Join this lively and informative session on lithium brine mining, with a close look at the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas, along with new exploration techniques and production technologies.
Galen Huling
Grounded Energy LLC
Smackover Lithium Brines: A Key Source of Domestic Battery Production
Galen Huling will talk about his background in oil and gas and how he got started in the lithium space. He will briefly discuss the broader market forces driving the need for lithium demand, the need for domestic production, and current price conditions. He will then give an overview of known lithium brine samples and reservoir properties of the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas.
Galen Huling is a geologist with extensive experience with unconventionals and now in identifying and evaluating reservoirs for lithium potential.
Tom Smith
Geobrines International
Mining Brines: A Hybrid Exploration and Production Model for the Minerals Extraction Industries
Tom will discuss instances where energy-relevant minerals, such as lithium, are present in brines sourced from oil and gas and geothermal operations. He will share details about how Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) processes are being tested at sites in North America and how these compare to the extensive evaporation pond methods used in South America to concentrate lithium from shallow brine sources.
Tom Smith is a registered petroleum engineer with over 40 years of upstream operations, reservoir, and M&A experience.
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