Hydrogen and Ammonia

Learn more about our current hydrogen and ammonia activities across the globe.

Learn about Woodside's hydrogen and ammonia projects

Beaumont New Ammonia

1.1 MTPA Ammonia project
2025 First ammonia production achieved in December 2025
2026 Handover from OCI to Woodside
2027 Targeting commencement of lower-carbon ammonia production in 2027 [1][2]

Expected to be one of the world’s first ammonia plants to be paired with auto thermal reforming and 95% carbon dioxide capture.

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H2Perth

We are progressing plans to establish a proposed commercial-scale liquid hydrogen production facility at a site in Kwinana near the Rockingham Industry Zone, named H2Perth.

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Hydrogen Refueller @H2Perth

235 kgs Targeting an initial production of 235 kilograms (kgs) per day of hydrogen
1,000 kgs Potential to scale up to approximately 1,000 kgs per day of hydrogen
2.6 MW The facility will have a 2.6 megawatt electrolyser
2026 First hydrogen production targeted for second half of 2026

Woodside’s first hydrogen project through to the construction phase, representing an important step in establishing Western Australia’s hydrogen vehicle supply chain.

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^{[1] Lower-carbon ammonia is characterised here by the use of hydrogen with emissions abated by carbon, capture, and storage (CCS), with an expected ammonia lifecycle (Scope 1, 2 and 3) carbon emissions intensity of 0.8 tCO₂/tNH₃ (based on contracted intensity threshold with Linde) relative to unabated ammonia with alifecycle (Scope 1, 2 and 3) carbon emissions intensity of 2.3 tCO₂/tNH₃ (Hydrogen Europe, 2023).}

^{[2] This is subject to commissioning of Linde’s facilities and start-up of ExxonMobil’s CCS infrastructure, including approval of the relevant CCS permitting process.}

How can we make hydrogen?

We are developing new energy and lower-carbon solutions - like hydrogen - that will be part of our future. Our principles for hydrogen development are:

customer led;

technology agnostic; and

lowest cost.

We are looking at potential opportunities to produce hydrogen from natural gas where process-related emissions can be abated.

Steam methane reforming

The majority of hydrogen available today is produced through a process called steam-methane reforming (SMR):

Start with natural gas, which is largely made up of methane (containing four hydrogen atoms in each molecule).
The gas is reacted with high-temperature steam to release the hydrogen.
CO₂ is also produced as part of the natural gas reforming process, however, technologies such as carbon capture and storage, where the CO₂ is captured and transported underground for safe and permanent storage, can assist in managing this.