Natural Hydrogen: A New Frontier for Energy Geoscience

4-5th July 2023

The Geological Society  (Burlington House, Piccadilly, London) & Virtual Via Zoom
Provisional Programme

Day One

08.30

Registration

08.50

Welcome

Session One: Natural Hydrogen Exploration Plays

09.00

KEYNOTE: Actively exploring the midcontinent rift natural hydrogen play in the central mid west, USA
Avon McIntyre, HyTerra Ltd

09.30

The Natural Hydrogen System — how success can be achieved through the system and play approach
Owain Jackson, H2Au Ltd

09.55

Natural Hydrogen Exploration Workflows: Insights from South Australia
Grant McMurtrie, 2H Resources Pty Ltd

10.20

Natural hydrogen in the Pyrenees and implications for exploration
Chris Atkinson, Helios Aragon

10.45

BREAK

11.10

Why aren’t there more native hydrogen accumulations?
Thomas Becker, Astris Advisors

11.35

Defining an Architecture for Subsurface Hydrogen Play Concepts
Owen Sutcliffe, Halliburton

11.55

DISCUSSION — What are the key geoscience knowledge gaps for Hydrogen Exploration?

12.15

LUNCH

Session Two: The Hydrogen System — Generation, Migration & Hosting

13.15

KEYNOTE: Trapping processes of natural hydrogen in subsurface: The case of the emblematic H2 field of Bourakebougou (Mali)
Omar Maiga, IFPEN

13.45

Computation of vertical fluid mobility: Implications for hydrogen exploration and CO2 storage
Bhavik Lodhia, UNSW

14.10

Numerical Modelling of Hydrogen Migration and Trapping in Geological Settings: Comparisons between Natural Hydrogen and Petroleum Systems
Javier Garcia-Pintado, MARUM – University of Bremen

Day One

08.30

Registration

08.50

Welcome

Session One: Natural Hydrogen Exploration Plays

09.00

KEYNOTE: Actively exploring the midcontinent rift natural hydrogen play in the central mid west, USA
Avon McIntyre, HyTerra Ltd

09.30

The Natural Hydrogen System — how success can be achieved through the system and play approach
Owain Jackson, H2Au Ltd

09.55

Natural Hydrogen Exploration Workflows: Insights from South Australia
Grant McMurtrie, 2H Resources Pty Ltd

10.20

Natural hydrogen in the Pyrenees and implications for exploration
Chris Atkinson, Helios Aragon

10.45

BREAK

11.10

Why aren’t there more native hydrogen accumulations?
Thomas Becker, Astris Advisors

11.35

Defining an Architecture for Subsurface Hydrogen Play Concepts
Owen Sutcliffe, Halliburton

11.55

DISCUSSION — What are the key geoscience knowledge gaps for Hydrogen Exploration?

12.15

LUNCH

Session Two: The Hydrogen System — Generation, Migration & Hosting

13.15

KEYNOTE: Trapping processes of natural hydrogen in subsurface: The case of the emblematic H2 field of Bourakebougou (Mali)
Omar Maiga, IFPEN

13.45

Computation of vertical fluid mobility: Implications for hydrogen exploration and CO2 storage
Bhavik Lodhia, UNSW

14.10

Numerical Modelling of Hydrogen Migration and Trapping in Geological Settings: Comparisons between Natural Hydrogen and Petroleum Systems
Javier Garcia-Pintado, MARUM – University of Bremen

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