Breaking boundaries in hydrogen storage and transport

02 Jan 2026

Intertek Caleb Brett partnered with Exolum, a leading energy logistics company, on a world first project to demonstrate how existing fuel tanks and pipelines can be safely used to transport and store hydrogen. The approach presents a viable and cost-effective option for companies to transition to cleaner energy.

Instead of using special high pressure or super cold storage, the project used a liquid chemical known as a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (‘LOHC’), which can hold hydrogen safely and allow it to be handled like regular fuel. During the testing, a batch of LOHC containing 18 tonnes of hydrogen – enough to power 480 buses  – was loaded into storage tanks, then successfully transported via pipeline to secondary storage tanks. When hydrogen is required, it can be easily extracted from the LOHC and used in energy generation or for other purposes such as sustainable fuel production.

Our team at Immingham, UK, performed a variety of quality control tests and analyses on the LOHC before and after transport and storage to verify that all quality standards were met. The project was an important step in showing that existing infrastructure can be utilised to support the transition to cleaner energy.

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