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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2023
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Jun Gao, Dhahran, SA;

Hyung T. Kwak, Dhahran, SA;

Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Dhahran, SA;

Ali Alyousef, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0064 (2013.01); E21B 43/168 (2013.01);
Abstract

Hydrocarbon extraction may be coupled with subterranean hydrogen storage. For example, a method of hydrocarbon extraction and hydrogen storage may include: introducing carbon dioxide into a subterranean formation via one or more injection wells, the subterranean formation containing hydrocarbons and optionally water; mobilizing at least a portion of the hydrocarbons in a hydrocarbon-bearing zone of the subterranean formation with the carbon dioxide; after mobilization with the carbon dioxide, producing the hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon-bearing zone of the subterranean formation via one or more production wells; introducing hydrogen to the subterranean formation via the one or more injection wells, the hydrogen displacing the carbon dioxide downward in the subterranean formation; storing the hydrogen in the subterranean formation above the carbon dioxide; and producing at least a portion of the hydrogen from the subterranean formation via the one or more production wells, the one or more injection wells, or any combination thereof.


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