From Oil to Lithium: Texas's Next Energy Revolution

From Oil to Lithium: Texas's Next Energy Revolution

Major oil companies are drilling in East Texas again, but not for oil. This time, they're after lithium for batteries and other rare elements. Chevron and Halliburton announced East Texas projects this summer. Exxon has acreage across the border in Arkansas. Smackover Lithium, a joint venture of a Norwegian oil giant and a Canadian miner, announced in late September the discovery of the most lithium-rich fluids ever reported in North America, me…

A New Generation of Industries Emerges in Texas from Federal Push for Mining Revival

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Major oil companies are drilling in East Texas again, but not for oil. This time, they’re after lithium for batteries and other rare elements. Chevron and Halliburton announced East Texas projects this summer. Exxon has acreage across the border in Arkansas. Smac…

A new generation of industries emerges in Texas as feds push to mine more rare minerals

Major oil companies are drilling in East Texas again, but not for oil. This time, they’re after lithium for batteries and other rare elements.