US Patent Issued to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals on Sept. 30 for "Subterranean banded iron based injection fluid for hydrogen storage" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,232, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Subterranean banded iron based injection fluid for hydrogen storage" was invented by Isah Mohammed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Dhafer Abdullah Al Shehri (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 is described. The method includes injecting hydrogen into a subterranean banded iron formation, including magnetite, hematite, and/or pyrite, where the hydrogen is mainly hydrogen (H2) gas based on the total volume of the hydrogen. Further, the subt...