Techno-Economic Assessment of Lithium Extraction from Oil and Gas Wastewater

The goal of the research is to assess the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of extracting dissolved lithium minerals from
produced wastewaters at existing hydrocarbon processing facilities within the Duvernay Shale development and in-situ oilsands regions of
Alberta. An overall economic review of the opportunity to the Province of Alberta will be completed based on the results of this project as well as an exploration of the current venture, pre-commercial, and commercial lithium extraction projects. The partner organization will benefit from this research as they have a commissioned a study reviewing the economic opportunities of lithium within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin as well as an assessment of the opportunities to develop the manufacturing supply chain associated with lithium-ion batteries.

Faculty Supervisor:

Gopal Achari

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program: