THE BIG HILL SALT DOME
BIG HILL SALT DOME: Big Hill, Matagorda, is a characteristic Gulf Coast salt dome and has a distinct salt-dome mound, a subcircular salt core intruded into Tertiary sediments and a thick cap on the top of the salt. The cap contains an extensive and important deposit of sulphur. The cap is composed of (a) a "barren cap" of limestone above, (b) the sulphur-bearing zone composed chiefly of limestone and grading below into (c) a thick deposit of barren anhydrite. The sulphur is secondary and later than the limestone and anhydrite. On account of the lack of extensive drilling, little is known about flanks of the dome, a small amount of oil was produced in the early days, mostly from the top of the cap.
Texas deregulated its electricity market decades ago, theorizing that the price of electricity in the market — based on demand — would attract a sufficient amount of power supply. BIG HILL is working with leading turbine manufacturers to create new 900 MW - 1,400 MW Combined Cycle Power facilities that can burn a blend of hydrogen fuel along with natural gas. Current blending can be sustained at a range of 30% - 50% hydrogen fuel.
BIG HILL is working with the largest SALT production companies in the world to wholesale the table grade salt that is bine mined from the dome. The BIG HILL SALT DOME is an ideal medium of storage for hydrogen fuel and hydrocarbon fuels.
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Having storage onsite with the Power Plants creates a stable infrastructure that can continue operations while the supply market in distress. The February 2021 Texas freeze showed why onsite fuel storage is so important to stable electricity generation.
Hydrogen is abundant but is rarely found in its pure form. It has to be produced through chemical reactions. Around 99% of hydrogen today is produced through fossil-fuel reforming, a process that produces a reaction between natural gas and steam. Hydrogen can also be produced from renewable sources, using biogas, a gaseous form of methane obtained from biomass, or through electrolysis using electricity generated by renewable sources.
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BIG HILL plans to use its Power Facilities to product blue hydrogen in Phase 1. As time goes on, and the Power Plants burn predominantly hydrogen fuel, the production of hydrogen will shift to renewable sources and produce Green Hydrogen.
With its strategically located site on the Gulf, BIG HILL looks to complete the logistics chain and open a terminal facility to trade fuels. These fuels look to be Hydrogen Fuels and any and all related fuels. With the wealth of experience on the team and the deep relationships with trading counterparties, BIG HILL looks to innovate the Hydrogen Fuel Trading Market.
