Kogas, Woodside Sign MoU

South Korean Kogas has signed a memorandum of understanding with Australian Woodside to work in research and development of hydrogen fuel, Kogas said July 2. The MoU was signed June 28 during the recently concluded World Gas Conference in Washington DC.

The two companies will conduct research and development and forge technical collaboration to study ways to produce hydrogen fuel from natural gas and coal gas as well as its storage and transportation.

Natural gas contains methane that can be used to produce hydrogen with thermal processes, such as steam-methane reformation and partial oxidation.

Kogas has been working on developing infrastructure for hydrogen fuelled cars. It plans to use its gas distributing stations across the country as charging stations for hydrogen cars. Kogas has more than 400 LNG distribution centres in South Korea which the company plans also to use as charging stations for hydrogen cars.