沙特承诺投资1100亿美元开发蓝色氢气田

　　中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油网站10月24日报道 沙特阿拉伯表示，其将利用世界上最大的天然气项目之一的Jafurah生产蓝色氢气，因为沙特正在加紧努力出口一种被视为绿色能源转型关键的燃料。

　　据能源部长Abdulaziz bin Salman称，耗资1100亿美元的Jafurah开发项目的大部分天然气将用于制造蓝色氢气，并通过转换天然气和捕获二氧化碳排放来实施。

　　Abdulaziz周日在利雅得的一次气候会议上表示：“在蓝色氢方面，我们是最大的冒险家。我们把资金投资在氢上，因为我们在Jafurah有一个极好的天然气基地，我们将用它来生产蓝色氢。”

　　发表上述评论的前一天，沙特政府承诺到2060年在其境内消除全球变暖排放，并表示将使用碳封存和氢气来实现这一目标。

　　Jafurah的计划强调了沙特如何从之前的战略转变为液化天然气的出口国。液化天然气是一种比石油和煤炭更清洁的燃料，但一些政府表示，他们希望逐步淘汰这种燃料。

　　王磊 摘译自 世界石油

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　　Saudi Arabia commits $110B gas field for blue hydrogen development

　　Saudi Arabia said it would use one of the world’s biggest natural-gas projects to make blue hydrogen, as the kingdom steps up efforts to export a fuel seen as crucial to the green-energy transition.

　　A large portion of gas from the $110 billion Jafurah development will be used for blue hydrogen, according to Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman. It is made by converting natural gas and capturing the carbon dioxide emissions.

　　“We are the biggest adventurers when it comes to blue hydrogen,” Prince Abdulaziz said at a climate conference in Riyadh on Sunday. “We’re putting our money where our mouth is on hydrogen. We have a terrific gas base in Jafurah we will use it to generate blue hydrogen.”

　　The comments came a day after the Saudi government pledged to neutralize planet-warming emissions within its borders by 2060, saying it would use carbon sequestration and hydrogen to reach that goal.

　　The plans for Jafurah underscore how the kingdom is moving away from a previous strategy to become an exporter of liquefied natural gas, a fuel that’s cleaner than oil and coal but which some governments have said they want to phase out.