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  • U.S. West Coast refinery demand for hydrogen increasingly met by merchant suppliers ›

    U.S. West Coast refiners are using more hydrogen purchased from merchant suppliers than from their own production. From 2012 to 2022, hydrogen purchased by refiners in the region increased 29% to about 550 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d). Over the same period, on-site refinery-produced hydrogen production from natural gas fell 20% to about 330 MMcf/d. Merchant suppliers accounted for more than 62% of the hydrogen consumed by West Coast refineries in 2022. More

    annual west coast refinery demand for hydrogen

    Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Refinery Capacity Report


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