Fuel Cell Powered Vehicles Chevron Corp. has entered a three-way
transported, and membranes are used to sequester CO 2 so it can be stored. Geothermal Geothermal energy offers a clean, permanent, and versatile solution for the energy transition. Similarities between the exploration, development and production cycle for oil and gas and the exploitation of geothermal resources displays the need for similar technologies. Many of the technologies that have been developed to support the oil and gas industry, such as seismic acquisition and interpretation, well drilling, sample analysis, gravity and magnetics and basin modelling, are now being enhanced for use in the geothermal sector to great effect. Unlike some alternative energy sources, geothermal energy is always available, non-radioactive and can be used to back up intermittent supplies from solar and wind. To reach net-zero targets, a major increase in geothermal projects throughout the world is anticipated, with global installed capacity expected to double by 2030. Geothermal energy is not only about producing heat for electricity generation. There is an important value chain associated with geothermal, which includes direct heat use in industry, domestic heating, agriculture, and food processing. It is also possible to extract valuable critical minerals from the brines, including lithium, one of the most important substances needed in the energy transition, and geothermal electrical energy can be used to generate green hydrogen. Fresh water can also be a by-product of flash geothermal systems, providing a self-contained hydrogen-generation system. Testing the Waters: New Tech Aims to Clean Oilfield’s Produced H2O The University of Texas Permian Basin’s Texas Water and Energy Institute is analyzing data on everything from nanoparticles to air bubbles to potentially find a home for water produced during oil production.
partnership with Hyzon, a supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles, and renewable fuels company Raven SR to turn green waste from a California landfill into hydrogen, the companies said in January. Targeting the state’s hydrogen transportation fuel market, the trio plans to use Raven’s patented non-combustion steam/CO2 reforming process technology. Lightning McClean makes historic hydrogen-powered flight Universal Hydrogen took the energy transition to new heights as a 40-passenger regional airliner flew using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. The 15-minute flight of the “Lightning McClean” in central Washington was the first in a two-year flight test campaign with the goal of ATR 72 regional aircraft converted to run on hydrogen entering passenger service. Large-Scale Hydrogen Plant Exxon Mobil Corp disclosed plans to start operations at its large-scale hydrogen plant in Texas in 2027 or 2028. Exxon said its Baytown facility is expected to produce 1 billion cubic feet of blue hydrogen per day. The fuel, which produces no emissions when burnt, is targeted at heavy industries trying to switch from fossil to renewable fuels. Blue hydrogen is made from natural gas in combination with carbon capture. Exxon plans to permanently bury underground 98% of the associated CO2 produced, or about 7 million metric tons annually. Permian Basin “Gold” Hydrogen Field trials yielded positive results to test technology to produce hydrogen biologically found in oil reservoirs. Accessing naturally existing hydrogen from trapped oil in the ground that is unextractable could bring new life to depleted and abandoned reservoirs. Plans are to utilize existing infrastructure for thousands of depleted oil and gas wells to produce clean, inexpensive, carbon free hydrogen. After injection of “hydrogen producing molecules” into the reservoir, the hydrogen is produced/
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