The potential for hydrogen production in the Cooper Basin region is assessed to provide a joint information base for hydrogen generation potential from renewable energy, groundwater, and natural gas coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS). This web service summarises hydrogen potential in the Cooper Basin region.

The potential for hydrogen production in the Galilee Basin region is assessed to provide a joint information base for hydrogen generation potential from renewable energy, groundwater and natural gas coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS). This web service summarises hydrogen potential in the Galilee Basin region.

Publicly available geological data in the Cooper Basin region are compiled to produce statements of existing knowledge for natural hydrogen, hydrogen storage, coal and mineral occurrences. This web service summarises mineral potential in the Cooper Basin region.

The potential for hydrogen production in the Galilee Basin region is assessed to provide a joint information base for hydrogen generation potential from renewable energy, groundwater and natural gas coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS). This web service summarises hydrogen potential in the Galilee Basin region.

The potential for hydrogen production in the Adavale Basin region is assessed to provide a joint information base for hydrogen generation potential from renewable energy, groundwater, and natural gas coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS). This web service summarises hydrogen potential in the Adavale Basin region.

The potential for hydrogen production in the Adavale Basin region is assessed to provide a joint information base for hydrogen generation potential from renewable energy, groundwater, and natural gas coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS). This web service summarises hydrogen potential in the Adavale Basin region.

Publicly available geological data in the Cooper Basin region are compiled to produce statements of existing knowledge for natural hydrogen, hydrogen storage, coal and mineral occurrences. This web service summarises mineral potential in the Cooper Basin region.

Publicly available geological data in the Galilee Basin region are compiled to produce statements of existing knowledge for natural hydrogen, hydrogen storage, coal and mineral occurrences. This web service summarises mineral potential in the Galilee Basin region.

A significant portion of planned energy and mineral resource investment into Australia is now for hydrogen (H2). Whether from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage or from electrolysis of water using renewable energy, there is a price premium for manufactured hydrogen. The production of H2 from geological sources (geologic H2) is seen as being more cost-effective. The majority of sources for geologic H2 are abiotic and mostly unconstrained but biogenic (microbial and thermogenic) sources do exist. The focus for this study is on a thermogenic source where chemical kinetics of H2 generation from the thermal breakdown of land-plant-derived organic matter has been applied within a petroleum system modelling framework for the Cooper Basin. Modelling of mid-Patchawarra Formation coals and shales, the main source rocks for petroleum, indicate that free H2 is available at maturities >3.5% vitrinite reflectance and that a large volume of free H2 is predicted to occur in a ‘sweet spot’ deep within the Nappamerri Trough. Therein, in-situ free H2 concentrations are comparable to methane concentrations in productive unconventional shale gas plays. Nevertheless, exploration drilling within the Cooper Basin’s depocentre is sparse and a deep H2 system remains largely untested. Citation: Boreham, C.J., Edwards, D.S., Feitz, A.J., Murray, A.P., Mahlstedt, N. & Horsfield, B. 2023, Modelling of hydrogen gas generation from overmature organic matter in the Cooper Basin, Australia, The APPEA Journal, 63(2), S351–S356, https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ22084 .

This web map service provides visualisations of datasets used as inputs into the analysis of prospective hydrogen production regions of Australia. The service has been developed using datasets sourced from the Department of Environment and Energy, PSMA Australia, Garrad Hassan Pacific Pty. Ltd., Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Department of Resources Energy and Tourism, Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, and Geoscience Australia