Recovery of Lithium from Associated Water of Oil and Gas Deposits

Abstract

Current production conditions and development of oil fields are complicated by the development of increasingly difficult-to-recover reserves as well as by the consequences of 2020, which include a change in the structure of demand and a collapse of the oil market, the global trend towards low-carb fuel systems and the implementation of the principles of environmental, social and managerial responsibility (ESG). This research paper is focused on diversification of the oil and gas business by extracting lithium from reservoir waters of oil and gas condensate fields. This method allows to increase the profitability of deposits. The paper also carries out a technical and economic assessment of the process of the sorption lithium extraction from the formation waters of oil fields.