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