In 2011, a borehole targeting nickel unexpectedly discovered gas. The gas flowed from the hole with such force that it reportedly ‘screamed like a jet engine’ for four days until…
To balance intermittent renewable energy generation with grid demand, green hydrogen can be produced and stored in the subsurface at times of surplus energy generation, and subsequently used to supplement…
Over the last few years, there has been a continuous stream of news coverage on “ground-breaking natural-hydrogen discoveries.” A paper by Ellis and Gelman, published late last year, very much…
Natural hydrogen exploration is currently a hot topic, but few companies have advanced from initial exploration to the drilling stage. HyTerra is one notable exception. This week, the company drilled…
Josefina Marmisolle, Cecilia Romeu, Santiago Ferro, Pablo Gristo, Juan Tomasini, Rodrigo Novo and Natalia Blánquez, ANCAP
Uruguay has completed the first phase of its energy transition; most electricity is now generated from renewable sources. For the second phase, the country has identified green hydrogen and its…
Redrawn after IHS Energy and Google Earth. Iran is set to join the exclusive group of helium-producing countries. With the launch of its pilot project to extract and purify helium…
The natural gas seeps at Mount Chimaera in Turkey have been known since antiquity. They are easily recognisable due to the constant burning of methane and hydrogen gas that seeps…
“For decades, the conventional wisdom was that naturally occurring hydrogen did not accumulate in sufficient quantities to be used for energy purposes,” says Sarah Ryker, United States Geological Survey (USGS)…
Exploration for geological hydrogen has taken off over the past few years. However, nothing close to a major success case has been reported yet. Companies such as Gold Hydrogen in…
Giacomo Firpo, Paul Swire, Rakgas, Steve Lawrence, Ian Hutchinson, Nhsg and Jonathan Watson, Metatek
Ophiolites, consisting of obducted oceanic crust, form a logical candidate to explore for hydrogen because the process of serpentinization, which is common in olivine-rich rocks, results in the generation of…
Helium has two stable isotopes: Helium-4 (4He), which makes up 99.9998% of helium on Earth, and helium-3 (3He), present in absolute trace amounts. Whereas 4He forms continuously as a result…
In Finland, 80 Mile positively tested copper-zinc exploration boreholes, while Pulsar Helium has drilled an appraisal well in Minnesota after nickel exploration accidentally found helium. In South Africa, Renergen is…