Newsletters | Request Trial | Log in | Advertise | Digital Issue   |   Search
  • Green hydrogen
  • Blue hydrogen
  • Storage & Transportation
  • Consumption
  • Strategies & Trends
  • Finance
  • Women in Hydrogen 50
  • Podcasts
Search
Related Articles
Letter from London: Baytown blues
US oil major ExxonMobil looks unlikely to advance its Baytown blue hydrogen project in Texas in the near term, reflecting the new pragmatism now guiding the energy transition
Letter on hydrogen: Two-tier market
The rapid development of world-leading projects in China and Saudi Arabia points to an emerging east-west divide in the global green hydrogen sector
Europe should partner with China in clean hydrogen race
China emerges as clear frontrunner as US growth stalls and Europe burdens its industry with labyrinthine regulations
Letter on hydrogen: A return to the old, new blueprint
Saudi Aramco’s blue hydrogen progress is a clear reminder that energy companies pivoting in search of greater returns may not be throwing the H₂ baby out with the bathwater
Hydrogen Market Databook 2025: Asia
China and India are leading the region in terms of electrolyser development, while Australia accounts for nearly half of Asia’s active hydrogen projects
Outlook 2025: How all energies must work together to meet increasing global demand
Whether it is hydrogen, LNG, carbon capture or water treatment, collaboration is key to meeting the world’s growing energy demand while meeting decarbonisation goals
China faces green supply-demand mismatch
Road transport seen as most promising consumer of rapidly expanding electrolytic hydrogen production
Is Russia lost in transition?
Russia still aspires to become a major supplier of hydrogen, CO₂ storage capacity and carbon credits, despite financial constraints and the loss of Western technology and expertise
China Tianying advances major e-methanol project
Project in northeast of country set to start up in 2025 as developer signs technology deal with Icelandic firm Carbon Recycling International
Gulf NOCs feel their ways towards decarbonisation
Saudi Arabia lags the UAE in both standalone carbon capture and its deployment of low-emission hydrogen
Sinopec aims to be China’s leading clean hydrogen producer
China Sinopec Fuel cells Electrolysers Carbon capture Johnson Matthey
Stuart Penson
3 August 2022
Follow @PetroleumEcon
Forward article link
Share PDF with colleagues

Johnson Matthey and Sinopec agree on technology collaboration

UK company and investment arm of Chinese state oil group to explore cooperation on clean hydrogen and fuel cells

UK technology company Johnson Matthey and the investment arm of Chinese oil and petrochemicals group Sinopec have agreed to explore ways to collaborate on green and blue hydrogen, fuel cells and other decarbonisation technologies. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding and entered into talks over potential collaborations. “We wish to have a deep collaboration with Johnson Matthey in carbon reduction and green energy fields to fully support achieving China’s national strategic goal of 30/60 carbon peak/carbon neutralisation,” says Zhou Meiyun, deputy chairman and general manager of Sinopec investment arm Sinopec Capital, referring to China’s aim of peaking emissions by 20

Also in this section
Letter from London: BP’s East Coast demand warning
2 December 2025
Oil major cites deteriorating demand and a planning debacle as it abandons one of UK’s largest blue hydrogen projects
EWE breaks ground on major green hydrogen project
1 December 2025
Project at Emden in northwest Germany due online in 2027, but wider ramp-up of clean hydrogen sector in Germany will require overhaul of government policy, company warns
Letter on hydrogen: The Mauritania model
25 November 2025
The northwest African country’s vision of integrating green power, molecules and steel is alive and kicking, and serves as a reminder of hydrogen’s transformative potential
Letter on hydrogen: Leading the way to demand
19 November 2025
The creation of ‘lead markets’ to generate hydrogen demand in the EU has potential, but implementation would pose complex challenges for producers and industrial offtakers

Share PDF with colleagues

COPYRIGHT NOTICE: PDF sharing is permitted internally for Petroleum Economist Gold Members only. Usage of this PDF is restricted by <%= If(IsLoggedIn, User.CompanyName, "")%>’s agreement with Petroleum Economist – exceeding the terms of your licence by forwarding outside of the company or placing on any external network is considered a breach of copyright. Such instances are punishable by fines of up to US$1,500 per infringement
Send

Forward article Link

Send
Sign Up For Our Newsletter
Project Data
Maps
Podcasts
Social Links
Featured Video
Home
  • About us
  • Subscribe
  • Reaching your audience
  • PE Store
  • Terms and conditions
  • Contact us
  • Privacy statement
  • Cookies
  • Sitemap
All material subject to strictly enforced copyright laws © 2025 The Petroleum Economist Ltd
Cookie Settings
;

Search