Lithium extraction from low-quality brines

S Yang, Y Wang, H Pan, P He, H Zhou - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
In the quest for environmental sustainability, the rising demand for electric vehicles and
renewable energy technologies has substantially increased the need for efficient lithium …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring lithium extraction technologies in oil and gas field-produced waters: from waste to valuable resource

K Karuppasamy, A Mayyas, E Alsheinat… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The massive development of electric vehicles and consumer electronic industries has
recently escalated the demand for lithium supply and price worldwide. Since lithium is the …

Evaluation of the lithium resource in the Smackover Formation brines of southern Arkansas using machine learning

KJ Knierim, MS Blondes, A Masterson, P Freeman… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Global demand for lithium, the primary component of lithium-ion batteries, greatly exceeds
known supplies, and this imbalance is expected to increase as the world transitions away …

Utica/Point Pleasant brine isotopic compositions (δ7Li, δ11B, δ138Ba) elucidate mechanisms of lithium enrichment in the Appalachian Basin

B McDevitt, TL Tasker, R Coyte, MS Blondes… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global Li production will require a∼ 500% increase to meet 2050 projected energy storage
demands. One potential source is oil and gas wastewater (ie, produced water or brine) …

Estimates of lithium mass yields from produced water sourced from the Devonian-aged Marcellus Shale

J Mackey, DJ Bain, G Lackey, J Gardiner, D Gulliver… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Decarbonatization initiatives have rapidly increased the demand for lithium. This study uses
public waste compliance reports and Monte Carlo approaches to estimate total lithium mass …

[HTML][HTML] The source of lithium in connate fluids: Evidence from the geothermal reservoir at Soultz-sous-Forêts, Upper Rhine Graben, France

M Jungmann, BF Walter, E Eiche, RJ Giebel… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Geothermal brines in the Upper Rhine Graben have been used as a spa or for salt
production since Roman times. Heat and power are generated in geothermal power plants …

Produced water geochemistry from hydraulically stimulated Niobrara Formation petroleum wells: Origin of salinity and temporal perspectives on treatment and reuse

AM Jubb, JL Shelton, B McDevitt, KK Amundson… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Produced water (ie, a mixture of returned injection fluids and geologic formation brines)
represents the largest volumetric waste stream associated with petroleum production in the …

Acceleration of deep subsurface fluid fluxes in the Anthropocene

G Ferguson, LR Bailey, JH Kim, MR Osburn… - Earth's …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Anthropocene has been framed around humanity's impact on atmospheric, biologic,
and near‐surface processes, such as land use and vegetation change, greenhouse gas …

Transverse faulting in the Paradox Basin, Colorado Plateau, USA: Active, intermittent faulting over a 300 million year history of strain accommodation and fluid flow

GH Davis, LJ Reeher - Geological Society of America …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Paradox Basin (Colorado Plateau, USA) is dominated by major, first-order northwest-
trending structures commonly 40 km or more in trace length, including (1) regional salt wall …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemical Characteristics and Genesis of Brine Chemical Composition in Cambrian Carbonate-Dominated Succession in the Northeastern Region of …

Z Zheng, B **e, C Wu, L Zhou, K Zhang, B Zhang… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Deeply situated brine is abundant in rare metal minerals, possessing significant economic
worth. To the authors' knowledge, brine present within the Cambrian carbonate-dominated …