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.

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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

863. Proof of Concept