Ophiolite Energy

Unlocking Subsurface Hydrogen Reservoirs

Delivering hydrogen as a carbon-free primary energy source

Ophiolite Energy’s mission is to deliver world leading and strategically located natural hydrogen projects that provide dependable and clean hydrogen generation to key demand centres.

The Company’s flagship asset is the Leyte Natural Hydrogen Project located in the Philippines. The project comprises 1.2 million acres overlying buried ophiolite formations in a high thermal setting, and is being advanced in collaboration with the Philippines Department of Energy and Matahio Energy.

The Company prioritises responsible execution of work programs, respecting all stakeholder interests in the locations in which we operate.

Ophiolite Formations

Ophiolites – slices of ancient oceanic crust thrust onto continental margins – are more than geological curiosities. Their fractured, permeable rocks act as generation sources and natural pathways for deep crustal fluids, including hydrogen and helium.

Exploration models

Ophiolite Energy uses proprietary exploration models to identify high-potential ultramafic belts where geology does the hydrogen manufacturing through natural chemical receptors.

Hydrogen Production

The Company is developing proprietary extraction techniques for both naturally accumulated traps and stimulated hydrogen generation to be deployed on high-graded targets.

Ophiolite Systems: Hydrogen Factories

Hydrogen Generation

Serpentinization (water reacting with ultramafic rock) and deep crustal processes within ultramafic belts function as massive chemical reactors, continuously producing natural hydrogen.

Fluid Pathways

During serpentinization, rock volume increases, creating a complex system of permeable fractures that act as natural subterranean conduits for hydrogen migration.

Hydrogen Reservoirs

Fractured ultramafics sealed by dense gabbro layers, and sedimentary basins underlain by ophiolites, form prime target zones for geological hydrogen.

Leyte Geological Hydrogen Project

Pursuing low-cost / carbon-free hydrogen generation in the Philippines

Ophiolite Energy, in collaboration with the Philippines Department of Energy and joint venture partner Matahio Energy,
is advancing a geological hydrogen project in Leyte.

Leyte represents an optimal natural hydrogen laboratory with multiple system elements already proven to be present
for the production of both naturally occurring and stimulated hydrogen.

Proximity to the local power transmission grid and regional product demand centres
represent multiple avenues for commercialisation.

Shallow Ophiolites

Buried ultramafic formations, proven through historic geothermal drilling, provide a premier factory for the production of carbon-free hydrogen.

Thermal Kinetics

High geothermal gradient provides the optimal window (160-300°C) for serpentinization reactions and potential for active hydrogen production through engineered stimulation.

Natural Containment

Extensive sedimentary cover provides well-defined trapping and sealing systems for generated hydrogen.

Leyte Island, Philippines

Sealed Ophiolite Sequences at Depth

Illustrative cross-section.

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