NATURAL HYDROGEN EXPLORATION

This indoor course is especially designed to give attendees a global overview of natural hydrogen, a methodology from basin analysis to play definition and key for the prospect evaluation. It will accelerate their understanding of the exploration process and speed up their autonomy to exploration process and research program. 
This course also looks at the place of natural hydrogen and its integration into the global economy and society. It offers keys to understanding the ecosystem and strategies for derisking investments in the sector.

The field trip will give you an overview of a complete hydrogen system from the kitchen to the reservoir, integrating geology, geophysics, and geochemistry. Direct access to emblematic outcrops will help your understanding of what is an active natural hydrogen system. This system has given 2 explorations licences. Training in soil gas analysis including artifact detection will be performed. Degassing of aquifer will be demonstrated.

1. Present the different ways of producing natural hydrogen
2. Equip the attendees with case studies showing a robust methodology for exploration to prospect evaluation of hydrogen systems. 
3. Clarify and organize the different technical steps of an exploration and bring all the data into coherence. Present the geology, geochemistry, and geophysics tools which may be used for exploration.
4. Provide an overview of the co-production opportunities (He, Li, Geothermal Energy…)
5. Provide an overview of the scientific and economic ecosystem of this emerging sector (France, USA, Australia, World)

1. Developed a complete geologic overview of a hydrogen system
2. Provide robust soil and water gas data acquisition methodology

This course is a condensed review of current knowledge in science and socio-economy on natural hydrogen, with case studies.

There are no specific requirements for the indoor course, which can be held in any meeting room or by videoconference.
The access to outcrops for the field trip in the Pyrenees Mountain is by road, with short walking distances. No particular danger has been observed (rock falls…), the outcrops are safe.

The course is modular according to the needs, and can be presented in English or French.

• 1/2-day: Basics
• 1.5 days: Basics and Advanced
• 3 days: Basics and Advanced including Field work.

If there's a field trip, this program is the ideal configuration. However, the weather may dictate another schedule with for example a day indoor and another outdoor.

8H30 – 12H30/13H Training Room

• Introduction – Hydrogen definitions and natural hydrogen origins (Basics)
• Film: In Search of Native Hydrogen (26 min) (Basics)
• Pyrenees case study (Basics)
• Oman, New Caledonia, Mali, Kansas cases (Advanced)

Lunch Break 1h/1h30h 
14H – 19H Field work - Transportation to the field is provided by LH2G

• General vision of the Pyrenees geology, outcrops of the kitchen, Soil gas analysis and water degassing – Foothills of the Pyrenees

8H30 – 12H30/13H Training Room

• Co-production with Geothermal resources, He, Li, Mine industry, CO2 storage. (Advanced)
• Advanced strategy for Natural H2 exploration.  (Advanced)

Lunch Break 1h/1h30h 
14H – 19H Field Work - Transportation to the field is provided by LH2G

• Visit of the potential reservoir rocks and caprocks – Foothills of the Pyrenees

8H30 – 12H30/13H Training Room

• Needs of research. (Advanced)
• Techno-economic evaluation of natural hydrogen. (Advanced)

Lunch Break 1h/1h30h 
14H – 19H Field Work - Transportation to the field is provided by LH2G

• Geochemistry – Demonstration of gas and soil sampling with equipment - Sauveterre de Béarn