Hyterra and Ara Sign MOU for Oman Geologic Hydrogen

HyTerra Limited (ASX: HYT, OTCQB: HYTLF, Frankfurt: 8TP0) (HyTerra) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ARA Natural Resources LLC (ARA), a subsidiary of ARA Petroleum LLC, to jointly evaluate geologic hydrogen opportunities in the Sultanate of Oman.

HIGHLIGHTS

• MoU signed with ARA, a leading Omani E&P operator with proven in-country capability, to identify and evaluate geologic hydrogen opportunities in Oman
• Oman’s Semail Ophiolite ranks among the world’s most prospective geologic hydrogen settings
• 18-month exclusive collaboration
• Combines ARA’s in-country production, execution and subsurface expertise with HyTerra’s
• geologic hydrogen exploration and appraisal skills and knowledge
• Advances HyTerra’s global growth strategy by securing a first-mover position in a key emerging jurisdiction

Collaboration advances HyTerra’s Global Growth Strategy

HyTerra continues to screen areas globally that have large- scale potential for commercialising geologic hydrogen, leveraging the Company’s proprietary ‘Must Haves’ rulebook which evaluates prospective areas against a defined set of criteria.

The Semail Ophiolite in the Middle East has potential to be a world-class geologic hydrogen province. HyTerra’s methodical approach to exploration de-risking – spanning geophysical analysis, drilling and reservoir evaluation – will be applied to screen and rank opportunities across Oman together with ARA.

Oman and Semail Ophiolite

Oman is actively positioning itself as a pivotal platform for low-carbon hydrogen, with strategic efforts underway to strengthen both domestic energy security and global export capability.1,2

Oman’s long history of hydrocarbon development has produced extensive subsurface datasets and strong operating capability, both of which translate directly to geologic hydrogen exploration. As global interest in geologic hydrogen accelerates, Oman represents an emerging jurisdiction where early movers stand to benefit as commercial and regulatory frameworks mature.

Oman is widely regarded in scientific literature as one of the most prospective countries in the Middle East for geologic hydrogen.3 The Semail Ophiolite, one of the world’s largest and best-exposed ophiolite complexes, consists of ultramafic mantle rocks that naturally generate hydrogen through reaction with water. This process, known as serpentinization, has been directly observed at surface, with hydrogen visibly bubbling from springs above the ophiolite (Figure 1). ARA and HyTerra’s collaboration aims to move beyond surface observation to evaluate the subsurface system and define what it will take to bring that hydrogen potential to commercial reality.

Figure 1: (a) In the foreground, hydrogen bubbles were visibly seeping through the waters of a spring in Oman4(b) A modified map of Oman and UAE showing the distribution of surface sample analysis and location compared to the outline of an Ophiolite lithology (green). Modified map…