Hydrogen Exploration
Consultant/Trainer: Jurgen Grotsch
The Petrogenium (in collaboration with EPTS) Hydrogen Exploration course will introduce natural hydrogen as a potential future clean energy resource and how to explore for it as it may become the next game changer in the energy industry providing a clean and sustainable solution for part of the global energy demand.
Participants
This course is designed for geoscientists and energy professionals who are working on energy transition projects and optimizing the portfolio herein. Natural hydrogen is a yet unproven opportunity in such a portfolio. The course is recommended for graduate students, staff from the energy industry, as well as employees of the public sector and from regulators. It is of particular interest for investors and decision makers who need to set directions and priorities in the energy transition.
Learning Objectives
- Provide introduction to global energy system
- Introduce role of different colors of hydrogen
- Present global overview of current hydrogen production and consumption
- Showcase hydrogen development projects
- Provide overview of natural hydrogen seeps globally
- Introduce concept of hydrogen exploration
- Understand main subsurface uncertainties in hydrogen exploration
- Discuss key challenges and risks of hydrogen exploration and development
- Address the role of geoscientists in developing hydrogen as a future energy resource
- Provide an outlook for trends and expected developments in the global energy market