Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities
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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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 -
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: 2025-07-25}
}
Details
Data from Mar 8, 2019
Last updated Oct 15, 2019
Submitted Mar 8, 2019
Organization
University of Wyoming
Contact
Charles Nye
307.766.6804
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, energy, REE, oil and gas, geochemistry, rare earth elements, produced water, trace, recovery, resource, commodity, mineral, aqueous, concentration, spatial, spatially-dependent, variable, chemistry, sampling, coproduced, produced fluidDOE 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
