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Western Pyrenees foothills – the hotspot for natural hydrogen

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

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

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

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…

Canada’s first hydrogen exploration well

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

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:…

Natural hydrogen exploration offshore Southern Cuba

It is generally accepted that most of the natural hydrogen is generated by reaction with water and ophiolites of the mantle, locally obducted towards the surface. Hydrogen tends to escape…

Natural hydrogen: Is it here to stay or will the bubble burst?

The conference opened strongly with a keynote by Viacheslav Zgonnik from HyReveal, tackling this question. His market research shows that the number of companies exploring for natural hydrogen is rapidly…

Subsurface bio-stimulated hydrogen

The quest for affordable, low-carbon hydrogen is far from over. While well-established techniques such as steam reforming and electrolysis exist, they come with significant drawbacks in terms of cost and…