Chevron sees hydrogen future in LNG market

The company is working with Japanese utility Jera to replace parts of the LNG value chain with hydrogen

US major Chevron is joining other oil and gas firms in investigating ways to use its LNG expertise to develop the hydrogen sector over the next decade. Chevron has set a goal to reduce the carbon intensity of its scope one, two and three emissions, and its decarbonisation strategy revolves around using CCS, offsets and hydrogen. The firm has formed an increasingly large part of the LNG market since the US started exporting volumes in 2016, becoming what is known as a portfolio player—meaning it operates a trading desk buying and selling both its own volumes and those of others. The US major now wants to bring that commercial and shipping expertise to the hydrogen sector, according to Jeff Gu