Halliburton Company HAL has secured a significant contract to support GeoFrame Energy’s direct lithium extraction and geothermal project in East Texas. The company will plan and design the first ...

The deal boosts the holdings of privately held EnergyX to roughly 47,500 acres in the Smackover, an underground geological formation stretching from Florida to Texas filled with lithium-rich brine.

EnergyX, a lithium tech startup backed by GM, announced the purchase of 35,000 acres in Arkansas from Pantera Lithium. The area is part of the Smackover, a sizeable underground formation in the ...

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Halliburton "will plan and design the first demonstration phase wells in the Smackover Formation in East Texas," Halliburton said in a news release. Work on the project is expected to begin late ...

Chevron's move into the Smackover follows Exxon's prior entry into the lithium supply sector. In 2023, the oil giant reportedly paid around $100 million for more than 120,000 total acres in ...

EnergyX, the lithium technology startup backed by General Motors , has bought 35,000 acres (14,164 hectares) in the Smackover formation from Pantera Lithium , the latest deal for access to the U.S ...

GeoFrame’s East Texas project aims to be the first in the United States to deliver battery-grade lithium carbonate from the Smackover Formation.