Pre-competitive geoscience supporting development of the hydrogen industry
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Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Australia are proud to present the details of our July 2025 SPE-WA Technical Meeting.
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About the Presentation:
Large scale storage of hydrogen will be required to balance future hydrogen supply and demand. This is particularly the case for hydrogen generated using intermittent renewable energy and production of ammonia, green steel or for grid firming. Underground hydrogen storage can be much cheaper than equivalent above ground storage and potentially offers a low cost option for large-scale hydrogen storage in Australia. Salt caverns are used today for large-scale commercial hydrogen storage in the US and UK with more planned or under construction in Europe and North America. This tried and tested approach is the preferred large scale storage option, and over the coming decade, over 20 new large scale underground hydrogen storage facilities are planned for construction worldwide. The vast majority of these are salt caverns and the reminder a mix of rock cavern and storage in porous rock (depleted gas field/aquifer). Recognising the long lead times to establish underground hydrogen storage in Australia, the Australian Government, through its Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity initiative, is investing in a pre-competitive data acquisition program to demonstrate the viability of hydrogen storage in Australia. This includes geophysical mapping of Australia’s potentially suitable salt resources and undertaking a National Hydrogen Hub Storage Assessment to assess the viability of alternative storage options. In addition to underground hydrogen storage, Geoscience Australia is assessing the potential of using natural hydrogen to diversify hydrogen production pathways.
About the Speaker:
Dr Andrew Feitz is Director of Energy Initiatives and Advice at the Australian Government’s national geoscience organisation, Geoscience Australia. He is an environmental engineer and has over 15 years of research experience in geological storage of CO2. Prior to joining Geoscience Australia in 2008, Andrew was a senior researcher in environmental treatment technologies at UNSW and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Andrew leads Geoscience Australia’s technical advice on hydrogen and geological storage of CO2 and has served on a number of advisory committees to the Australian Government. He leads Hydrogen Assessments under the Australian Government’s new Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity initiative, obtaining new geoscience data on natural hydrogen and underground hydrogen storage.
About the Event
Price: Early Bird SPE Member $40 <Until 23 July 2025>
Early Bird Non-Member $60 <Until 23 July 2025>
SPE Member $50
Non-Member $70
Date: Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Location: Four Points by Sheraton Hotel
Address: 707 Wellington Street, Perth WA 6000
Time: 4:45pm – 5:00pm Registration & Networking.
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm Opening remarks and presentation.
Time: 6:00pm – 6:15pm Q&A Session.
Time: 6:15pm – 7:30 pm Networking drinks & nibbles.
Free tickets are available for Students. SPE WA in conjunction with our sponsors is kindly sponsoring students to attend the monthly technical events. Please apply through your Student Chapter.