Hydrogen Production

The UK Climate Change Committee has identified that the transition to a low-carbon economy will require the increasing use of hydrogen to fuel homes, businesses and vehicles. Lir Resources plans to produce hydrogen using either the steam methane reformation or autothermal reformation methods; both processes produce CO₂ as a by-product. Consequently, this CO2 has to be captured and sequestered to achieve carbon neutral status.

Lir Resources has designed a platform and accessibility to a hydrogen production plant which would be located offshore adjacent to a depleted gas reservoir. This design is based on a patented, low-cost platform and will provide the following benefits:

  • There is no requirement for new compression and pipeline infrastructure.
  • The hydrogen cost to consumers will be minimised.
  • Hydrogen export would be by pipeline or pressurised containers.
  • There is sufficient carbon storage capacity on the UKCS to accommodate the new hydrogen production plants required to make the transition to carbon net zero.

Lir Resources will develop an indigenous and invaluable supply of natural gas which can be harnessed to generate hydrogen, in the drive to transition to a carbon net zero economy in the UK. This philosophy and technology could be exported and employed worldwide.