No single dataset in isolation is adequate to build robust predictive models of subsurface energy, water, and mineral resources. This session is focussed on methodologies and case studies in multiple data assimilation, with applications such as aquifer monitoring, characterisation and management of CO2 storage, or comprehensive mineral resource characterisation.
The use of H2 as fuel is growing globally accompanied by the demand for green hydrogen, i.e. not produced from hydrocarbons sources. In this context production of natural H2 represents an untapped opportunity and exploration is starting in several countries. This session seeks contributions illustrating the state of the art on the knowledge and open questions about this potential resource particularly focussing on the geological context that allows H2 generation and accumulation in the subsurface as well as technologies and workflows to image and monitor subsurface hydrogen reservoirs.
Sustainable water resource management will always remain a vital part of any development in regional Australia, whether it is securing water supply for indigenous communities, scoping the potential for new industries relying on water, such as hydrogen, or assessing the potential impacts of large infrastructure projects, like new gas fields. Assessing water resource availability at regional scale in remote parts of Australia faces many challenges, not in the least the scarcity of curated data, but also present many opportunities, like evaluating the potential for water banking.