Start-up aims to deliver low-carbon hydrogen from oil wells for less than $1/kg

Canadian start-up ProtonH2 is pressing ahead with plans to produce up to 500 tonnes of low-carbon hydrogen per day from disused oil and gas assets, at prices it believes could be less than $1/kg.

The Calgary-headquartered firm said it had selected Propak Systems as its EPC partner for the planned Project Apollo following the completion of pre-front-end engineering and design (FEED).

With ambitions to start construction of the project in Q4 2024, the project near Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, will use ProtonH2’s ISHG™ process of injecting dioxygen (O2) into oil wells which reacts with hydrocarbons to generate high-concentration hydrogen syngas.