Renewable energy breakthrough: Scientists economically extract hydrogen from oil
Oil fields, even abandoned ones, still contain significant amounts of oil.
The researchers found that injecting oxygen into the fields raises the temperature and liberates hydrogen, which can then be separated from other gases via specialist filters.
Hydrogen is not pre-existing in the reservoirs, but the addition of oxygen means the reaction to form hydrogen can occur.
Grant Strem, CEO of Proton Technologies which is commercialising the process, said: “This technique can draw up huge quantities of hydrogen while leaving the carbon in the ground.
READ MORE: Ford Mustang with Tesla-inspired interior set for UK debut