Underground Hydrogen Storage

Bashirul Haq is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia and has 15 years of experience in research, teaching, consultancy and testing in the reservoir, production and drilling engineering. Haq received a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Western Australia (UWA) and an M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering. Bashir rendered consulting services to Chevron, Helix RDS, Unocal, Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) and worked in the UWA, CSIRO, and Curtin University. Haq published about 50 journal and conference papers and a book chapter, out of which 15 papers on hydrogen. He filed four US patents on hydrogen and published a US patent. While working at UWA, Bashir supervised a project titled “Underground Gas Storage Facility of Mondara Gas Field at Western Australia”. APA Group, Western Australia, operated the Field. Haq is a member of Engineers Australia and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Amir Al Ahmed is working as a Research Scientist-I in the IRC-Renewable Energy and Power Systems (IRC-REPS), at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He completed his Ph.D. (2003) degree in Applied Chemistry from the Department of Applied Chemistry, AMU, India, followed by three consecutive postdoctoral fellowships in South Africa and Saudi Arabia. During this period, he worked on various multidisciplinary projects, in particular, conducting polymer, electrochemical sensors, nano-materials, polymeric membranes, electro-catalysis and solar cells. At present, his research activity is fundamentally focused on 3rd generation solar cell devices, such as, low band gap semiconductors, quantum dots, perovskites, and silicon nanowire based tandem cells. At the same time, he is also having projects on energy storage technologies, such as, electricity, hydrogen (in porous materials) and heat. He has worked on different NSTIP, KACST and Saudi Aramco funded projects in the capacity of a principle and co-investigator. Dr. Amir has 8 US patents. Stefan Iglauer is a Professor of Energy and Resource Engineering, research leader of the Energy and Resources discipline, and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Resources. His research interests are in petro-physics and interfacial phenomena, mainly at pore-scale with a focus on H2 geo-storage, CO2 geo-sequestration and improved hydrocarbon recovery. Stefan has authored more than 400 technical publications; he holds a PhD degree in Material Science from Oxford Brookes University (UK) and a MSc degree in Chemistry from the University of Paderborn (Germany). His research focuses on nano-energy applications, CO2 and hydrogen storage, flow through porous media, and general energy production and climate change mitigation.

• I. Introduction1. Introduction to UHSII. Properties2. Properties of HydrogenIII. Storage Options3. H2 storage in depleted gas reservoirs4. H2 storage in depleted oil reservoirs5. H2 storage in aquifers6. H2 storage in salt caverns7. H2 storage in abandoned coal mines8. H2 Storage in lined hard rock caverns9. H2 storage in refrigerated mined cavernsIV. Influencing Parameters10. Influence of absolute and relative permeabilities11. Influence of density and viscosity12. Influence of interfacial tension and surface tension13. Influence of wettability14. Influence of capillary pressure15. Influence of adsorption and desorption16. Influence of solubility and diffusivity17. Influence of adsorption and desorptionV. Reaction Kinetics18. Methanogenesis19. Acetogenesis20. Sulfate reduction21. Iron reductionVI. Modelling22. Storage capacity and deliverability23. Injection and production sensitivity analysis24. Hydrodynamics of geostorage25. Risk analysis26. Effect of viscus fingering and gravity override27. AI in UHSVII. Worldwide storage facilities28. Australia, United kingdom and United States (AUKUS) potential sites29. H2 storage facility in Europe30. Potential site in Asia, Africa and Middle EastVIII. Economics of UHS31. Hydrogen security and cost analysis32. Demand and supply