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Esuru Okoroafor

Texas A&M University

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

8

DOWNLOADS

709

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (8)

1.

Investigating Rock Alterations in Underground Hydrogen Storage: A Geochemical and Geomechanical Baseline Study

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Jan 2024
Henry Galvis and Esuru Okoroafor
Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
Downloads 163 (469,621)

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Underground hydrogen storage, Geomechanics, Petrophysics, Porous media

2.

A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Geothermal Wells’ Drilling Rate of Penetration (Rop) Prediction

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Jan 2024
Texas A&M University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Texas A&M University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 141 (530,816)
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Geothermal Wells Drilling, Rate of Penetration (ROP), Machine Learning, Extreme Tree, Artificial Neural Network, Predictive Modeling

3.

Co2-Induced Geochemical Alterations in Tight Carbonates: Insights for Enhanced Oil/Gas Recovery and Carbon Storage Seal Integrity

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Jul 2025
Texas A&M University - College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University at Qatar and Texas A&M University
Downloads 104 (679,608)

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CO2-brine-rock interaction, Glauconite dissolution, Dolomite alteration, Carbonate reservoir stimulation, Enhanced oil and gas recovery (EOR/EGR), Seal integrity and containment

4.

A Methodology for Fueling Mobility Markets with Hydrogen from Natural Gas Plus Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Feb 2023
Stanford University, Texas A&M University, Stanford University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University - Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University and Stanford University
Downloads 103 (679,608)

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Carbon Sequestration, Hydrogen, Steam Methane Reforming, Natural Gas, carbon capture

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Unlocking the Potential of Underground Hydrogen Storage in Saline Aquifers: Insights from Multiphase Flow Physics and Reservoir Heterogeneity

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Jul 2023
James Emeka Omeke and Esuru Okoroafor
Texas A&M University - College of Engineering and Texas A&M University
Downloads 83 (796,622)

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Underground Hydrogen Storage, Reservoir Heterogeneity, Drainage and Imbibition, Hysteresis, Facies, Environment of depositional

6.

Fracture Aperture Anisotropic Effects on Field Scale Enhanced Geothermal System Thermal Performance

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Mar 2023
Esuru Okoroafor and Roland N. Horne
Texas A&M University and Stanford University
Downloads 51 (1,052,702)

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Enhanced Geothermal Systems, heterogeneous fracture aperture, numerical simulation

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Decoupling Physical and Chemical Effects in Underground Hydrogen Storage: A Multiscale Evaluation of Carbonate and Shale Rocks

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Apr 2026
Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
Downloads 44 (1,196,171)

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Underground hydrogen storage, Caprock integrity, Eagle Ford shale and Carbonate-Rich Formations, Geomechanical degradation, Reactive Molecular Dynamics (MD), Density Functional Theory (DFT)

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Sequential Thermo-Hydro-Chemo-Mechanical Analysis of CO2 Plume Geothermal Systems: Reactive Flow, Thermal Sweep, and Geomechanical Stability

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Apr 2026
Touka Elsayed and Esuru Okoroafor
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Texas A&M University
Downloads 20 (1,481,165)

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CO₂ plume geothermal, Reactive transport, geomechanics, salt precipitation, carbon storage, thermal sweep