By Shikin Louis & Chris Lidom
KUCHING, June 10: Sarawak is looking into the potential of producing low-carbon hydrogen or blue hydrogen from natural gas, says Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
He said natural gas, playing a dominant role worldwide as a transition fuel, has the potential to be feedstock for low-carbon hydrogen production.
“Through gasification technology, the potential of producing low-carbon hydrogen or blue hydrogen from natural gas offers a lucrative new economic opportunity for Sarawak as this technology can also potentially generate solid carbon as a byproduct.
“I am proud to share that SEDC Energy (a subsidiary of the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation or SEDC) is already in collaboration with Curve H2 (Curve H2 Inc) to look into this new opportunity,” he said during the opening ceremony of Asia Pacific Green Hydrogen Conference and Exhibition 2024 (APGH 2024) at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here today.
Abang Johari also said that Sarawak intends to explore the emerging field of natural hydrogen reservoirs.
Following this, he encouraged Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) to partner with local universities to study the natural hydrogen potential on and off the shores of Sarawak.
Also present were Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian; Sarawak Legislative Assembly (DUS) Speaker Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar; Malaysian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Chang Lih Kang; Sarawak Minister of Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development (M-FICORD) Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom; Sarawak Secretary Datuk Amar Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki; Sarawak Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (MEESty) Datuk Dr Hazland Abang Hipni; and Borneo Business Connect Sdn Bhd chairman Tan Sri Asmat Kamaludin. — DayakDaily
