HyTerra (ASX: HYT) has made significant progress towards natural hydrogen production after acquiring 7,500 acres of prime land on the Nemaha Ridge in Kansas, USA.
The addition follows encouraging natural hydrogen testing operations measuring hydrogen production potential as a non-operational with Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC at its partner’s Project Geneva in Nebraska.
Researchers and investors are increasingly interested in the potential of natural hydrogen formed within the earth’s crust as a renewable and sustainable source of hydrogen. This nascent source has sparked interest in developing technologies for extracting and utilising it, including exploring efficient drilling and extraction methods and commercialising fuel cell technology for converting natural hydrogen into electricity.
Since beginning the extended flow testing in mid-March, Hyterra has demonstrated its potentially disruptive hydrogen production technology from the landmark Hoarty NE3 well and gained valuable experience enveloping natural hydrogen resources. The testing has been ongoing and has shown promising results.
The Nemaha Ridge offers significant potential for large-scale hydrogen production, as it has a track record of at least 10 natural hydrogen occurrences (up to 92% H2)1 near industry, infrastructure, and end-users within its prospective area.
The Company said it will focus on exploration throughout the year, including geophysical survey, independent resource assessment, well design and permitting.
Since beginning the extended flow testing in mid-March, Hyterra has demonstrated its potentially disruptive hydrogen production technology from the landmark Hoarty NE3 well and gained valuable experience enveloping natural hydrogen resources. The testing has been ongoing and has shown promising results.
The Nemaha Ridge offers significant potential for large-scale hydrogen production, as it has a track record of at least 10 natural hydrogen occurrences (up to 92% H2)1 near industry, infrastructure, and end-users within its prospective area.
The Company said it will focus on exploration throughout the year, including geophysical survey, independent resource assessment, well design and permitting.
About Hyterra
The Company has acquired a 100% working interest in lease holdings spanning 7,586 acres on the
Nemaha Ridge in Riley, Geary, and Morris counties. The Nemaha Ridge leases, owned by HyTerra’s
wholly owned subsidiary HYT Operating LLC, grant the Company exclusive exploration and
exploitation rights for minerals, oil, gases, and notably hydrogen and helium, without mandatory
work commitments. HyTerra is committed to further expanding its lease holdings throughout 2023.
The Nemaha Ridge leases contain several healthy sites with published hydrogen occurrences based
on gas analysis recovered from the wellbores. Two of the most significant events are the Scott-
1 (up to 56% H2) drilled to 677m in 1982, and Sue Duroche-2 (up to 92% H2) drilled to 424m in 2008.