Hydrom - Green Hydrogen: Phase A
Hydrom is planning the development of green hydrogen in Duqm area and Thumrait area in Al Wusta governate and Dhofar Governorate respectively in Oman.
The project will be developed in two rounds i.e Round I(Duqm Region) is developed in 4 phases Z1-01, Z1-02, Z1- 03, Z1- 04 and Round II(Dhofar Region).
This is one of the region's major green hydrogen projects.
The US$55000 million project includes the following:
1. Construction of a facility to produce green hydrogen
2. Construction of Renewable power from solar and wind
3. Carrying out the Hydrogen Derivatives Conversion
4. Installation of an air-separation unit
5. Installation of an air compressors
6. Installation of process heater systems
7. Installation of safety and security systems
8. Construction of associated facilities
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08 April 2024
Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I: Z1-04: Phase 1: The main contract tender is not yet issued.
06 March 2024
Round I: Z1-02: Resource assessment is currently underway at the Hydrogen Duqm project site, marking a crucial step in advancing the development of this innovative initiative. The evaluation aims to test the potential and viability of resources essential for the project's success.
20 February 2024
Phase A: Round I: Z1-02: The construction works are expected to be commence by early 2027.
13 February 2024
Phase A: Round II - Thumrait: The client has received two bids for the second round of land auction.
04 January 2024
The main contract tender is expected to be issued in 2025 and there is not much progress on the project.
20 December 2023
Round I: Z1-01 : The client will require an investment of $6bn to $7bn for the development of the project & the client is planning to talk to all steel players that have a decarbonisation strategy. (Source: MEED)
14 December 2023
Phase A: Round II - Thumrait : The Request for Qualification (RFQ) for the second land auction has been issued and the SOQ submission deadline is January, 28, 2024 and expected to be awarded by second half of 2024. (Source: MEED)
04 December 2023
Phase A: Round II - Thumrait : The Request for Qualification (RFQ) for the second land auction has been issued and the SOQ submission deadline is January, 2024 and expected to be awarded in first quarter 2024.
12 September 2023
Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I: Z1-02: The client aims to reach a financial investment decision for the project within two years and the technical study will commence soon on the project. Even the consortium members are finalising the agreements for the project.
30 August 2023
The Request for Qualification (RFQ) for the second land auction has been issued and the SOQ submission deadline is on October 8, 2023.
12 July 2023
Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round II - Thumrait: The client has started the registration process for the second land auction supporting the sultanate's green hydrogen programme.
07 July 2023
Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I: Z1-01: The land auction process has been awarded to to the Amnah consortium, which comprises of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Blue Power Partners and Al-Khadra, part of Omanâs Hind Bahwan Group. Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I: Z1-02: A consortium led by Engie and Posco, and which includes PTTEP and Samsung Engineering are in talks with Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom) regarding its bid for land block Z1-02. Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I: Z1-03: A commercial term has been signed with BP Oman.Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I: Z1-04: A Commercial term sheet has been signed with Omanâs integrated energy company OQ, Oman Shell, Kuwait's energy investor EnerTech, InterContinental Energy and Golden Wellspring Wealth for Trading.
07 June 2023
Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I - Duqm & Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round II - Thumrait: The land auction process has been awarded to to the Amnah consortium, which comprises of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Blue Power Partners and Al-Khadra, part of Omanâs Hind Bahwan Group.
17 May 2023
Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I - Duqm & Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round II - Thumrait: The client is evaluating the bids for the land blocks being auctioned for the project. The following companies have submitted the bids for this project. They are Engie, Posco Samsung Engineering,Korea Southern Power Company, Korea Southeast Power Company, PTTEP, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, Masdar, Jera, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Hind Bahwan, Jindal.
26 April 2023
Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I - Duqm & Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round II - Thumrait: Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom) is expecting to sign the official contracts with the developers of the proposed multibillion-dollar integrated or legacy green hydrogen projects over the next two to three months.
31 March 2023
Green Hydrogen: Phase A: Round I - Duqm: The main contract bids are under evaluation.
02 March 2023
Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom) expects to award the contract for six land blocks in 2023. (Source: MEED)
22 February 2023
The Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom) expects to sign project development and sub-usufruct agreements with the successful bidders for the land blocks being auctioned for the project by June. Hydrom has received proposed changes to both documents from interested bidders and expects to reissue the updated agreements by 22 February.
17 February 2023
The consortiums and individual companies are preparing to bid by 15 March for the land blocks which is being auctioned for integrated green hydrogen projects in Oman.
07 February 2023
Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom) has received statements of qualifications (SOQs) from prospective developers to take part in Oman's land auction for green hydrogen project and also Taqa submitted an SoQ in partnership with the UAE clean energy company Masdar and Japan's Jera, while the South Korean firms comprising Kepco, Posco and Samsung Engineering belong to one consortium. (Source: MEED)
01 February 2023
The green hydrogen land auction bid has been extended to March 15. And even the client has also set a date for interested bidders to propose changes to the project development agreement and sub-usufruct agreement as suggested by the request of proposals. (Source: MEED)
05 January 2023
Round I - Duqm: The following companies amongst others have been qualified to submit bids: Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), BP, Fortescue, Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and its subsidiaries, Posco, Samsung Engineering, Shell & Total. (Source: MEED)
23 December 2022
Round II - Thumrait: The RfQ process is expected to start by May 2023. (Source: MEED)
21 December 2022
Round I - Duqm: The client has issued the Request for Proposals (RFP) to qualified companies and they have a timeframe of two months to prepare and submit the bids. The site visit is scheduled between January 22 and 27, 2023.
15 December 2022
Round I - Duqm: TotalEnergies and BP amongst others have purchased the request-for-qualification (RfQ) documents.
06 December 2022
Round I - Duqm: The client has issued RfQ documents to 40 different companies from Western and Northern Europe, South-East Asia, India, the United States and also includes the local companies. The ITB is expected to be issued in the second week of December 2022 however they will still continue to issue the RfQ documents for the project.
07 November 2022
Round I - Duqm: The pre-qualification submission process has started for the project.
26 October 2022
Round I - Duqm: The RFQ is expected to be issued in November 2022. The companies qualified will receive the RFP documents in December 2022 and the bid submission will be in January 2023. The contract is expected to be awarded by March 2023. Round II - Thumrait: The investor roadshow is expected in April 2023. The RFQ is expected to be issued in May 2023 till July 2023. The companies qualified will receive the RFP documents in August 2023 and the bid submission will be in October 2023. The contract is expected to be awarded by December 2023.