Woodside selects McDermott for H2Perth pre-FEED

McDermott International has been awarded a pre front-end engineering design (Pre-Feed) contract by Woodside Energy for the proposed H2Perth project located in the Kwinana area in Western Australia, it said on August 15.

Under the contract scope, McDermott will provide pre-Feed services for a proposed export-scale production facility for renewable and lower-carbon hydrogen and ammonia. Hydrogen will be produced using electrolysis technologies and natural gas reforming with carbon emissions abated or offset.

Work on the project will be executed from McDermott's office in Perth, Australia, and its engineering centre of excellence in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Australia’s biggest gas producer Woodside is planning to invest $5bn in emerging new energy markets by 2030, it said in December last year. In addition to the H2Perth project, the company is also developing the H2TAS project in northern Tasmania to supply both Australia and international markets. The company has also announced plans to expand its portfolio of hydrogen production opportunities to the US.