The BE‑HyStore consortium continues to gain strong national and international visibility through cutting‑edge research on underground hydrogen storage. Over the past months and years, our teams have delivered numerous presentations, posters, and invited talks at leading conferences, workshops, and symposia around the world.
Below is an overview of all contributions to date.
2024 – First insights
1. InterPore 2024 – Qingdao, China (14 May 2024)
Sojwal Manoorkar et al.
“Investigating multiphase flow dynamics in rock fractures via XCT imaging for hydrogen storage optimization”
2. Cargèse Summer School – Corsica, France (14 June 2024)
Sojwal Manoorkar et al.
“Hydrogen flow through rock fractures for underground hydrogen storage (UHS)”
3. Utrecht University – The Netherlands (10 October 2024)
Sojwal Manoorkar & Tom Bultreys
“Hydrogen flow through fractured media: Implications for underground hydrogen storage (UHS)”
4. InterPore Benelux Chapter – Luxembourg (11 April 2024)
Poster – Soetkin Barbaix et al.
“BE‑HyStore: exploring the potential of underground hydrogen storage in Belgium”
5. InterPore Webinar (22 OCtober 2024)
Tom Bultreys
“X‑ray imaging of flow and transport in rocks: from particle velocimetry to hydrogen‑brine dynamics”
6. International Workshop on Digital Analysis of Flow Processes in Porous Materials for Geo‑Energy – Edinburgh
Tom Bultreys (invited by Prof. K. Singh)
“4D imaging and velocimetry of fluid flow and transport in rocks”
2025 - New breakthroughs and deeper insights
7. Goldschmidt Conference – Prague, Czech Republic (11 June 2025)
Soetkin Barbaix et al.
“Exploring the feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in carbonate reservoirs: insights into biogeochemical reactivity from an aquifer in Loenhout, Belgium”
8. Living on Hydrogen Webinar – NORCE (NO) & BAM (DE) (6 May 2025)
Soetkin Barbaix et al.
“Biogeochemical reactivity during UHS in a carbonate aquifer in Loenhout, Belgium”
9. InterPore 2025 – Albuquerque, USA (19 May 2025)
Soetkin Barbaix et al.
“Methodological considerations to assess biogeochemical reactivity during hydrogen storage in a carbonate aquifer”
10. InterPore 2025 – Albuquerque, USA (19 May 2025)
Sojwal Manoorkar et al.
“From natural gas storage to hydrogen storage: Microscopic flow dynamics of hydrogen versus methane in fractured reservoir rock”
11. EGU General Assembly – Vienna, Austria (27 april 2025)
Sojwal Manoorkar et al.
“Hydrogen vs Methane: Microscopic Flow Dynamics in Fractured Reservoir Rocks for Energy Storage”
BE‑HyStore continues to grow
These contributions highlight the strong scientific progress achieved within BE‑HyStore and underline the crucial role of Belgian expertise in developing underground hydrogen storage. Much more is on the horizon for 2026, stay tuned!