BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SPE WA - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.spe-wa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SPE WA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Perth BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:AWST DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260423T164500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260423T193000 DTSTAMP:20260416T085146Z CREATED:20260319T045107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T085146Z UID:41832-1776962700-1776972600@www.spe-wa.org SUMMARY:Key Learnings of Low Carbon Intensity Hydrogen Industry DESCRIPTION:Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Australia is proud to present the details of our April 2026 SPE WA Technical Evening Meeting. \nAbout the Presentations:\nPresentation 1: An Examination of Global Government Policies to Stimulate a Low Carbon Intensity Hydrogen Industry – What Can Be Learned? \nWith the advent of Net Zero pledges by multiple large nations in recent times\, there has been a proliferation of national strategies to stimulate and establish hydrogen industries by as many as sixty nations. Hydrogen production has widely been touted as a potential pathway to reduce emissions\, gain energy independence and diversify energy supply.  Much of the recent effort has focused on constructing government policy to encourage and incubate the hydrogen industry with a view to the prospect that as production expands\, unit cost should reduce and technological hurdles should be overcome. \nThis presentation will examine the strategies of various key countries and states around the world to extract learnings that might better inform and aid in the execution of future low-carbon-intensity hydrogen industry aspirations.  By completing a literature review\, examining key hydrogen strategy documents\, studying current media articles\, and speaking to key industry analysts\, a deeper understanding has been gained of the dynamics of the global hydrogen government policy space.  Key country hydrogen strategies were examined for the USA\, the EU\, UK\, Singapore\, Japan\, China\, and Brazil.  Examinations were conducted focusing on a series of policy metrics and a scoring key was used to summarize the relative strength of each country’s hydrogen strategy. \nAmongst a series of findings on global hydrogen policies\, this research project raises a whole range of philosophical questions around the appropriate approach to technology development\, government policy paradigms on how to incentivize such efforts\, and whether any of these approaches can achieve the desired end goal. \nPresenter 1:  Peter Tippet is a freelance energy consultant and PhD candidate at UWA\, most recently qualified with a Master of Renewable and Future Energy degree from the University of Western Australia.  Prior to this\, Peter worked as a Reservoir Engineer in various roles over a period of 30 years with Chevron in Perth (Australia)\, Paris (France)\, San Ramon (California)\, and Aberdeen (Scotland)\, and for BHP in Melbourne and in Darwin (Australia)\, and Western Mining in Perth. \nPeter also holds a BSc (with First Class Hons) in Physics and an MBA (with Distinction) from Curtin University.  Peter has been a member of the SPE for 34 years. \n  \nPresentation 2:  Geologic Hydrogen Storage in the Northern Perth Basin: A Case Study of Cyclic Storage in the Depleted Yardarino Gas Field  \nThe rapid expansion of variable renewable energy (VRE) in Western Australia’s South-West Interconnected System (SWIS) is expected to increase the frequency of curtailment or “spilled” renewable electricity. Converting surplus renewable electricity into hydrogen and storing it underground offers a potential pathway to provide longduration energy storage and dispatchable power generation. A recent study evaluates the technical feasibility of underground geologic hydrogen storage (UGHS) in the northern Perth Basin using the depleted Yardarino gas field as a case study. \nA compositional reservoir simulation model of the Yardarino field\, integrating well logs\, core data\, structural mapping and production history was constructed. Subsequent to history matching\, scenarios evaluating cyclic hydrogen injection and production over a ten-year period using six-month injection and withdrawal cycles were undertaken. \nResults from these hydrogen cycling cases indicated that gravity segregation of hydrogen within the gas cap is dominant\, resulting in a localized hydrogen plume near the structural crest. After approximately three cycles\, produced gas purity exceeded 90% hydrogen and continued to improve with subsequent cycles. Diffusion and dispersion effects were found to be secondary relative to density-driven segregation during the cycling period. Vertical crestal wells provided better hydrogen recovery and purity compared with horizontal wells due to the localized hydrogen bubble development. \nThese results suggest that depleted gas reservoirs in the northern Perth Basin could provide technically viable seasonal hydrogen storage capable of supporting renewable energy integration and flexible power generation within the SWIS. \nPresenter 2:  Mitch Ellis is Technical Director and co-Founder of Ecossaus.Ltd\, raising capital to develop solution-mined cavern storage of Hydrogen\, Compressed Air and Refined Petroleum products in Australia. Over a 40-year career he worked for SANTOS\, WAPET (now Chevron)\, BHP (Melbourne & Algeria)\, Saudi Aramco (Dhahran\, Saudi Arabia)\, AWE (Sydney and Perth) and Mitsui (Perth) in technical\, commercial\, and general management roles. Mitch is presently undertaking a PhD at Curtin University. \n  \nAbout the Event\nPrice:             Early Bird SPE Member        $65 \n                       Early Bird Non-Member         $80 \n                       SPE Member                          $75\n                       Non-Member                          $90 \nDate:              Thursday\, 23 April 2026 \nLocation:       Pulse Technology Hub\nAddress:       915 Hay St\, Perth WA \nTime:             4:45pm – 5:00pm Registration & Networking.\nTime:             5:00pm – 5:50pm Opening remarks and presentations.\nTime:             5:50pm – 6:00pm Q&A Session.\nTime:             6:00pm – 7:30 pm  Networking drinks & nibbles. \nFree 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. \n  URL:https://www.spe-wa.org/event/key-learnings-of-low-carbon-intensity-hydrogen-industry/ LOCATION:Pulse Technology Hub\, 915 Hay St\, Perth WA 6000\, Perth\, 6000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Technical Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.spe-wa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Featured-Image-23-April-2026.png ORGANIZER;CN="Jack Harfoushian":MAILTO:jackharfoushian@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR