydrogen Core Network (HCN) says Reuters.
Nine gas transmission system operators in the countries around the Baltic Sea have signed a MoU which aims to coordinate and facilitate hydrogen infrastructure.
The development will consist of a network of onshore CO2 pipelines, to be developed by GRTGaz, which will connect France’s Dunkirk industrial area to Equinor’s CO2 Highway Europe project.