ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,845, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Subterranean storage of hydrogen foams" was invented by Sehmus Ozden (Katy, Texas), Ayrat Gizzatov (Winchester, Mass.) and Zuhair Al Yousef (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydrogen foams may be used for placing and maintaining hydrogen in a subterranean location. For example, methods for introducing hydrogen to a subterranean location may include: placing a hydrogen foam in a subterranean location, in which the hydrogen foam comprises a continuous phase generated from a foamable composition comprising an aqueous fluid and a di...