UAE - Mubasher: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the UK-based bp, and Masdar inked a partnership to develop clean hydrogen and technology hubs and explore further opportunities for the energy transition.

ADNOC and bp will cooperate in the design phase (pre-FEED) of the H2Teesside low-carbon hydrogen project, which is the Abu Dhabi-based energy company's first investment in the UK, according to a recent press release.

Meanwhile, Masdar and bp will collaborate on the HyGreen Teesside green hydrogen project in the UK’s Teesside industrial cluster, which will be powered by offshore wind.

In the UAE, ADNOC and bp will undertake a joint feasibility study for a low-carbon hydrogen project in Abu Dhabi.

The three companies will also explore the production of sustainable aviation fuels in the UAE by using solar-to-green hydrogen and municipal waste gasification.

The UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO, and Masdar Chairman, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, said: "ADNOC and Masdar’s deepened partnership with bp is a testament to the UAE and UK’s longstanding track record of bilateral partnership in sustainability as well as the UAE’s intent to play a leading role in the fast-growing clean hydrogen economy both domestically and internationally."

Meanwhile, bp’s CEO, Bernard Looney, commented: "Our partnership with ADNOC and Masdar stretches internationally and will be able to help decarbonize some of the most hard-to-abate sectors in the world – like industrial manufacturing, power, and aviation – in a sustainable way."