Economical hydrogen extraction from oil reserves

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Hydrogen extraction technology

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Specialist filters used to separate hydrogen gas from other gases produced during the extraction process.

A method that injects oxygen into oil fields to raise temperature and break hydrogen free from hydrocarbons, allowing hydrogen to be separated and extracted while leaving carbon and other gases in the ground.

Venezuela

Alberta

Canada

A research and development project to develop an economical, large-scale method to extract hydrogen gas from oil reserves, including oil fields and oil sands, using oxygen injection and specialist filtration.

The team's initial aim to scale up hydrogen production from Canadian oil sands using the newly developed extraction method.