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Katerina Vassil Co-Authors PIOGA Press Article

There has been much talk within the oil and gas industry about the potential for lithium extraction from produced water, a waste byproduct produced during hydraulic fracturing and drilling.  Is this only talk, or are we approaching another extraction revolution? The answer is that the revolution is knocking on the door, but there remain significant practical and legal hurdles to overcome. To become viable, lithium extraction must become both economically and environmentally sustainable.  Thus far, these technologies have not proven to be economically scalable, nor could their environmental impacts be justified. Read the full article here by Katerina Vassil and Steve Silverman.