Woodside awards contract for Oklahoma hydrogen project

Australia’s Woodside has awarded Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a unit of Oslo-listed Nel, a contract for the alkaline electrolyser equipment for H2OK, its proposed hydrogen project in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the company said on October 17.

The alkaline electrolyser equipment would support phase 1 of the H2OK project, designed to produce 90 metric tons/day. The proposed project site in Ardmore is in an area well suited for hydrogen production with good availability of water and renewable energy, Woodside said.

The electrolyser stacks will be manufactured at Nel’s factory in Herøya in Norway. When completed, the electrolyser plant will have a nameplate capacity of about 64,000 kg/day of hydrogen. The company will produce liquid hydrogen for hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial and heavy transport vehicles.

The front-end engineering design for the H2OK project is targeted for completion this year. Woodside is aiming to take a final investment decision in 2023.

Woodside is looking to expand its new energy footprint in the US and is also working on two proposed hydrogen projects in Australia: H2Perth and H2TAS.