Geological deposits of hydrogen

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Jacques Pironon and Phillipe De Donato, both directors of research at France’s National Centre of Scientific Research, were assessing the amount of methane in the subsoils of the Lorraine mining basin using a “world first” specialized probe, able to analyze gases dissolved in the water of rock formations deep underground.

A couple of hundred meters down, the probe found low concentrations of hydrogen. “This was not a real surprise for us,” Pironon told CNN; it’s common to find small amounts near the surface of a borehole. But as the probe went deeper, the concentration ticked up. At 1,100 meters down it was 14%, at 1,250 meters it was 20%.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/went-hunting-fossil-fuels-found-050016262.html

Skip the hype on implications, and instead focus on the geology and geochemistry.

'White' hydrogen deposits have been found throughout the world, including in the US, eastern Europe, Russia, Australia, Oman, as well as France and Mali.

This is one of those TIL bits of information.

 

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Geological electrolosis?

 

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Wki has a list of production natural sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_hydrogen
Origin of natural hydrogen
There are several sources of natural hydrogen:[7]

• degassing of deep hydrogen from the Earth's crust and mantle;[8]
• reaction of water with ultrabasic rocks (serpentinisation);
• contact of water with reducing agents in the Earth's mantle;
• interaction of water with freshly exposed rock surfaces (weathering);
• decomposition of hydroxyl ions in the structure of minerals;
• Natural radiolysis of water;
• decomposition of organic matter;
• biological activity