Lithium
Reservoir Modelling
Sector
Lithium
Project
New Development
Client Objective
Independent Study for Discussion with the Regulator.
Region
South America
Client Valuation
$600 million
Simulation modelling of a Lithium Brine reservoir to understand injection and mixing effects.
Electrification and energy storage are two critical challenges on the path to global Net Zero. Lithium is a critical element in that journey. Lithium Brine development is an area of increasing interest, in terms of generating new supplies.
Need:
A lithium brine Operator was in discussions with a regulator regarding brine reinjection and the benefits to operations. They wanted to use numerical simulation to communicate the importance of reinjection.
Project:
ERCE were asked to build a scoping simulation model of the reservoir to investigate the impacts of reinjecting produced water, once lithium has been extracted.
Outcome:
Our work provided insight on the importance of injector producer patterns and spacing, pressure maintenance and dilution effects over time.