Norway-based global assurance and risk management group DNV has announced that it was launching the second phase of the joint industry project (JIP) to develop a new set of standards, or code, to cover the design, construction, re-qualification and operation of offshore pipelines to transport hydrogen (either in pure form or blended with natural gas). This JIP was called H2Pipe, and Phase 1 of the project, which was an initial test programme, was launched in 2021. DNV has forecast that, out to 2050, worldwide, more than 50% of hydrogen pipelines would be repurposed from current natural gas pipeline networks. In some regions, this figure would reach 80%. Re-purposing was also expected to cost less than 35% of building new pipelines.
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