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Hydrogen
A low-carbon fuel
Scaling up production of low-carbon hydrogen
Hydrogen produces zero greenhouse gas emissions at its point of use. It's also versatile - suitable for power generation, trucking, and heat-intensive industries like steel and chemicals. We are scaling up production of low-carbon hydrogen to reduce CO2 emissions in our own facilities, and helping others do the same.
There are applications in the energy sector that require high energy density. Think long distance trucks, ships, heavy industry, steel, chemical production, cement. These applications will continue to need high energy density fuels and are unlikely to be electrified very easily. So, this is where we need a low-carbon fuel source like hydrogen.
Our first world-scale hydrogen facility
Hydrogen facility at Baytown
To further support our ambitions for net zero Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions across major operated assets by 2050, we are planning a world-scale blue hydrogen plant at our integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Baytown, Texas. The new plant could generate up to 1 billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day, delivering low-carbon fuel to the Baytown olefins plant and other Houston-area facilities.
Learn more about our plans in Baytown Behind the technology
Click on the key areas below to learn more about hydrogen
Natural gas
Natural gas is comprised largely of methane (CH4) and can be turned into hydrogen through a reforming process.
Hydrogen
Once isolated, hydrogen can be used for domestic heating, transportation and in other industrial areas.
Water
Water is an input into the reforming process.
Carbon storage
CO2 is removed, transported and permenently stored.
Steam methane reforming
Natural gas and steam undergo a series of reactions and separation to make H2 and CO2.
Exploring the creation of a hub to help lower emissions from shipping
ExxonMobil is working with industry partners to explore the potential production and distribution of green hydrogen and green ammonia at our Slagen facility, on a busy shipping route in Norway.
Learn more about our Slagen facility
Energy transition and policy initiatives
“We need policy incentives to support the production of low-carbon hydrogen and to incentivize investment in new demand cases for hydrogen.”
Hydrogen: Another chapter in ExxonMobil’s lower-emissions ambitions
There’s a buzz in Baytown, Texas. The city just outside of Houston is already home to one of ExxonMobil’s largest integrated refining and chemical complexes. It’s also the site of the company’s recently announced plan to build a world-scale blue hydrogen facility.
Learn more about our lower-emissions ambitions
Low Carbon Solutions
Low Carbon Solutions is helping to lower emissions by providing solutions to our industrial and commercial customers in growing markets for carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and lower emission fuels.
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