Extraction of Lithium From Brine-Exploration Rights and Other Legal Issues
Includes a Live Web Event on 02/19/2025 at 11:00 AM (CST)
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Date: Feb. 19
Time: 11am-12pm CST
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There is a growing demand for lithium for use in batteries. One current method of producing lithium is to extract it from subterranean brines that are pumped to the surface for that purpose. Further, in some locations, produced water from oil and gas operations may contain recoverable lithium. This presentation will address such issues as: Is lithium a "mineral" for purposes of a mineral deed or lease that applies to "oil, gas, and other minerals?" Does pooling authority extend to brine production? Are there special statutes that apply to brine production? Who owns produced water?
Speaker: Keith Hall
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Kieth Hall
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Louisiana State University
Keith B. Hall is the Nesser Family Chair in Energy Law at Louisiana State University, where he serves as Director of the Mineral Law Institute and as Director of the John P. Laborde Energy Law Center. He teaches Mineral Rights, International Petroleum Transactions, Civil Law Property, and Energy Law & Regulation.
Professor Hall is the co-author of three books on oil and gas law—The Law of Oil and Gas (a national casebook), International Petroleum Law and Transactions, and Hydraulic Fracturing: a Guide to Environmental and Real Property Issues. He also is an editor of The Regulation of Decommissioning, Abandonment and Reuse Initiatives in the Oil and Gas Industry, a book on decommissioning regulations around the world.
Professor Hall’s shorter publications have focused on carbon capture and storage, implied covenants in oil and gas leases, joint operating agreements, pooling and unitization, induced seismicity, and legal issues relating to hydraulic fracturing. In addition to teaching at LSU, Professor Hall has taught energy law classes as a visiting professor at Baku State University in Azerbaijan, as a visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and as an adjunct professor at Loyola School of Law.
Professor Hall serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Institute for Energy Law’s “Oil & Gas E-Report.” He is active in the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly known as the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation), and the Association of International Energy Negotiators.
Professor Hall has served as an expert witness for oil and gas disputes arising in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, as well as outside the U.S. He also has served as an arbitrator and drafted amicus briefs.
Before joining the LSU faculty in 2012, Professor Hall practiced law at a major firm in New Orleans for sixteen years, and before that he worked for eight years as a chemical engineer in the petrochemical industry. He graduated from Loyola Law School in 1996 (J.D.) and from Louisiana State University in 1985 (B.S., Chem. Eng.).
