Sumitomo begins work on renewable hydrogen projects in Australia and Oman By Mary Page Bailey | January 22, 2021 Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo) and JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) which operates the overseas engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business of the JGC Group, have signed a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for the hydrogen-related project planned by Sumitomo Corp. in Gladstone, Australia. Sumitomo is also partnering with ARA Petroleum LLC (Oman), an Omani oil and gas producer, to launch a feasibility study on a hydrogen hybrid project based on a local production and consumption model in Oman in January 2021. The Australian Government’s National Hydrogen Strategy, formulated in 2019, sets out a vision of becoming a major global player by 2030, and the Australian Government is presently working to create a national hydrogen industry. The City of Gladstone, which is located in the State of Queensland, is attracting attention as a suitable location for hydrogen production and consumption. This is due to its existing industrial infrastructure, with government’s initiative on climate change, and having potential to decarbonize existing sectors, such as industry, mobility, ports and so on. It also has rich solar radiation with long daylight hours, which leads to the Green Hydrogen production site.