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Producing Dollars from Produced Water: How we Get There and Why we Should

Stuckman, Mengling [NETL] (ORCID:0000000349865024)
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Recent studies have shown that produced water and drill cuttings from the development of unconventional shale in Appalachia has a significant source of valuable critical minerals, including lithium, putting Pennsylvania in a unique position to capitalize. This session presents how we capitalize on this opportunity to produce dollars from produced water, the opportunities, and the challenges.

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Stuckman, Mengling [NETL] (ORCID:0000000349865024). 2025-09-17. Producing Dollars from Produced Water: How we Get There and Why we Should. https://doi.org/10.2172/2588655

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