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.
Citation Formats
University of Wyoming. (2019). Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities [data set]. Retrieved from https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125.
Quillinan, Scott, Nye, Charles, Engle, Mark, Bartos, Timothy, Neupane, Ghanashyam 'Hari', Brant, Jonathan, Bagdonas, Davin, McLing, Travis, and McLaughlin, J. Fred. Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities. United States: N.p., 08 Mar, 2019. Web. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125.
Quillinan, Scott, Nye, Charles, Engle, Mark, Bartos, Timothy, Neupane, Ghanashyam 'Hari', Brant, Jonathan, Bagdonas, Davin, McLing, Travis, & McLaughlin, J. Fred. Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities. United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125
Quillinan, Scott, Nye, Charles, Engle, Mark, Bartos, Timothy, Neupane, Ghanashyam 'Hari', Brant, Jonathan, Bagdonas, Davin, McLing, Travis, and McLaughlin, J. Fred. 2019. "Assessing REE Concentrations in Geothermal and Oil and Gas Produced Waters: A Potential Domestic Source of Strategic Mineral Commodities". United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125.
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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.}, doi = {}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1125}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2019}, month = {03}}
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