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Standard Lithium completes proof-of-concept of lithium extraction & crystallization; better than battery-quality lithium carbonate

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Successful operation of the technology at pre-commercial continuous scale has directly extracted lithium from brine in Arkansas and produced a purified, concentrated intermediate product (LiCl solution) which has been converted to better than battery-quality lithium carbonate final product. Canada-based Standard Lithium Ltd. Contaminant.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,499,987. DOE Funding: $1,499,647. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. This will provide a science-based tool that can be used to support development of energy resources in the Fayetteville Shale region of Arkansas. The process will include a pretreatment filter coupled with a combination of one or more treatment elements.

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Vast lithium reserves discovered in Arkansas, says USGS  – Charged EVs

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Researchers at the US Geological Survey (USGS) say they have located high concentrations of lithium brine in the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas. million metric tons) of lithium in Smackover Formation brine in southern Arkansas. to 19 million tons (4.63

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New Research Alliance to Promote Low-Impact Drilling Technologies

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University of Arkansas. In addition to HARC and Texas A&M, founding members of the Alliance include: University of Wyoming. University of Colorado. Utah State University. Sam Houston State University. West Virginia University. Argonne National Laboratory. Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Clean Energy to provide LNG to Hawaii Gas; additional agreements in trucking, transit and refuse markets

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Clean Energy began providing fueling solutions at the Pilot Flying J station in West Memphis, Arkansas, furthering its partnership with the largest operator of travel centers and travel plazas in North America. The station will support Raven Transportation’s fleet of LNG trucks at an estimated 11,000 GGEs per month.

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NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

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Waste water disposal from oil and gas production, including shale gas recovery, typically involves injection at relatively low pressures into large porous aquifers that are specifically targeted to accommodate large volumes of fluid.

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