Organic-rich source rock/H2/brine interactions: Implications for underground hydrogen storage and methane production

A Al-Yaseri, IS Abu-Mahfouz, N Yekeen… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is increasing global interest in the attainment of a carbon dioxide-free global economy
by replacement of carbon-based fossil fuels with clean hydrogen. But huge volume of …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen adsorption kinetics in organic-Rich shale reservoir rocks for seasonal geological storage

A Alanazi, HR Abid, IS Abu-Mahfouz, SA Bawazeer… - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
The geo-storage of hydrogen (H 2) is essential for advancing a robust and industrial-scale H
2-based economy. The efficient H 2 storage in a geological formation depends on the …

The deposition of type II-S Jordan oil shale in the context of Late Cretaceous source rock formation in the Eastern Mediterranean realm. Insights from organic and …

S Grohmann, R Littke, I Abu-Mahfouz, G Gaus… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study provides a detailed geochemical and petrographic investigation of 22 Upper
Cretaceous Jordan Oil Shale (JOS) samples obtained from various wells distributed across …

Petrographical and geochemical investigation on maturation and primary migration in intact source rock micro-plugs: Insight from hydrous pyrolysis on Woodford …

T Zheng, S Grohmann, A Arysanto, A Baniasad… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes a new approach to investigate primary migration in petroleum source
rocks under laboratory conditions. It was conducted on organic carbon-rich, type II kerogen …

Rock mechanical properties of immature, organic-rich source rocks and their relationships to rock composition and lithofacies

IS Abu-Mahfouz, R Iakusheva, T Finkbeiner… - Petroleum …, 2023 - earthdoc.org
Mechanical properties of layered rocks are critical in ensuring wellbore integrity and
predicting natural fracture occurrence for successful reservoir development, particularly in …

Calcareous Nannofossils Biostratigraphy of Late Cretaceous–Paleocene Successions from Northern Jordan and Their Implications for Basin Analysis

A Hussein, OM Al-Tarawneh, M Alqudah - Geosciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Local geological and tectonic processes have been pivotal in shaping the diverse
sedimentation patterns observed in Jordan, forming sub-basins characterized by elevated …

Diagenesis, compaction strain and deformation associated with chert and carbonate concretions in organic‐rich marl and phosphorite; Upper Cretaceous to Eocene …

IS Abu‐Mahfouz, JA Cartwright, JH Powell… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents an integrated petrographic–geochemical–geomechanical study of the
growth mechanisms of carbonate and chert concretions observed at outcrop and core from …

Evaluating the impact of artificial maturation on the petrophysical and geochemical properties of unconventional shale formations by integrating dielectric and NMR …

A Hassan, M Elsayed, A Oshaish, S Al-Ofi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper addresses challenges in characterizing unconventional shale reservoirs. For the
first time, the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and dielectric responses are integrated to …

Microstructural BIB-SEM investigation of Upper Cretaceous Jordanian carbonate-rich oil shales bearing type II-S kerogen

J Klaver, S Grohmann, G Gaus, IS Abu-Mahfouz… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
In this study, we use Broad Ion Beam polishing and Scanning Electron Microscopy (BIB-
SEM) to characterize the microstructure of selected core samples of immature Upper …

[HTML][HTML] Stress distribution around kerogen particles as a measure of the initiation of bitumen-filled microfractures in organic-rich source rocks

AN Wicaksono, IS Abu-Mahfouz, E Idiz, J Cartwright… - MethodsX, 2022 - Elsevier
In this article, we present a method used to model the initiation of bitumen-filled
microfractures in immature, organic-rich source rocks. The first part presents the method …