Home Hydrogen Soil scrutinize underway for Dutch hydrogen and CO2 pipeline network
April 1, 2026,
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Nadja Skopljak
Fugro and Sweco are accomplishing soil investigation fieldwork for a pipeline network that can link three industrial areas within the Netherlands and transport hydrogen and straight away captured CO2 to designated offshore storage internet pages.
Commissioned by Gasunie, the Delta Rhine Corridor West (DRC West) infrastructure accomplishing will manufacture fresh pipelines linking industrial areas between Rotterdam, Moerdijk and Boxtel, with the network to transport hydrogen and CO2 offshore for storage.
The companies are performing investigations along a 70-kilometer fragment of the deliberate pipeline route, stretching from the Maasvlakte industrial set up of abode up to and including the Hollands Diep.
With geotechnical fieldwork underway, Fugro is conducting cone penetration checks, mechanical drilling, and installing monitoring wells to create a detailed realizing of subsurface prerequisites along the hall, while Sweco is conducting a fluctuate of compare, including assessments of cultural historical past, panorama, and ecology.
The crew is furthermore evaluating seemingly archaeological facets, soil contamination and the presence of unexploded ordnance (UXO).
The investigation program builds on desk compare performed by Fugro and Sweco final year in end coordination with Gasunie.
Jaco Stemmet, Fugro’s Regional Enterprise Line Director for Land in Europe and Africa, said: “Our neutral is to provide Gasunie with obvious, loyal subsurface data to bolster effectively‑suggested decisions because the DRC West moves into its subsequent segment of development. Guided by our reason to make a contribution to a stable and liveable world, we provide a detailed realizing of flooring and groundwater prerequisites, helping to decrease uncertainty and strengthen the stable birth of this fundamental infrastructure.”
