How BASF & ExxonMobil are Producing Green Hydrogen Energy
The article details BASF and ExxonMobil's collaboration on methane pyrolysis technology for producing low-emission hydrogen. It outlines the process, potential applications, and partnerships involved in scaling the technology for industrial and energy use.
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“BASF and ExxonMobil are joining forces to advance hydrogen technology that could reshape the landscape of low-carbon energy.”
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“The companies have signed a joint development agreement to scale methane pyrolysis, a process designed to produce clean hydrogen for industrial and energy use.”
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“Together, they plan to build and operate a demonstration facility capable of generating up to 2,000 tonnes of low-emission hydrogen and 6,000 tonnes of solid carbon a year.”
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“Methane pyrolysis is a process that uses electricity to split natural gas or other gases, such as bio-methane, into hydrogen and solid carbon.”
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“This method prevents process-related CO₂ emissions while leveraging existing natural gas networks – offering an alternative route to low-emission hydrogen without relying on water-intensive electrolysis.”
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“Although it uses natural gas as a feedstock, the technique reduces emissions by decomposing methane rather than combusting it.”
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“Compared with steam methane reforming, this process is far more energy-efficient, using around five times less electrical input than electrolysis.”
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“The demonstration plant, set within ExxonMobil’s Baytown complex in Texas, is designed to move the technology towards large-scale commercialisation.”
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“Once fully developed, it will be capable of producing up to one billion cubic feet of low-carbon hydrogen per day.”
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“ExxonMobil expects the site to also produce over one million tonnes of low-carbon ammonia annually.”
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“In 2025, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company acquired a 35% equity stake in ExxonMobil's Baytown hydrogen project.”
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“BASF and Siemens Energy have previously partnered to develop a 54 MW water electrolyser.”
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“McKinsey analysis suggests that methane abatement offers some of the most impactful and lowest-effort greenhouse gas reductions available today.”
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“Dr Stephan Kothrade adds: “We have been working on this technology for more than a decade and developed a superior reactor concept that we successfully validated at our test plant in Ludwigshafen.””
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