Publications
GeoH2 Peer Reviewed Publications
Albadan, D., Delshad, M., Fernandes, B. R. B., Eltahan, E., & Sepehrnoori, K. (2024, August). Analytical Estimation of Hydrogen Storage Capacity in Depleted Gas Reservoirs: A Comprehensive Material Balance Approach. Applied Sciences 14 (16): 7087. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14167087
Arzumanyan Mariam, Ning Lin, and Haoying Wang. “Greening the Corn Belt: Low Carbon Intensity Ammonia's Role in the Future of Sustainable Corn Production”, 2024, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, v.16, no. 6
Calzado, ER, Razm, S., and Lin, N., 2025, Assessing spatial feasibility for hydrogen hub development in South-Central US: Challenges, infrastructure synergy, and strategic planning, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 111, 171-182
Calzado, ER, Arzumanyan, M., Lin., N., 2025, Potential Integration Scenarios of Low Carbon Intensity Hydrogen in the Corn Ethanol Biofuel Value Chain in the United States, Sustainability, 17 (2) 385.
Delshad, M.; Umurzakov, Y.; Sepehrnoori, K.; Eichhubl, P.; Batista Fernandes, B.R., 2022, Hydrogen Storage Assessment in Depleted Oil Reservoir and Saline Aquifer, Energies, 15, 8132. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15218132
Duffy, O. B., Hudec, M.R, Peel, F., Apps, G., Bump, A., Moscardelli, L., Dooley, T. P., Bhattacharya, S., Wisian, K., and Shuster, M., The Role of Salt Tectonics in the Energy Transition: An Overview and Future Challenges, 2023, Vol. 1, No. 1 https://doi.org/10.31223/X5363J
Duffy, O. B., Moscardelli, L., Hudec, M. R., Looff, K., Dooley, T. P., Peel, F., Apps, G., and Shuster, M., 2022, Potential controls on the origin, nature, and distribution of shear zones in salt stocks: salt tectonic insights with a solution mining perspective, Solution Mining Research Institute Spring 2022 Technical Conference, 24 p.
Eltahan, E., D.J. Albadan, M. Delshad, K. Sepehrnoori, and F. Omer Alpak. 2025, Optimizing Hydrogen Storage in the Subsurface using a Reservoir-Simulation-based and Deep-learning-accelerated Optimization method. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 119 (2025) 317–328
Guo, R., Hongsheng Wang, Jianqiao Leng, Seyyed A. Hosseini. “Evaluation of Hydrogen Leakage Through Abandoned Wells in Depleted Natural Gas Reservoirs for Underground Hydrogen Storage”, 2025, Gas Science and Engineering https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgsce.2025.205659
Guo, R., Ershadnia, R., Wang, H., Hosseini, S.A. and Zhao, Q., 2025. Microfluidic experiments on hydrogen behavior in heterogeneous rocks during underground hydrogen storage in saline aquifers. Fuel, 391, p.134731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.134731
Khan, MI, MVB Machado, A Khanal, M. Delshad, (2024, Nov.) “Evaluating Capillary Trapping in Underground Hydrogen Storage: A Pore-scale to Reservoir-Scale Analysis,“ Fuel 376, 132755, 2024/11/15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132755
Lin, N. Xu, L., and L. Moscardelli, 2023, Market-based asset valuation of hydrogen geological storage, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, v. 49, p. 114-129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.07.074
Lin, N. and Liying Xu, “Navigating the Implementation of Tax Credits for Natural-Gas-Based Low-Carbon Intensity Hydrogen Projects”, Energies, 2024-03-27. DOI: 10.3390/en17071604
Lin, N; Haoying Wang; Lorena Moscardelli; Mark Shuster, “The dual role of low-carbon ammonia in climate-smart farming and energy transition”, 2024, Journal of Cleaner Production, 469, 143188, 2024-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143188.
Lin, N., Mariam Arzumanyan, Edna Rodriguez Calzado, and Jean-Phillippe Nicot, 2025, Water Requirements for Hydrogen Production: Assessing Future Demand and Impacts on Texas Water Resources, Sustainability, 17 (2) 385
Machado, M. V. B., Alhotan, M. M., Jerauld, G. R., Delshad, M., & Sepehrnoori, K. (2024, August). Fluid Property Characterization for Underground Gas Storage. Journal of Clean Energy and Energy Storage 1, 2450004. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2811034X24500047
Martínez-Doñate, A., Moscardelli, L., Ko, T., Melani, L., Schuba, C.N., Periwal, P., and S. Bhattacharya, 2025, The role of refluxing deep hypersaline brines and evaporite precipitation dynamics in the Castile Formation and marginal carbonate strata (Delaware Basin, USA), The Depositional Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.70006
Razm, S., Lin, N., 2024. Hydrogen demand potential and economics for heavy-duty vehicles and fracking: Sustainable development. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 53, 1404–1420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.11.274
Ruiz-Maraggi, L. and L. Moscardelli, 2024, Hydrogen storage potential of salt domes in the Gulf Coast of the United States: Journal of Energy Storage, v.82, 110585.
Ruiz Maraggi, L and Moscardelli, L.H., 2023, Modeling Hydrogen Storage Capacities, Injection and Withdrawal Cycles in Salt Caverns Using the GeoH2 Salt Storage and Cycling App. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, v.48, Issue 69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.293
Schuba, C.N., Moscardelli, L., Dooley, T., Martínez-Doñate, A., Lawton, T., Peel, F., Apps, G., and J. Schuba, 2025, Geophysical characterization of dissolution features and deformation in bedded salt formations in NE Delaware Basin: Interpretation https://doi.org/10.1190/INT-2024-0063.1
Schuba, C.N., and Moscardelli, L.; Subsurface storage in the Mississippi Salt Basin domes: Considerations for the emerging hydrogen economy, 2023, AAPG Bulletin 2023;; 107 (11): 1957–1970. doi: https://doi.org/10.1306/05302322160
Wang, Haoying, Ning Lin, and Mariam Arzumanyan. “The Market for Low-Carbon-Intensity Ammonia.” Gases 4.3 (2024): 224-235. DOI: 10.3390/gases4030013
Non-peer Reviewed Publications
Moscardelli, L., Ko, L., Rodríguez-Calzado, E., Schuba, C.N., Martínez-Doñate, A., Melani, L., Ruíz-Maraggi, L., Lin, N., and M. Shuster, 2024, Energy expansion: Storing hydrogen in man-made salt caverns in Texas: Houston Geological Society Bulletin, v. 67, no. 2, pp. 23-28.
Patonia, A., Martin Lambert, Ning Lin, Mark Shuster, 2024. Natural (geologic) hydrogen and its potential role in a net-zero carbon future: Is all that glitters gold? (ET No. 38). Oxford Institute For Energy Studies, Oxford, England.
In Press/Submitted
Blancone, D., Ruiz-Maraggi, L., Cardozo Díaz, N.F., Moscardelli, L., and A. Escalona (accepted). 2025. Hydrogen storage potential of Zechstein salt caverns in the Norwegian North Sea: Journal of Energy Storage.
Li, C. and Bhattacharya, S., AlHotan, M., and Delshad, M., 2024, Time-lapse geophysical responses of hydrogen-saturated rock: Implications on subsurface monitoring (under review) https://doi.org/10.31223/X52985
Melani, L., Bhattacharya, S., Martínez-Doñate, A., Moscardelli, L., and C.N. Schuba (in review) Electrofacies classification using supervised machine learning for Permian bedded salt formations of the Delaware Basin, USA: Implications for hydrogen storage potential: Geoenergy.
Schuba. C. N., Moscardelli, L., & Schuba, J. (2025). Impact of salt dome morphology on underground storage volumetric estimations: Implications for prospect-scale assessment, Energy Geoscience
Ruiz Maraggi, L.M., Martinez-Donate, A., Melani, L. and Moscardelli, L.G. (under review). Hydrogen Storage Potential of Salado Formation in the Permian Basin of West Texas, United States. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
Conference Abstracts & Proceedings
Albadan, D.J., M. Delshad, and K. Sepehrnoori. Insights and Strategies for Underground Hydrogen Storage Optimization. SPE 221245-MS, APOGCE conf., Perth, Australia, 2024
Alhotan, M.M., Machado, M. V. B., Delshad, M., & Sepehrnoori, K. (2024, February 12). Advancing Hydrogen Storage in Depleted Gas Reservoirs: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Dominant Trapping Mechanisms. IPTC-24019-MS was presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference held in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. https://doi.org/10.2523/IPTC-24019-MS
Alhotan, M.M., M. Delshad, and K. Sepehrnoori, Abstract Title: Sensitivity Analysis of Relative Permeability Curves in Hydrogen Storage Reservoir Simulations Using Latin Hypercube Sampling. AGU, 2024
Alhotan, M.M., M. Delshad, K. Sepehrnoori, Plume Migration Insights and Forecast for Hydrogen Injection Test: Case Study from Devine, Texas, UT Hydrogen Day (Poster)
Arzumanyan Mariam, Ning Lin, and Haoying Wang. “Greening the Corn Belt: Low Carbon Intensity Ammonia's Role in the Future of Sustainable Corn Production”, 41st United States Association for Energy Economics North American Conference, Baton Rouge, November 3-6, 2024.
Bakulin, A., M. Shuster, S. Bhattacharya, M. Delshad, M.M. Alhotan, and C. Li, Abstract Title: Field-Test Design for Geophysical Monitoring of Hydrogen Injection in Water-Bearing Layer, AGU, 2024
Bhattacharya, S., Hosseini, S.A., and Rine, M.J., 2021, Integrating 3D seismic and petrophysics to characterize hydrogen storage capacity in the Michigan Basin pinnacle reef reservoirs, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 2021 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas
Blancone, D., Ruíz-Maraggi, L., Cardozo Díaz, N.F., Moscardelli, L., and A. Escalona, 2024, Hydrogen storage potential of Zechstein salt caverns in the Norwegian North Sea (abs.): 85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Oslo, Norway.
Delshad, M., Alhotan, M., Batista Fernandes, B.R., Umurzakov, Y., and Sephrnoori, K., 2022, Pros and Cons of Saline Aquifers Against Depleted Hydrocarbon Reservoirs for Hydrogen Energy Storage, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, https://doi.org/10.2118/210351-MS
Delshad, M., Mehrabi, M., Ganjdanesh, R., Eichhubl, P., Umurzakov, Y., Sepehrnoori, K. - Simulations of Hydrogen Storage in Sedimentary Geologic Formations, 2021, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 2021 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas
Duffy, O., Hudec, M., Pee, F., Apps, G., Bump, A., Moscardelli, L., Dooley, T., Fernandez, N., Bhattacharya, S., Wisian, K., and M. Shuster, 2024, The role of salt tectonics in the energy transition: An overview and future challenges (abs.): GCSSEPM 40th Annual Perkins-Rosen Research Conference, Houston Texas.
Duffy, O.B., Moscardelli, L., Hudec, M.R., and Shuster, M.W., 2021, Assessing the Hydrogen Storage Potential of Onshore Texas Salt Structures, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 2021 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas
Eichhubl, P., Gajda, D., 2024, Effect of hydrogen on Boise sandstone reservoir integrity: First reaction and fracture mechanics observations, MR13A-3179, AGU24, Washington DC.
Eltahan, E., D.J. Albadan, M. Delshad, K. Sepehrnoori, and F. Omer Alpak. Optimizing Hydrogen Storage in the Subsurface using a Reservoir-Simulation-based and Deep-learning-accelerated Optimization Platform. SPE 220865-MS., SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, USA, Sept. 2024
Guo, R., Hongsheng Wang, Jianqiao Leng and Seyyed A. Hosseini, Abstract Title: Leakage assessment of hydrogen through abandoned wells in depleted gas reservoir for underground hydrogen storage, AGU 2024.
Guo, R., Reza Ershadnia, Seyyed A. Hosseini. “Pore-scale investigation on cyclic injection-withdrawal process in porous media in hydrogen-brine-rock systems, AGU 2024.
Hussain, S., M. Delshad, K. Sepehrnoori, A Full Physics Feasibility Study of Depleted Gas Carbonate Reservoir for Underground Hydrogen Storage, UT Hydrogen Day (Hydrogen Week Poster Competition and SPE Regional Paper Contest, Midland, Texas)
Hussain, S., B. R. B. Fernandes, M. Delshad, K. Sepehrnoori, Saline Aquifers vs Depleted Gas Reservoir – Opportunities and Challenges for Underground Hydrogen Storage (Energy Week Poster Competition)
Haddad, M., Minougou, W. J. D., Ozel, M. K., Schuba, C. N., Ko, T. L., Martinez-Donate, A., Ruiz-Maraggi, L., & Moscardelli, L. (2025). Geomechanical and Geological Evaluation of Bedded Salt Formations for Hydrogen Storage: Comparisons from the Delaware Basin and the Norwegian Continental Shelf, 11th
Conference on the Mechanics of Salt (SaltMech XI), Santa Fe, NM.
Hussain, S., M. Delshad, K. Sepehrnoori, A Full Physics Feasibility Study of Depleted Gas Carbonate Reservoir for Underground Hydrogen Storage, UT Hydrogen Day (Poster)
Javadpour, F., 2021, Hydrogen Diffusion in Caprock of Depleted Reservoirs and Saline Aquifers, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 2021 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas
Li, C. and Bhattacharya, S., 2024, Seismic amplitude variation with angle response of hydrogen-saturated rock: Implications on subsurface monitoring, presented IMAGE 2025 conference, Houston, Texas
Li, C., S. Bhattacharya, M.M. Alhotan, and M. Delshad. Geophysical Time-Lapse Responses of HydrogenSaturated Rock: Implications on Subsurface Monitoring.
Lin, N., Mariam Arzumanyan, and Haoying Wang. "The Dual Role of Low-Carbon Ammonia in ClimateSmart Farming and Energy Transition." International Association of Energy Economics Conference 2024, Istanbul, Turkey. June 2024
Lin, N., Robert Brooks. “Optimizing Hydrogen Integration in Natural Gas Pipeline Network”, 41st United States Association for Energy Economics North American Conference, Baton Rouge, November 3-6, 2024.
Lin, N., Edna Rodriguez Calzado. “Introduction to HyFive: A practical tool for hydrogen geological storage evaluation”, American Chemical Society Central Region Meeting 2024, Pittsburgh PA November 6-9, 2024.
Lin, N., Araque, A., 2021, Hydrogen Geological Storage Valuation Framework, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 2021 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas
Martínez-Doñate, A., Melani, L., Ruíz-Maraggi, L., and L. Moscardelli, 2024, Hydrogen storage in salt caverns; evaluating the potential of Permian Basin evaporitic sequences for cavern development (USA)(abs.): GCSSEPM 40th Annual Perkins-Rosen Research Conference, Houston Texas.
Martínez-Doñate, A., Moscardelli, L., Melani, L., Schuba, C.N., Ko, L., Bhattacharya, S., and L. Ruíz-Maraggi, 2024, Characterization of shallow- and dee-water evaporitic sequences in the Permian Basin of West Texas (abs.): 85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Oslo, Norway.
Martínez-Doñate, A., Moscardelli, L., Ko, L., Melani, L., Schuba, N., Bhattacharya, S., Ruiz-Maraggi, L., and D. Blancone, 2024, Halite precipitation dynamics driven by refluxing deep hypersaline brines: Insights from the Permian Castile Formation (Delaware Basin, USA) (abs.): SEPM International Sedimentary Geosciences Congress, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Melani, L., Martínez-Doñate, A., Bhattacharya, S., Moscardelli, L., and C.N. Schuba, 2024, Electrofacies characterization and core-log calibrations in heterogeneous bedded salt formations of the Delaware Basin: significance for hydrogen storage (abs.): SEPM International Sedimentary Geosciences Congress, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Melani, L., Martínez-Doñate, A., Bhattacharya, S., Moscardelli, L., and C.N. Schuba, 2024, Machine learning-based electrofacies classification for layered evaporitic sequences of the Delaware Basin: implications for hydrogen storage (abs.): SPWLA 2024 Fall Topical Conference & PDDA SIG Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas.
Moscardelli, L., Ruiz-Maraggi, L., Lin, N., Schuba, N., Martínez-Doñate, A., Melani, L., Ko, L., Rodríguez Calzado, E., and M. Shuster, 2024, Emerging hydrogen economy in Texas: The role of the subsurface in geological storage (abs.): GCSSEPM 40th Annual Perkins-Rosen Research Conference, Houston Texas.
Moscardelli, L., Martínez-Doñate, A., Schuba, C.N., Ruíz-Maraggi, L., Melani, L., Ko, L., and S. Bhattacharya, 2024, Subsurface hydrogen storage in salt formations: Geological, engineering, and economic assessments (abs.): 85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Oslo, Norway.
Moscardelli, L., Duffy, O., Zhang, J., Andrews, J. and M. Shuster, 2022, Subsurface H2 storage: The role of understanding salt dome caprocks: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition, 19-22 April, 2022 - Cartagena, Colombia
Moscardelli, L., Shuster, M. and O. Duffy, 2022, Salt formations and their role as H2 storage real estate: EAGE workshop H2 Underground Storage - Defining a roadmap to determine the feasibility of any underground gas storage (porous media and salt caverns) to store hydrogen, 83rd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, 6-9 June, 2022, Madrid, Spain
Moscardelli, L., 2022, Salt Formations and Their Role as H2 Storage Real Estate: Elsevier Webinar, 25 October, 2022
Moscardelli, L., 2022, H2 storage in salt formations: A Texas perspective: Oklahoma and the Energy Transition, Oklahoma Geological Society Workshop, 17 November, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Schuba, C.N., Moscardelli, L., and L. Ruiz-Maraggi, 2024, Mississippi salt basin diapirs: Considerations for geological hydrogen storage (abs.): GCSSEPM 40th Annual Perkins-Rosen Research Conference, Houston Texas
Schuba, C.N., Ruiz-Maraggi, L., and L. Moscardelli, 2024, Subsurface hydrogen storage exploration methods: From play-scale screening to prospect-scale refinement in salt basins (abs.): 85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Oslo, Norway.
Schuba, C. N., Moscardelli, L., & Schuba, J. (2025). Evaluating Underground Storage Potential in the Salt Domes of the East Texas Salt Basin, GeoGulf, Nacogdoches, TX.
Schuba, C. N., Moscardelli, L., Dooley, T., Martinez-Donate, A., & Melani, L. (2025). Geophysical and Petrophysical Insights into Bedded Salt Formations: Implications for Energy Storage in the Delaware Basin, EGU Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria.
Schuba, C. N., Moscardelli L., Lawton, T., & Gary, G. G., 2022, Significance of Paleogeography for Cavern Placement in Bedded Salts: A Case
Study from West Texas & New Mexico. AAPG’s Hydrogen 2022 Virtual Technical Symposium.
Shuster, M.W. 2022, Hydrogen at Scale - Why Geology Matters, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 2021 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas
Shuster, M., 2021, Hydrogen at Scale in the United States, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Conference
Shuster, M., 2021, Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Annual Meeting, May, 2021
Yayun Chen, Ning Lin - The impacts of hydrogen storage market growth on Houston Hub, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 2021 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas
