Scientific Results

Scientific results of ENGAGE project activities

  1. Etiope G., Orban A. (2025). Surface gas geochemical exploration for natural hydrogen: uncertainties and holistic interpretation. In: Natural Hydrogen Systems: Properties, Occurrences, Generation Mechanisms, Exploration, Storage, and Transportation, Ed. Rezaee R. and Evans B., De Gruyter Academic Publishing, Berlin, 347–365, https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111437040-012
  2. Baciu, C., Etiope, G. (2024). A direct observation of a hydrogen-rich pressurized reservoir within an ophiolite (Tișovița, Romania). Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 73, 402-406, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.065.
  3. Etiope, G. (2024). Natural hydrogen extracted from ophiolitic rocks: a first dataset. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 78, 368-372, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.292.
  4. Ghiorghiu, E., Ajtai, I., Martonoș, I., Hmoudah, M., Orban, A., Lupulescu, A., Spulber, L., Cozma, A., Șfabu, Ș., Moga, R., Baciu, C., Etiope, G. Long-term emission of methane and ethane to the atmosphere from hybrid natural seepage and well leakage in the Sărmășel gas field (Romania) (under review)

Results from international collaborations with ENGAGE contribution

  1. de Freitas, V. A., Montanini, A., Moretti, I., Artoni, A., Segadelli, S., de la Paix Izerumugaba, J., Battani, A., Etiope, G. (2025). Geological and geochemical approach to natural hydrogen exploration in the Northern Apennines, Italy. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 182, 107594, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107594.
  2. Pappalardo L., Buono G., Procesi M., Etiope G. (2025). The link between ophiolitic chromitites, natural hydrogen and methane: insights from 3D microtomography. Chemical Geology, 676, 122575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122575.