Turning Liabilities into Resources: Produced Water, Critical Minerals, and Subsurface Circularity

Thursday, 22 October

1400 - 1700

Room 370 ADBE

Technical Session

This session explores how produced water and subsurface resources can be transformed into value streams through reuse, extraction of critical minerals, hydrogen production, and waste minimization technologies. Case studies and techno-economic analyses address scalability, sustainability, and integration with existing oil and gas infrastructure.

Session Chairpersons

Deonarine Jaggernauth - Consultant

Khosrow Biglarbigi - Intek Inc.

1400-1425 233932
Co-production Of Critical Magnesium During Stimulated Geological Hydrogen Generation: A Circular Process For Subsurface Resource Recovery

N.M. Angelina, H. Samouei, Texas A&M University
1425-1450 233846
Thermal Performance Comparison Of Planar And Non‑Planar Fractures In Enhanced Geothermal Systems

A. Zidane, A. Khan, B. Hobbs, SLB
1450-1515 233805
Oilfield Produced Water As Feedstock For Low-carbon Hydrogen Production: A Techno-economic Analysis

A. Laalam, P. Bazazi, A. Snodgrass, Colorado School of Mines
1545-1610 233969
Validation Of Resource Extraction From Produced Water Utilizing Desalination

J.F. Newman, Aquafortus, Inc.
1610-1635 233924
Co-production Of Critical Minerals And Hydrocarbons In Sedimentary Basins: Experimental Evaluation Of Chelation-enhanced In-situ Mining

Y. Teng, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; C. Horst, University of Oklahoma; E. Polites, K. Yan, C. Stanfield, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; H. Chopra, Pacific Northwest National Lab; K. Steup, N. Lahiri, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; R. Motkuri, PNNL; C. Bagwell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; M.E. Curtis, S.T. Dang, University of Oklahoma; Q. Miller, Pacific Northwest National Lab; H. Schaef, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
1635-1700 234010
Evaluation Of Critical Minerals In Produced Waters From The Louisiana Smackover Formation

I. Gupta, LSU Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering; K. Maiti, M. Dutta, Louisiana State University Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences; R. Pei, T. Nguyen, W. Scheuermann, D. Schechter, LSU Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering; R. Kumar, G. Neupane, Idaho National Laboratory; E. Sonnenthal, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; T. Atkinson, Idaho National Laboratory
Alternate 233893
Reducing Saltwater Disposal Dependence In The Permian Basin Through Produced Water Historical Trends, Long-term Forecasting, And Water Chemistry Assessment.

E. Bechara, E. Hajiyev, A. TIAM, T.D. Gamadi, M. Watson, Texas Tech University
Alternate 234189
Field Advancement Of Hydrothermal Destabilization For Recovery And Reconstitution Of Oil-based Drilling Fluids

M. Kapila, Circul8 Energy & Environment Inc
Alternate 234181
Advancing A Venezuelan Sustainable Recovery Atlas In Oil & Gas: Technical Diagnosis Of The Fundamental Pathways For A Responsible Recovery

M. Capello, Red Tree Consulting LLC; L. Palacios, SIPA - Columbia University; T. Mata, Latam Oil and Gas Corp
Alternate 233931
Sustainable Produced Water Treatment In Oilfields Using A Low-cost Multistage System.

H. Afzal, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro

2026 Technical Program

Turning Liabilities into Resources: Produced Water, Critical Minerals, and Subsurface Circularity