Abstract: A process for the production of hydrogen in a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir, is provided. The process may comprise the steps of introducing a metal-based catalyst into a hydrocarbon-containing zone in said reservoir, raising the temperature in said zone to a temperature at which catalyzed conversion of hydrocarbon to hydrogen occurs, and, optionally but preferably, recovering hydrogen from an extraction section of a production well located above said zone.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 8, 2009
Date of Patent:
July 1, 2014
Assignee:
Iris-Forskningsinvest AS
Inventors:
Leonid Surguchev, Roman Berenblym, Anatoly Dmitrievsky
Abstract: The invention provides a process for the production of hydrogen in a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir, said process comprising the steps of introducing a metal-based catalyst into a hydrocarbon-containing zone in said reservoir; raising the temperature in said zone to a temperature at which catalyzed conversion of hydrocarbon to hydrogen occurs; and, optionally but preferably, recovering hydrogen from an extraction section of a production well located above said zone.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 8, 2009
Publication date:
September 15, 2011
Applicant:
IRIS-FORSKNINGSINVEST AS
Inventors:
Leonid Surguchev, Roman Berenblym, Anatoly Dmitrievsky