Patrick Howarth leads the lithium effort within ExxonMobil’s Low Carbon Solutions Group. Exxon is currently drilling lithium brine wells in Arkansas with a plan to be in commercial production by 2027 using Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE). The company intends to become a major lithium producer by 2030. Exxon also developed the first lithium ion battery prototype in the 1970s.
Topics:
Exxon’s Low Carbon Solutions Group
Leveraging Exxon’s technology capabilities to decarbonize
Drilling for lithium vs oil & gas
The Smackover
DLE
Lithium “surprises”
Arkansas as a lithium province
Hard rock ambitions?
Supply & Demand
Price
The Team
“Lithium years”
Beyond Arkansas
A tribute to Dr Stanley Whittingham
Rapid fire
