Hanfi Mohamed Abdalsalam, Alade Olalekan Saheed, Tanimu Abdulkadir, Mahmoud Mohamed, Alarifi Sulaiman A
Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
Center for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
ACS Omega. 2024 Dec 10;9(51):50118-50133. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c07383. eCollection 2024 Dec 24.
Hydrogen (H) offers a less carbon-intensive energy production method than natural gas. The potential of utilizing hydrogen at a large scale within the future energy mix to fuel the world opens the door to investigating hydrogen production from heavy and extra-heavy oil reservoirs. Various reaction mechanisms are involved in the in situ combustion gasification of heavy oil to produce sustainable and low carbon intensive hydrogen. In-situ catalytic hydrogen production involves injecting a catalyst into the reservoir or utilizing the in situ reservoir materials to catalyze the various reactions. Clay minerals and formation water were found to serve as in situ catalytic materials and enhance the in situ hydrogen production process. This work presents a comparative review of the catalytic and noncatalytic experimental studies carried out on in situ hydrogen production. The formation damage induced by the in situ combustion and its effect on hydrogen production was highlighted. In addition, the impact of the formation damage induced by the in situ combustion on the hydrogen production process is discussed. This study categorized the experimental studies conducted on the hydrogen production from heavy oil into catalytic and noncatalytic processes to highlight the effect of the synthetic and natural reservoir catalytic materials on in situ hydrogen production.
与天然气相比，氢气（H）提供了一种碳强度较低的能源生产方式。在未来能源结构中大规模利用氢气为全球提供燃料的潜力，为研究从重质和超重质油藏中生产氢气打开了大门。重油原位燃烧气化生产可持续且低碳强度氢气涉及多种反应机制。原位催化制氢包括向油藏注入催化剂或利用油藏原位物质催化各种反应。研究发现，粘土矿物和地层水可作为原位催化材料，增强原位制氢过程。本文对原位制氢的催化和非催化实验研究进行了比较综述。强调了原位燃烧引起的地层损害及其对制氢的影响。此外，还讨论了原位燃烧引起的地层损害对制氢过程的影响。本研究将重油制氢的实验研究分为催化和非催化过程，以突出合成和天然油藏催化材料对原位制氢的影响。
