PROJECTS
Our Nemaha Project in Kansas, USA, is prospective for hydrogen and helium.
Nemaha is located between Kansas City and Wichita in the centre of a major industrial and manufacturing hub. The project can be connected via railways, roads, and pipelines to a long list of potential offtakers nearby including ethanol and ammonia manufacturers, and petrochemical plants, all heavy hydrogen users.
Nemaha’s exploration acreage covers approximately 60,000 acres and is 100% owned and operated by HyTerra. Our leases have historic wells with more than 10 hydrogen and helium occurrences within the region, some up to 92% hydrogen and 3% helium*.
105.5 Bcf^
0.59 Bcf^
*H2 + He % reflects occurrences of published gas analyses recovered from the wellbore. Uncertainty remains on historic well operations, sampling techniques, and analyses. The values are considered up to a % of H2 or He.
^Cautionary Statement: The estimated quantities of natural hydrogen and helium that may potentially be recovered by the application of a future development project(s) relate to undiscovered accumulations. These estimates have both an associated risk of discovery and a risk of development. Further exploration, appraisal, and evaluation is required to determine the existence of a significant quantity of potentially recoverable natural hydrogen and helium. The Prospective Resource estimates are quoted on an unrisked basis and are aggregated arithmetically by category. Please refer to the ASX release dated 13 December 2023 and 30 June 2024 Quarterly Activities report for full details with respect to the Prospective Resource estimate and associated risking.
Nemaha is at the centre of a major industrial and manufacturing hub.
The majority of hydrogen today is used in oil refining, ammonia production, and methanol production.
Over 35% of US ammonia is produced in Kansas and neighbouring states, presenting HyTerra with major multiple commercialisation opportunities. In time, hydrogen’s unique properties could see it emerge as an attractive, low-cost, clean energy source for transportation, steel and cement production, energy storage and power generation.
White hydrogen. An abundant natural source.
White hydrogen is naturally occurring and, as such, could have much lower production costs and carbon emissions than hydrogen separated from natural gas or electrolysed from water.
At HyTerra’s Nemaha Project, rainwater seeps underground where it reacts at high temperatures with iron-rich rocks to make hydrogen. This process is called “rusting”.
White hydrogen is brought to surface using conventional oil and gas techniques, and as an energy-dense, low carbon fuel source, it has the potential to revolutionise industry and economies worldwide.
Nemaha is also prospective for helium, a vital input for many technologies.
Helium is an irreplaceable input for many important technologies, with significant demand from manufacturers of semi-conductors to MRI’s.
A historic well drilled in 2009 at our Nemaha Project, Sue-Duroche-2 returned a helium occurrence of 3%*. The economic threshold for a helium-rich fields in U.S. is 0.3% for primary production.
Liquid helium sells at up to 50 times the price of LNG. Current prices are US$450/thousand standard cubic feet.
HyTerra continues to explore high-grade areas of significant helium potential.
^H2 + He % reflects occurrences of published gas analyses recovered from the wellbore. Uncertainty remains on historic well operations, sampling techniques, and analyses. The values are considered up to a % of H2 or He.
Our Geneva Project in Nebraska, USA, is targeting white hydrogen and helium.
HyTerra has a 16% interest (and the right to earn up to 51%) in a Joint Development Agreement with Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC for the Geneva Hydrogen Project near the town of Geneva in Nebraska, USA.
Drilled to 11,200ft (3,400m) in 2023, a wildcat well (Hoarty NE3) specifically targeted white hydrogen and was situated on the margin of a mid-continental rift. Elevated hydrogen was detected during drilling and gas was flared during swab testing.
Joint development partners are awaiting the provision of key data and metrics to make a joint decision on flow testing operations and the work program going forward.
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