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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2024
Koloma, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Thomas Darrah, Westerville, OH (US);
Brent Lary, Columbus, OH (US);
Christopher Gardner, Columbus, OH (US);
Colin Whyte, Grove City, OH (US);
William Eymold, Columbus, OH (US);
Koloma, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
The mineralogical, chemical, magnetic, and physical properties of a rock can be used to determine the amount of hydrogen that was generated during rock alteration and the remaining amount of hydrogen generation potential. The methodologies evaluate the hydrogen generation potential of geological samples and identify natural hydrogen source rocks. The mineralogy, elemental composition, iron content and oxidation state, and other properties of a geological sample may be determined. From the determined mineralogy and other properties of the geological sample, the amount of hydrogen which the geological sample may have generated may be quantified. This method can determine the maturity of hydrogen source rocks, the potential volume of hydrogen that can be generated in other parts of a given geologic province with higher degrees of hydrogen source rock maturity, and quantify the potential remaining volume of hydrogen that can be still be generated via secondary enhanced hydrogen stimulation processes.