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collide. Power Hour | Hydrogen in the Reservoir: Repurposing End-of-Life Oil Reservoirs for New Energy
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, early deployment strategies, and…
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 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 produce clean…
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…
Read MoreEnergyCapitalHTX | Houston clean hydrogen producer teams up with O&G for series of pilots
Gold H2, a Houston-based producer of clean hydrogen, is teaming up with a major U.S.-based oil and gas company as the first step in launching a 12-month series of pilot projects. The tentative agreement with the unnamed oil and gas company kicks off the availability of the startup’s Black 2 Gold microbial technology. The technology…
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