The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia (2024)

 The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia (2024)

Whether you are an engineer in the energy industry, or an environmental policy wonk, “The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia” is worth a look.

This 800+ page report, produced by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (https://www.fraunhofer.de/en.html ) and published by Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/ ) in 2024 is an open access document, downloadable in PDF form.

Although the open access edition is available for free, it is not easy to wend one’s way to the download link.

Because the Desulfurization Blog focuses on tips and tricks to make your online research more effective, I have provided details below on the journey from an email notice of the publication to the full text of the publication itself.

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I have created a number of Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/ ) alerts. One of them is simply a search for anything Aramco …

Google Scholar Alert: aramco

One of the items listed in a recent alert referenced "Saudi Arabia's Clean Hydrogen Journey"
Clicking the link took me to a PDF of Chapter 2 of an unnamed book. The chapter gave no clue as to the name of the book. I was interested enough to want to see the whole book, or at least to find out the name and date of the book. I noticed in the address bar that "fraunhofer" was part of the URL.

Googling Fraunhofer Saudi Arabia's Clean Hydrogen Journey resulted in a link to ...

Fraunhofer-Publica
https://publica.fraunhofer.de › entities › publication
This chapter introduces Saudi Arabia's past, present, and future energy governance in terms of the stakeholders, policies, and socioeconomic development ...

Clicking on the link resulted in a Fraunhofer page. At the top of the page was a link labeled FULL. Clicking on FULL resulted in what I was looking for, namely, the title of the book, “The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia”, as well as the date and other useful information. It also included a link to publisher Routledge.

The Routledge page includes, at the top, a search box. On a whim, I entered the title of the book ...
The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia

The resulting Routledge page included a listing of several titles, including the one I was searching for.

The listing included a link to yet another page, offering more details on the title, including price, etc. AND, as an unexpected BONUS, a link to the OPEN ACCESS version of the book, which includes, at last, a link labeled DOWNLOAD. Clicking the DOWNLOAD link downloaded the PDF version of the book to my computer.

Whew! That was quite a workout.

The moral of this story … sometimes following the breadcrumbs all the way to the end is worth the effort.

And, to save you the effort, here is the link to the PDF version of The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Clean-Hydrogen-Economy-and-Saudi-Arabia-Domestic-Developments-and-International-Opportunities/Shabaneh-Roychoudhury-Braun-Saxena/p/book/9781032278315

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Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Americas (https://americas.aramco.com/ ), Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

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Email Jean at jstoneheart@gmail.com with questions on research, training, or anything else

Decarbonisation May 2024 (MACRO MICRO)

Decarbonisation Technology (www.decarbonisationtechnology.com ), a quarterly magazine affiliated with the organization that produces the venerable Petroleum Technology Quarterly (PTQ), is worth a look. Its articles are of the same quality as those you’ll find in PTQ. The focus, no surprise, is on technology that helps us lower emissions of carbon and methane into the atmosphere.

After reading the latest issue, I noticed something else … Macro vs. Micro. In other words, there are articles that describe ways in which policy can help with the decarbonisation effort.  That would be the Macro level.

On the other hand, there are articles that focus on specific case studies using existing technology to execute decarbonisation efforts … That would be the Micro level.

In the latest issue, for example, there are two articles that illustrate the point.

At the Macro level, Decoding the complexities of decarbonisation addresses the fact that “decarbonisation is a complex process influenced by various interrelated factors that underscore the multifaceted approach needed to achieve net zero goals.”

At the Micro level, Integrating CCS and synthetic fuels production in a refinery describes a “configuration for a hybrid refinery as a fuels production center using proven and existing technologies, operating in tandem with existing units.”

Both articles are worth browsing.

TIP: take a couple of minutes to examine Table 1 in the Macro article. The table lists a number of organizations and standards that I was not aware of.

Excerpts from the table, with URL links to further information, appear below …

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Table 1 Standards and certification schemes for leading renewable chemicals and fuels

Hydrogen CertifHy
UK Low Carbon Hydrogen Certification Scheme (LCHS)
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/uk-low-carbon-hydrogen-certification-scheme

TÜV SÜD CMS 77 Standard
https://www.tuvsud.com/en-in/-/media/regions/in/pdf-files/brochures-and-infosheet/tv-sd-standard-cms-77-infosheet.pdf

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) ASTM International Standards, ASTM D7566
https://www.astm.org/d7566-24a.html

ICAO’s CORSIA
https://www.icao.int/environmental-protection/CORSIA/Pages/default.aspx

Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Certification
https://rsb.org/

IATA’s Global Framework
https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2023-releases/2023-11-24-01/

Sustainable marine fuels (SMF) ISCC Certification for SMF
https://www.iscc-system.org/markets/sustainable-transport-fuels/sustainable-marine-fuels/

Fuel EU Maritime Regulation
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52021PC0562

Ammonia Ammonia Energy Association (AEA)
https://ammoniaenergy.org/

Methanol International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC)
https://www.iscc-system.org/certification/iscc-certification-schemes/iscc-carbon-footprint-certification/

Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program

Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
https://www.rngcoalition.com/lcfs?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj9-zBhDyARIsAERjds2PX_i4jHWIaYiqMMTaqu_4eCVvmDVamnAhs_7J-IEr2egapwhHF2MaAkfnEALw_wcB

European Renewable Energy Directive (RED II)
https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/renewable-energy/renewable-energy-directive-targets-and-rules/renewable-energy-directive_en

ResponsibleSteel
https://www.responsiblesteel.org/

World Steel Association’s Climate Action Program
https://worldsteel.org/climate-action/

Fertilisers Global GAP
https://documents.globalgap.org/documents/220929_IFA_Smart_PCs_FV_v6_0_Sep22_en.pdf

The 4R Nutrient Stewardship
https://4rcertified.org/

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Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Americas (https://americas.aramco.com/ ), Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

Follow Jean’s blog at: http://desulf.blogspot.com/ for continuing tips on effective online research
Email Jean at jstoneheart@gmail.com with questions on research, training, or anything else

Conference Alert: 10th Annual Digitalization in Oil & Gas Conference, 2024, Houston, Texas

Conference Alert: 10th Annual Digitalization in Oil & Gas Conference, 2024, Houston, Texas

The 10^th annual Digitilazation Oil & Gas conference, scheduled in Houston for September 4-5, 2024, has announced its program. You can download the brochure at https://www.digitalizationoilgas.com/ .

This conference seems to me to be a no-brainer. Whether you are an engineer or a commander in chief, you will benefit from the connections you make and the vendors you get to talk tech to. Plus, in September, Houston weather is not half bad. And there are lots of excellent restaurants.

Sponsors include …

Seeq (www.seeq.com )
Make it easy for your engineers to access and explore time series data. ... Makes it easy to summarize findings and insights—and then share them with your team.

Soracom ServiceNow (www.soracom.io )
Soracom is helping some of the world’s most innovative Energy companies connect to the cloud over cellular. Learn about some of our customers below.

Zededa (https://zededa.com )
ZEDEDA delivers visibility, control and security for the distributed edge with the freedom of deploying and managing any application on any hardware at scale.

Exhibitors include …

Actility (www.actility.com )
Premier LoRaWAN Network Server for robust LPWAN and IoT solutions. Connect sensors, manage diverse networks, and innovate effortlessly.

Kuva (www.kuvasystems.com )
We provide continuous images of methane emissions from a safe operating distance at well sites, facilities, compressor stations, tank batteries, and sites with flares where emissions are known to be sporadic, intermittent and problematic.

MiraCAD (www.miracad.com )
MiraCAD Technologies uses Reality Capture to rapidly digitalize your Industrial Facility. This provides an extremely accurate and photo-realistic Digital Replica of your Facility. This Digital Replica is combined with existing systems, including legacy data. All this data is loaded into Cloud360, a web-hosted 3D Visualization Platform, that provides a secure, easy to access and user-friendly interface to the Digital Facility.

Multitech (https://multitech.com )
Making connected technology easy to adopt and use by focusing on customer needs. Offering a comprehensive portfolio of fully certified and carrier-approved external and embedded modems, routers, gateways and sensors with on-site U.S. manufacturing and industry leading support.

Riot Edge Solutions (https://riotedgesolutions )
Optimize operations, maximize profitability and build a more sustainable future with RIOT Edge Solutions’ wireless Intrinsically Safe Tank Level Monitoring devices.

Riot SCADA (www.riotscada.com )
Anywhere access to process and level data, automatic alerting, and the ability to manually control industrial equipment from a single interface provides peace of mind and mitigates loss due to downtime.

Site Sync (https://sitesync.cloud )
Increase efficiency while lowering operational costs with LoRaWAN technology. Connect hundreds of endpoints to your SiteSync Edge gateway with LoRaWAN technology.

Track Alytix (https://trackalytix.com )
TrackAlytix provides Oil and Gas companies with cost-effective ways to monitor inventory tank levels with IoT monitoring.

TWTG (https://www.twtg.io )
TWTG is an expert I-IoT Company developing Smart Products for Industry and other market verticals. Their way of doing business is much more agile than others'

VolleyBoast (https://volleyboast.com )
A VoBo™ is an industrial grade endpoint that enables almost any sensor to be used for industrial LoRaWAN® solutions. Using VoBo endpoints, industrial companies can collect data and provide the edge compute capability needed to fulfill the promise of Industry 4.0.

Vutility (https://vutility.com )
All-in-one solution for energy management. Vutility's solutions are built for scale. Whether you want to monitor a single circuit or measure multiple facilities. Vutility delivers scalable, edge-intelligent energy fitness trackers for commercial and industrial built environments.

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Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Americas (https://americas.aramco.com/ ), Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

Follow Jean’s blog at: http://desulf.blogspot.com/ for continuing tips on effective online research
Email Jean at jstoneheart@gmail.com with questions on research, training, or anything else

Calls for Papers 2024: Houston TX & New Delhi India

Thanks to a coupla emails that landed in my inbox, I know about two conferences that will offer information on digitalization in the oil & gas industry.

Both conferences are asking for expert speakers who will make the difference between an OK conference and a conference that people will talk about for months to come.

The 10th Annual Digitalization in Oil and Gas Conference (https://www.digitalizationoilgas.com/), scheduled for September 4-5, 2024, Houston, Texas, is organized by the Energy Conference Network. If you would like to present, contact Jessica Angsomwine < jessica.angsomwine@energyconferencenetwork.comm >

Refining India 2024 (https://refiningindia.com/refiningindia2024/en/page/home ), is scheduled for 9-10 September, New Delhi. It is organized by PTQ-Petroleum Technology Quarterly. If you would like to suggest a presentation, email your 200-word abstract to Rene Gonzalez editor@petroleumtechnology.com, by 22 March 2024.

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Google® Better!
Jean Steinhardt served as Librarian, Aramco Americas (https://americas.aramco.com/ ), Engineering Division, for 13 years. He now heads Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC, producing the same high quality research that he performed for Aramco.

Follow Jean’s blog at: http://desulf.blogspot.com/ for continuing tips on effective online research
Email Jean at jstoneheart@gmail.com with questions on research, training, or anything else