[HTML][HTML] Influence of organics and gas mixing on hydrogen/brine and methane/brine wettability using Jordanian oil shale rocks: Implications for hydrogen geological …

A Alanazi, N Yekeen, M Ali, M Ali… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The substitution of fossil fuel with clean hydrogen (H 2) has been identified as a promising
route to achieve net zero carbon emissions by this century. However, enough H 2 must be …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane adsorption potential on Jordanian organic-rich source rocks: Implications for underground H2 storage and retrieval

A Alanazi, HR Abid, M Usman, M Ali, A Keshavarz… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen (H 2) storage in geological formations offers a potential large-scale solution
suitable for an industrial-scale hydrogen economy. However, the presence of organic …

Assessing hydrogen production potential from carbonate and shale source rocks: A geochemical investigation

AK Gaduwang, B Tawabini, IS Abu-Mahfouz… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The global push towards achieving net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 shows the
urgency of transitioning to a hydrogen-based economy, with clean hydrogen fuel emerging …

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 …

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 …

Age, material source, and formation mechanism of bedding-parallel calcite beef veins: Case from the mature Eocene lacustrine shales in the Biyang Sag, Nanxiang …

A Su, PD Bons, H Chen, Y Feng, J Zhao… - Bulletin, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The mechanisms leading to the formation of bedding-parallel calcite beef veins have been
widely debated, with discussions centered on timing or burial depth of vein generation …

Silica diagenesis promotes early primary hydrocarbon migration

IS Abu-Mahfouz, J Cartwright, E Idiz… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present evidence that hydrocarbon source rocks can be preconditioned for primary
hydrocarbon migration at an early stage of catagenesis by pore-scale processes linked to …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the initiation of bitumen-filled microfractures in immature, organic-rich carbonate mudrocks: The Maastrichtian source rocks of Jordan

IS Abu-Mahfouz, AN Wicaksono, E Idiz… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The initiation of bitumen-filled microfractures was analysed in the organic-rich Maastrichtian
carbonate mudrocks of Jordan, which show great potential as source rocks and for a future …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of geochemical compositional heterogeneities on hydrocarbon expulsion and thermal maturation: An analog study of Maastrichtian source rocks from …

M Usman, S Grohmann, IS Abu-Mahfouz… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurately identifying sweet spots remains a significant challenge for the petroleum industry
despite the growing amount of information available for unconventional hydrocarbon …

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 …