UK-based steelmaker Liberty Steel Group has announced that its subsidiary Liberty Pipes Hartlepool has become the first UK producer of pipelines for safe transportation and storage of hydrogen with its 42” submerged arc welded (SAW) line pipes, in line with the group’s aim to support the country’s development of low carbon hydrogen technologies.
According to the company statement, demand for SAW line pipes is rising rapidly as the need for hydrogen transmission in the UK over the next 20 years will increase in order to achieve the green transition.
In addition, the company has also developed line pipe steel capable of supporting the emerging market in carbon gas gathering, transmission and sequestration.