Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities

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The project team collected and analyzed 224 water samples and 101 matching rock samples. INL's improved method of measuring aqueous REEs allows study of samples previously thought too volume limited to measure.

The study found that aqueous REEs occur at trace levels in all analyzed samples, and sometimes exceed ocean REE concentrations by a factor of 1,000. No significant predictive relationship to lithology, reservoir temperature, nor salinity was discovered, but aqueous REE concentration appears spatially controlled.

Future work is needed to find the spatially-dependent variable that controls aqueous REE concentration.

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TY - DATA AB - The project team collected and analyzed 224 water samples and 101 matching rock samples. INL's improved method of measuring aqueous REEs allows study of samples previously thought too volume limited to measure. The study found that aqueous REEs occur at trace levels in all analyzed samples, and sometimes exceed ocean REE concentrations by a factor of 1,000. No significant predictive relationship to lithology, reservoir temperature, nor salinity was discovered, but aqueous REE concentration appears spatially controlled. Future work is needed to find the spatially-dependent variable that controls aqueous REE concentration. AU - Quillinan, Scott A2 - Nye, Charles A3 - Engle, Mark A4 - Bartos, Timothy A5 - Neupane, Ghanashyam 'Hari' A6 - Brant, Jonathan A7 - Bagdonas, Davin A8 - McLing, Travis A9 - McLaughlin, J. Fred DB - Geothermal Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - geothermal KW - energy KW - REE KW - oil and gas KW - geochemistry KW - rare earth elements KW - produced water KW - trace KW - recovery KW - resource KW - commodity KW - mineral KW - aqueous KW - concentration KW - spatial KW - spatially-dependent KW - variable KW - chemistry KW - sampling KW - coproduced KW - produced fluid LA - English DA - 2019/03/08 PY - 2019 PB - University of Wyoming T1 - Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities UR - https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125 ER -
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Quillinan, Scott, et al. Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities. University of Wyoming, 8 March, 2019, Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125.
Quillinan, S., Nye, C., Engle, M., Bartos, T., Neupane, G., Brant, J., Bagdonas, D., McLing, T., & McLaughlin, J. (2019). Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. University of Wyoming. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125
Quillinan, Scott, Charles Nye, Mark Engle, Timothy Bartos, Ghanashyam 'Hari' Neupane, Jonathan Brant, Davin Bagdonas, Travis McLing, and J. Fred McLaughlin. Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities. University of Wyoming, March, 8, 2019. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1125, title = {Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities}, author = {Quillinan, Scott and Nye, Charles and Engle, Mark and Bartos, Timothy and Neupane, Ghanashyam 'Hari' and Brant, Jonathan and Bagdonas, Davin and McLing, Travis and McLaughlin, J. Fred}, abstractNote = {The project team collected and analyzed 224 water samples and 101 matching rock samples. INL's improved method of measuring aqueous REEs allows study of samples previously thought too volume limited to measure.

The study found that aqueous REEs occur at trace levels in all analyzed samples, and sometimes exceed ocean REE concentrations by a factor of 1,000. No significant predictive relationship to lithology, reservoir temperature, nor salinity was discovered, but aqueous REE concentration appears spatially controlled.

Future work is needed to find the spatially-dependent variable that controls aqueous REE concentration.}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125}, year = {2019}, howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, University of Wyoming, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125}, note = {Accessed: 2025-04-22} }

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Data from Mar 8, 2019

Last updated Oct 15, 2019

Submitted Mar 8, 2019

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University of Wyoming

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Charles Nye

307.766.6804

Authors

Scott Quillinan

University of Wyoming

Charles Nye

University of Wyoming

Mark Engle

United States Geological Survey

Timothy Bartos

United States Geological Survey

Ghanashyam 'Hari' Neupane

Idaho National Laboratory

Jonathan Brant

University of Wyoming

Davin Bagdonas

University of Wyoming

Travis McLing

Idaho National Laboratory

J. Fred McLaughlin

University of Wyoming

DOE Project Details

Project Name Assessing rare earth element concentrations in geothermal and oil and gas produced waters: A potential domestic source of strategic mineral commodities

Project Lead Josh Mengers

Project Number EE0007603

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