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Impact of Abandonment Pressure on Hydrogen Storage in Onshore Gas Fields in the West Netherlands
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, Sixth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference & Exhibition (GET 2025), Oct 2025, Volume 2025, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Summary
With an increasing share of renewables in the energy mix, the imbalance between supply and demand of energy will increase. Hence, the Netherlands will need to store large amounts of energy. Large and long term storage of energy can be achieved in the form of underground hydrogen storage (UHS). It estimated that the Netherlands will need several dozen TWh of energy storage. The Netherlands has 580 depleted gas fields, and conversion of a couple of these to UHS would meet that capacity. Demand for UHS will most likely materialize earliest in the industry rich West of the Netherlands. This simulation study is part of an investigation on how UHS in gas fields would support the development of the hydrogen system in this region. These fields have a large range in original in place gas volumes (GIIP) and in abandonment pressures (Pab). The latter is due to varying aquifer support and surface pressures. For a reservoir model with homogeneous high permeability, representative for many fields in Rotliegend and Middle Bunter sandstones, the simulation results support technical feasibility of UHS for the full Pab range. This means that abandonment pressure is not a showstopper for the fields in the West Netherlands.
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