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Saturday, April 25, 2020 were calculated. Historical and current well production data were compiled and used to estimate the expected lithium production for the geologic formation. This data was then applied to a financial model to determine the method of brine production under which extracting lithium from oilfield brine would be profitable. In her findings, Daitch noted that advanced technology offers the potential for recovering Li from concentrations as low as 70 mg/L. Of the produced water samples, only 344 samples had Li concentrations greater than or equal to 70 mg/L. The majority of the high Li concentration samples were identified in the Smackover Formation. The Smackover was selected to analyse for lithium extraction and production. The Smackover formation has the attraction that Lithium-enriched brine can either be gathered by collecting produced brine from active wells in the formation or by drilling a purpose- designed well to access brine. Results from the Daitch’s financial analysis indicated that the profitability of lithium extraction from Smackover oilfield brine is dependent on the volume of brine that is processed by the facility. Profit can be further enhanced by using economies of scale to increase the brine processing capacity of the facility. In her analysis, drilling a purpose-designed well resulted in the only profitable outcome. When utilizing existing infrastructure to collect brine, the profitability is highly dependent on the number of active wells that produce from the Smackover Formation. This analysis indicates that a standalone lithium extraction company is best positioned to capitalize on lithium extraction from oilfield brine and indeed one of the most prominent Unconventional Lithium plays is focussing on the Smackover. Geothermal Brines It is common for geothermal energy producers to experience mineral scaling on the production facilities. Scaling refers to the precipitation of minerals from suspension and their deposition on a surface. Geothermal producers proactively remove minerals from the brine they process to address this problem. One of the potential worthwhile products of this process is Lithium. The lithium chemical production process begins with contacting the geothermal brine with a selective medium which adsorbs lithium chloride (LiCl) from the brine and leaves all the other salts in solution. The lithium chloride is then eluted into pure water or acid at a higher concentration compared to the geothermal brine and with very low quantities of impurities. There are a number of technology companies which market the ability to perform DLE with high lithium recovery including Lilac Solutions, Tenova Advanced Technologies, Adionics, EnergySource Minerals, and others, some of which will work well for geothermal-lithium projects. One of the areas that is a hotbed (pardon the pun) of geothermal brine theorising is the Salton Sea in California. The Salton brines are renowned for their elevated levels of lithium and other minerals and, according to some pundits, represent one of the largest untapped sources of lithium in the world. As of 2010, Simbol, Inc. has been producing lithium from geothermal brine in California’s Salton Sea as an Hallgarten & Company +44 795 08 53 621 Page 4PDF Image | Unconventional Lithium from Brine
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