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Revival of South Africa’s first commercial Helium project

Mariël Reitsma

June 29, 2026

These observations prompted Renergen to apply for a natural gas exploration permit across Welkom, Virginia and Theunissen in Free State, South Africa. They soon discovered that apart from methane, the…

Deep hydrogen in Lorraine: An appraisal well or a science project?

Arnout Jw Everts, AEGeo

June 24, 2026

Following the discovery in 2023 of hydrogen in Folschviller-1A, a coalbed methane test-well analysed by La Française de l’Energie (FDE), Lorraine’s hydrogen potential made headlines again in March this year…

A helium prospect without a trap

Mariël Reitsma

May 27, 2026

After the initial hype of helium exploration in the Rukwa basin in Tanzania, things went quiet for 18 months. This is partially because Helium One’s exploration permit expired, and they…

Until now, hydrogen exploration wells were drilled half-blind

Henk Kombrink

May 22, 2026

There is often an element of coincidence associated with how companies form. That also applies to how Viacheslav Zgonnik and Jonathan Allard from French tech start-up HyReveal came together two…

Western Pyrenees foothills – the hotspot for natural hydrogen

Henri Puntous and Jean-Marc Fleury, Terrensis ; Molly Boka-Mene, Aurore Laurent and Benoit Hauville, 45-8 Energy

May 7, 2026

The growing interest in hydrogen within the context of the energy transition has recently led to renewed scientific attention, resulting in the identification of numerous natural occurrences across a wide…

Too early to declare a commercial success

Arnout Jw Everts, AEGeo

April 22, 2026

Australia’s Gold Hydrogen was one of the earliest movers in the hunt for natural hydrogen: taking up acreage in South Australia, raising funds and drilling a number of exploration wells.…

Omani research well burping hydrogen

Mariël Reitsma

April 17, 2026

Professor Alexis Templeton in conversation at the 2025 H-NAT Summit. Photo: H-NAT Summit. When Professor Alexis Templeton from the University of Colorado conducted a techno-economic analysis on stimulated hydrogen, the…

Time to recycle party balloons

Mariël Reitsma

April 8, 2026

A third of the world’s helium comes from Qatar, a lucrative by-product of natural gas production. Even though the North Field contains only 0.04 % helium, the vast volumes of…

Finding hydrogen is not the problem; producing it is…

Mariël Reitsma

March 4, 2026

The natural hydrogen community is coming to the realisation that finding large free gas, hydrogen reservoirs might be rare, or might not be on the cards at all. Dr. Jürgen…

Canada’s first hydrogen exploration well

Mariël Reitsma

February 18, 2026

In certain coal mines, it is already common practice to use vented mine gas, predominantly methane, to power operations. The same principle can be applied to ore mines where hydrogen…

France’s first stimulated natural hydrogen project

Patrick Target, Stuart Lake and Ethan Lish, Vedra Hydrogen

January 22, 2026

Clean hydrogen production from electrolysis remains expensive and difficult to scale, leaving industry without the reliable, affordable supply needed for substantial decarbonisation. Vedra Hydrogen has embarked on a complementary approach:…

A “monumental deposit” or an attempt to revive coal-seam gas exploitation?

Arnout Jw Everts, Aegeo

December 10, 2025

A discovery of hydrogen in Lorraine, France, made headlines in 2023. “Hydrogen deposit of staggering proportions” and “A gigantic hydrogen deposit in northeast France” were some of the quotes. With…

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New Gas

Revival of South Africa’s first commercial Helium project

Deep hydrogen in Lorraine: An appraisal well or a science project?

A helium prospect without a trap

Until now, hydrogen exploration wells were drilled half-blind

Western Pyrenees foothills – the hotspot for natural hydrogen

Too early to declare a commercial success

Omani research well burping hydrogen

Time to recycle party balloons

Finding hydrogen is not the problem; producing it is…

Canada’s first hydrogen exploration well

France’s first stimulated natural hydrogen project

A “monumental deposit” or an attempt to revive coal-seam gas exploitation?

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