EET Fuels, the trading name of Essar Oil UK, has moved forward to the front-end engineering design stage for its Hydrogen Fuel Switching project, aiming to create the world’s leading low carbon process refinery. The hydrogen required for this project will be supplied by EET Hydrogen, the company’s co-located Track One low carbon hydrogen production facility.
EET Fuels has appointed Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, to oversee the final design of the fuel system that will integrate into the company’s hydrogen-ready crude distiller furnace. Wood will also re-design the core infrastructure and control systems to enable the safe and efficient combustion of hydrogen.
The completion of the FEED phase will position EET Fuels to make a final investment decision on the hydrogen fuel switching project next year. The project is expected to enable the switching of fuels in assets like the hydrogen-ready crude distiller furnace, the first of its kind installed in any UK refinery. The furnace is capable of operating on 100 percent hydrogen or a fuel-gas mix, and once operational with hydrogen from EET Hydrogen’s production plant, it will reduce emissions at the Stanlow Refinery by 0.2 million tonnes per year. Additionally, the availability of hydrogen from EET Hydrogen will facilitate the fuel switching of all fired heaters on site.
The progression of this project demonstrates EET Fuels’ strong momentum towards its target of reducing CO2 emissions at the Stanlow Refinery by 95 percent by 2030.
Deepak Maheshwari, CEO of EET Fuels, commented: “We have groundbreaking plans for EET Fuels in the UK with the Stanlow Refinery at its heart. Hydrogen Fuel Switching is an integral part of these plans, and conducting the FEED alongside a great partner in Wood will allow us to confidently move forward to final investment decision. We remain on track to become the world’s first low carbon process refinery, providing security of fuel supply to the UK, as well as building and maintaining employment in the UK’s industrial heartlands.”
Martin Simmonite, senior vice president for UK Operations at Wood, added, “We are delighted to be working on this decarbonisation project with EET Fuels, providing critical infrastructure that is fundamental to the energy transition and UK energy security.”
This collaboration marks a significant step forward for EET Fuels in its journey to become a low carbon process refinery, highlighting its commitment to sustainability and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK.
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