ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,973, issued on July 29, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for storing hydrogen in a subterranean gas storage cell" was invented by Isah Mohammed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Dhafer Abdullah Al Shehri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Abubakar Isah (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mohamed Mahmoud (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of hydrogen storage and recovery includes injecting saline water into a subterranean gas storage cell in a subterranean geologic formation, including magnetite. The method further includes injecting a gas mixture having hydrogen gas at a...