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Natural Gas & Refining on Hydrogen
Published 31 March 2021
by Sandil Sanmugam, Portfolio Director, Gas & Hydrogen, Energy Council
The European Commission is focussing heavily on integrating clean hydrogen into carbon-intensive industries such as refining, natural gas transportation, and steel in order to pave the way to a carbon neutral Europe. Hearing from the end-users of always of interest and thanks to the Energy Council and our sister company the World Refining Association, we are pleased to share insights from the refining and natural gas sectors.
In this report you will see the key takeaways from this year’s European Gas Conference as well as the European Refining Technology Conference and their thoughts on the potential of their industries embracing the hydrogen economy.
Find out more about the European Hydrogen Conference:
23 June | Online
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