RESOURCE CONTEXT
2.6 Mt/yr (2025) → 4.4 Mt/yr by 2035; feedstock is 136 Tcf proved gas plus 79 Gt pore space
2.6 Mt/yr today, mostly grey; cheap gas plus pore space make Alberta the lowest-cost blue hydrogen region in North America.
HYDROGENEnergy transition
Air Products Edmonton net-zero hydrogen complex
Air Products · 1,500 t/d H2 with capture; start late 2027
Cost escalated to ≈US$3.3 B.
GEOLOGICAL SETTING
Prospectivity envelopes for Hydrogen (blue, gas-derived)
- Industrial Heartland blue-hydrogen clusterProducing / drill-provenAutothermal / steam-methane reforming with CO2 capture to Basal Cambrian storage
Development regime
- Tenure
- No distinct tenure: gas under PNG royalties, CO2 under a Carbon Sequestration Agreement, caverns under salt leases.
- Royalty
- None on hydrogen; gas royalties apply to feedstock.
DATASETS TO STACK HERE
Public layers that cover this site
- Bedrock geology polygons (DIG 2013-0018, queryable)Alberta Geological SurveyAttribute-level bedrock mapping for screening host lithologies; heavy, so it loads only when zoomed in.
- AGS prospective areas for mineral explorationAlberta Geological SurveyThe survey's own view of where each commodity is prospective; compare with the Atlas knowledge-driven envelopes.
- NRCan Map 900A: producing mines, mineral areas, oil & gas fieldsNatural Resources CanadaOfficial federal view of producing operations to cross-check the Atlas mine inventory.
- Carbon sequestration agreementsAlberta Energy and MineralsPore-space tenure that may conflict with helium and lithium rights in the same formations.
- Non-Crown mineral ownershipAlberta Energy and MineralsFreehold minerals need private deals and carry freehold mineral tax instead of Crown royalty.
- Pipelines & facilities (ERCB Geoview)Alberta Energy and MineralsEgress and processing infrastructure; H2S content flags sulphur and sour-gas plants.
- Parks & protected areas (by designation)Alberta Forestry, Parks and TourismHard no-go areas (e.g. Peace Point gypsum inside Wood Buffalo National Park).
- First Nations reserves & Métis settlementsGovernment of AlbertaConsultation and partnership geography; AIOC loan guarantees favour Indigenous equity in projects nearby.
NEARBY OPERATIONS
Within reach
- Fort Saskatchewan brine & cavern fieldsSalt / brine · Dow, ATCO Energy Solutions, Keyera · ≈20 kmOperating
- Dow Path2Zero (Fort Saskatchewan)Hydrogen · Dow / Linde · ≈21 kmConstruction
- Quest CCS (Scotford)CCS hub · Shell (operator) / Canadian Natural · ≈27 kmOperating
- Shell Polaris capture + Atlas storage hubCCS hub · Shell / ATCO EnPower · ≈32 kmConstruction
- Sil Industrial Minerals — BruderheimSilica sand · Sil Industrial Minerals · ≈36 kmOperating
- GeneseeCoal mine · Westmoreland / Capital Power · ≈69 kmClosed (recent)