Iran to finally start producing helium
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…
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Large hydrogen seep found in the Philippines
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…
New hydrogen prospectivity map released for the USA
“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)…
Can Oman engineer a subsurface hydrogen kitchen?
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…
Play-based exploration methods used to find natural hydrogen
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-3 – Should we go to the Moon to get it, or to Australia?
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…
Helium found in new and unexpected places
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…
Fairy circles
Companies exploring for natural hydrogen are rapidly popping up everywhere, but how do the geologists decide where to start prospecting? Many of them look at historical data from “dry” hydrocarbon…
Dry helium well supplies the beverage industry
The USA is by far the world’s largest geological CO2 producer, extracted from a small number of high – CO2 reservoirs. The vast majority of this CO2, 97 %, is…
Helium One’s bumpy road to success
First of all, the rig. During the initial exploration campaign that started in 2021, Helium One used a slimline mining rig. This is probably a contributing factor to a range…
The North American helium fairway
As always, news outlets concentrate on the handful of exploration companies trying to prove additional (helium) resources. For instance, Gold Hydrogen announced a record find of 17.5% helium in the…
Natural hydrogen – as you may not have seen it before
The “mainstream” hydrogen community in the West leans towards multiple physical and chemical processes that lead to the formation of hydrogen in the crust, such as serpentinization, ferrolysis, nuclear decay…