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Resource report concludes Galvanic’s lithium prospect among most prolific in North America

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A recently completed resource report has validated Galvanic Energy’s Smackover prospect as one of the largest lithium brine resources in North America, with sufficient lithium to produce enough batteries for 50 million electric vehicles. An independent evaluation and technical report authored by APEX Geoscience Ltd.

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Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas partner for regional hydrogen hub to compete for IIJA funding

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The US states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas have entered into a bipartisan three-state partnership to establish a regional hub for development, production, and use of clean hydrogen as fuel and manufacturing feedstock.

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Brookhaven, U Arkansas team develop new core-shell catalyst for ethanol fuel cells

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Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Arkansas have developed a highly efficient catalyst for extracting electrical energy from ethanol. The platinum and iridium form monoatomic islands across the surface of the gold nanoparticles. Adzic, Jingyi Chen, and Jia X. 9b03474.

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Koch Strategic Platforms invests $100M in Standard Lithium

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Standard Lithium’s flagship project is located in southern Arkansas, where it is engaged in the testing and proving of the commercial viability of lithium extraction from more than 150,000 acres of permitted brine operations. Allow for strategic project expansion.

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Major spill from the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas

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Approximately 100 ExxonMobil employees are responding to the incident in addition to federal, state, and local resources. Principal producers of Wabasca include Cenovus Energy and Canadian Natural Resources. Efforts are being made to keep oil away from Lake Conway. wt% sulfur content (i.e., sour”), according to Crude Quality Inc.

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Albemarle expands Nevada site to increase domestic production of lithium

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and begin a program to evaluate clays and other available Nevada resources for commercial production of lithium. Additionally, in 2021 the company plans to commence exploration of clay and evaluate technology that could accelerate the viability of lithium production from clay resources in the region.

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Blackstone and Alta Resources partner to invest up to $1B to acquire and develop unconventional oil & gas assets in North America

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Alta Resources, LLC and Blackstone Capital Partners, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group have formed Alta Energy Partners which will invest up to $1 billion to acquire and develop unconventional oil and gas assets in North America. Founded in 1999 by Joseph G.