Anteros signs MoU with PetroDexia to test stimulated hydrogen at Seagull project
In Canada, Anteros Metals, Rift Minerals and PetroDexia have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate whether representative rocks from the Seagull Project in Ontario can generate hydrogen under controlled, stimulated laboratory conditions.
The proposed first phase will combine laboratory reaction experiments on Seagull core and fluid samples with PetroDexia’s analysis of available project data.
The program is designed to measure hydrogen generated during the laboratory reactions, alongside other gases, and to characterize changes in mineralogy, iron oxidation state and fluid chemistry before and after reaction. A change in iron oxidation state alone would not establish hydrogen generation; hydrogen produced in the experiments will therefore be measured directly. Any subsequent field pilot would evaluate in-situ stimulated hydrogen generation separately, as described under potential follow-on work, Anteros said.
PetroDexia is developing proprietary technology for stimulated hydrogen production from suitable geological formations. Details of the technology remain confidential under the parties’ arrangements.
The MoU establishes a phased evaluation. No field pilot has been approved. Under the MoU, proceeding to a pilot depends on a positive test outcome and a detailed analysis and feasibility study indicating that potentially profitable stimulated hydrogen production could be carried out at Seagull.
Category: Hydrogen
