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The Digest | Eclipse Energy and Wood to scale hydrogen production from end-of-life oil fields
April 23, 2026 | Juan Pedro Tomas In Texas, Eclipse Energy and Wood have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the commercialization and global deployment of subsurface hydrogen production. The partnership combines Wood’s global engineering, consulting, and decarbonization expertise with Eclipse’s subsurface hydrogen technology, which repurposes existing oil reservoirs into low-cost hydrogen-producing assets. It…
Read MoreHydrogen Insight | US start-up that says it can produce hydrogen at $0.50/kg from depleted oil reservoirs signs deal with engineer Wood
The major oil & gas player inks memorandum of understanding to collaborate with Eclipse Energy on the ‘commercialization and global deployment’ of the latter’s microbe-based subsurface H₂ tech Leigh Collins | Editor, Hydrogen Insight | Innovation Published 22 April 2026, 02:50 Wood Group — one of the world’s leading players in oil & gas services…
Read MoreZAWYA | Eclipse Energy, Wood to scale hydrogen from retired oil fields
The partnership aims to advance hydrogen projects from early development to commercial execution Staff Writer, TradeArabia Published 22 April 2026 Eclipse Energy and Wood have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the commercialisation and global deployment of subsurface hydrogen production. The partnership combines Wood’s global engineering, consulting, and decarbonisation expertise with Eclipse’s subsurface…
Read Morecollide. Power Hour | Hydrogen in the Reservoir: Repurposing End-of-Life Oil Reservoirs for New Energy
(opens in new tab) In this session of collide. Power Hour, our CEO, Prabhdeep Singh Sekhon, explores how Eclipse Energy completed its first field-level deployment, achieved measurable hydrogen output, and is now working with operators to move toward commercial-scale projects. With host Todd Bush, collide COO, they also take a look at real off-take applications,…
Read MoreChemical Engineering | Gold H2 delivers first subsurface bio-stimulated hydrogen production field trial
June 26, 2025 | By Mary Bailey Gold H2, a climate tech energy company, announced the successful completion of the world’s first field trial demonstrating subsurface bio-stimulated hydrogen production. Conducted in a legacy oilfield in California’s San Joaquin Basin, the trial represents a landmark advancement in the energy transition, one that leverages microbiology and existing infrastructure…
Read MoreHydrogeninsight | Gold H2 says it has a ‘pathway’ to $0.50/kg hydrogen with its microbe-based production technology
Houston-based company is hoping to deploy its tech in international markets due to uncertain regulatory environment in the US. Rachel Parkes – Deputy Editor Published 25 June 2025, 02:57 A US start-up that says it can use microbes to make hydrogen underground, has claimed that it can see a “pathway” to producing H2 for just $0.50/kg…
Read MoreJournal of Petroleum Technology | Firm Says Microbes Strike Hydrogen Gold in California Oil Field
Gold H2 says it is the first to achieve commercial-scale hydrogen production by introducing microbes to a mature oil reservoir. June 25, 2025By Trent JacobsJournal of Petroleum Technology A Houston-based startup says it has successfully produced hydrogen from a mature California oil field using a process that uses bioengineered crude-eating microbes. Gold H2, a subsidiary of…
Read MoreBloomberg | Oil-Eating Microbes Offer Tantalizing Clean Hydrogen Solution
Startup Gold H2 [Eclipse Energy] has successfully produced hydrogen from a depleted California oilfield, and it’s looking to finalize other pilots around the world. By Michelle Ma June 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM CDT Microbes can break down everything from methane to plastic. Now, a startup is pioneering their use to consume oil and…
Read MoreLA Times | A test of oil-eating microbes is underway at a retired fossil-fuel field in the Central Valley
By Michelle Ma Published June 24, 2025 Updated June 25, 2025 6:04 PM PT Microbes can break down everything, including methane and plastic. Now, a start-up is pioneering their use to consume oil and produce clean hydrogen. Houston-based Gold H2 has completed a field trial at a retired oil field in California’s San Joaquin Basin, successfully producing hydrogen underground…
Read MoreSlice of Energy | Gold H2 Launches Black 2 Gold Technology for Clean Hydrogen Production
Key Highlights: Source (Business Wire) Notable Quotes: “The company will empower the global oil & gas industry to embrace the energy transition in the most economic way possible by using the existing infrastructure to unleash energy output not seen since the shale revolution.”Rayyan Islam, Co-Founder and General Partner at 8090 Industries “The availability of our…
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