MUSCAT, OCT 3
Hydrogen Oman (Hydrom), the central master-planner of Oman’s green hydrogen industry, has joined the Hydrogen Council, marking an important step in integrating the Sultanate of Oman more closely with global efforts to build commercially viable hydrogen markets, trade corridors and common industry standards.
The Brussels-based Hydrogen Council announced Hydrom among six new members on September 29, alongside Acwa, EcoLog, Mitsui OSK Lines, TANAKA and 2JCP. The additions extend the CEO-led alliance’s footprint to nearly 30 countries, with Hydrom becoming its first member from Oman.
For Hydrom, the membership comes as Oman shifts the emphasis of its green hydrogen strategy from allocating large development blocks towards implementation, infrastructure, industrial integration and, crucially, securing markets for future production.
“Joining the Hydrogen Council is a strategic milestone for Hydrom and Oman’s clean energy trajectory,” said Eng Abdulaziz al Shidhani, Managing Director of Hydrom. “As we pivot from framework design to large-scale execution, participating in this CEO-led global initiative embeds Oman directly into international decision-making.”
Al Shidhani said participation would help Oman secure offtake demand, promote harmonised trade standards needed to improve project bankability, and position the country’s infrastructure along emerging international energy corridors.
Those priorities are particularly relevant as the global hydrogen industry grapples with high costs, uncertain demand and delays to some projects. The Council’s Global Hydrogen Compass 2026 nevertheless estimates that more than $130 billion of investment has been committed across over 570 clean hydrogen projects, with 90 per cent of that committed capital associated with projects already operational or under construction.
The Hydrogen Council brings together around 140 companies spanning production, infrastructure, transport and hydrogen-consuming industries, providing a platform for industry leaders to coordinate on policies, standards, investment and market development. Its latest membership expansion reflects its argument that hydrogen markets must develop as integrated ecosystems rather than isolated projects.
Significantly, two fellow new members already have links to Oman’s hydrogen ambitions. Saudi-based Acwa has an established power and water investment presence in Oman.
EcoLog, meanwhile, is directly involved with Hydrom in developing an ambitious Oman-Europe liquid hydrogen corridor linking Duqm with Amsterdam and onward markets in Germany and Northwest Europe. Its planned Amsterdam terminal is targeting initial hydrogen throughput of 200,000 tonnes annually, while purpose-built liquid-hydrogen carriers are being developed to connect production hubs with overseas customers.
Their presence alongside Hydrom within the same global alliance could therefore strengthen precisely the kind of producer-infrastructure-offtaker collaboration Oman needs as it seeks to translate its renewable resources and allocated hydrogen acreage into bankable projects connected to international markets.
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