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Geoengineering of Hydrogen Energy

  • 1st Edition - November 28, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Hadi A. Belhaj, Mohammed Aldhuhoori
  • Language: English

Geoengineering of Hydrogen Energy dispenses fundamental knowledge on hydrogen geostorage that is paired with recent advances to form a cohesive resource designed to further unders… Read more

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Description

Geoengineering of Hydrogen Energy dispenses fundamental knowledge on hydrogen geostorage that is paired with recent advances to form a cohesive resource designed to further understanding of a topic essential to the energy transition. Drawing from a synthesis of contemporary global laboratory investigations, modeling approaches and breakthroughs, pilots, case studies, and hydrogen storage projects, this unified volume collects, filters, and summarizes developments to deliver a comprehensive resource in this fast-growing field. Throughout, the book considers critical questions of viability and sustainability with a goal of increasing understanding of fundamentals and furthering applications of hydrogen subsurface storage.

Led by an accoladed engineering expert with over 40 years of combined industrial and academic experience, this book fills the knowledge gap of currently fragmented literature to connect this valuable aspect of hydrogen energy to the full-scale energy transition scope. It meets the diverse needs of academia and industry by providing a combination of hydrogen subsurface storage basics, advances, and applications, making it suitable for university students interested in energy, environmental, and industrial disciplines, and relevant to energy engineering researchers and practicing energy engineers.

Key features

• Supplies fundamentals, real-world advances, and applications in hydrogen subsurface storage
• Discusses recent lab investigations, modeling approaches, and breakthroughs
• Showcases global case studies, pilots, and hydrogen storage projects
• Contains exercises and solved examples to facilitate understanding
• Evaluates economic feasibility, environmental aspects, and social impacts

Readership

University students in energy, geology, petroleum engineering, geoengineering, and chemistry

Table of contents

1. Hydrogen the Energy Carrier

2. Hydrogen Gas Characteristics

3. Hydrogen Resources

4. Hydrogen Transportation

5. Hydrogen Storage

6. Hydrogen Geostorage

7. Geostorage Integrity

8. Geochemical Envelope

9. Geoliological Envelope

10. Cushion Gases

11. Hydrogen Separation Technology

12. Hydrogen Fuel Cells

13. Geo-Hydrogen Energy Economic Feasibility

14. Environmental and Social Impacts

15. Storage Implications and the Way Forward

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 1, 2025
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Hadi A. Belhaj

Dr. Hadi A. Belhaj is a petroleum engineering faculty member at Khalifa University (KU) teaching a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses ranging from reservoir engineering to unconventional reservoir characterization and modeling to drilling engineering to petroleum economics and risk analysis to hydrogen resourcing, storage, and recovery to CCS. Dr. Belhaj has over 40 years of combined industrial and academic experience with key qualifications and research achievements in reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, modeling fractured reservoirs, EOR, reservoir stimulation, sand production, unconventional reservoirs, and decarbonized fossil fuels. Geographically, his experience spreads over North America, Europe, North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Prior to KU/PI merging, Dr. Belhaj was engaged with the Petroleum Institute, Texas Tech University, and Dalhousie University, respectively. From 1982 until 2000, Dr. Belhaj worked with Schlumberger and the Libyan National Oil Corporation (LNOC), respectively. Dr. Belhaj is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). For his unwavering 40-year-long-continued outstanding services with passion, commitment, and dedication to the SPE and its members at all levels, the SPE honoured Dr. Belhaj with the 2021 SPE Distinguished Service Award. He is also is the recipient of 2013/2020 SPE Regional Distinguished Achievement for Petroleum Engineering Faculty Award and the 2019 SPE Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award. Dr. Belhaj is currently a member of the JPT Editorial Committee and SPE-ATCE Technical Program Subcommittee and has served on numerous other SPE and none SPE educational, research, and judging-related committees as well as conference, workshop, forum programming, and organizing committees. Dr. Belhaj has contributed several consortium research proposals dealing with petroleum and energy exploitation challenges generating more than 17 million dollars of research grants. He has published more than 150-refereed journal and conference articles. Dr. Belhaj is a member of other professional societies and organizations around the globe; the Society of Special Core Analysts (SCA), the International Society for Porous Media, and the OMAE-ASME are among them. Dr. Belhaj currently serves as the Associate Editor for the Springer Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology Journal and the Taylor & Francis Petroleum Science and Technology Journal. Dr. Belhaj earned a PhD from Dalhousie University, Canada, an MSc from the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Canada, and a BSc. from the University of Tripoli, Libya.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department, petroleum engineering faculty member at Khalifa University (KU)

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Mohammed Aldhuhoori

Dr. Mohammed Aldhuhoori is an accomplished PhD holder and a committed researcher and teaching assistant at Khalifa University, where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees in petroleum engineering with academic distinction. A dedicated member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) for over a decade, he has led technical projects and community outreach efforts, he held the role of the President of the SPE Khalifa University Chapter. His multidisciplinary expertise is further reflected in his memberships with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Aldhuhoori’s research focuses on advanced modeling of fluid dynamics in unconventional reservoirs, specializing in hydrogen separation, sequestration, and subsurface storage. His current investigations explore critical geomechanical, geochemical, and biological mechanisms affecting hydrogen retention in cyclic geo-storage systems. Recognized for his impactful work, his findings have been published in top- tier (Q1) and mostly top 5% journals and showcased at leading international conferences, cementing his emerging reputation in energy research innovation.

Affiliations and expertise
Committed Researcher and Teaching assistant at Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates

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