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The 1922 discovery of the Smackover oil field, after which the Smackover Formation is named, resulted in a sizeable oil boom in southern Arkansas. [citation needed] In addition to being a petroleum reservoir, as of 2015, the brine from the Smackover Formation is the only source of commercial bromine in the United States. [4]
A map of the U.S. shows the Smackover Formation and the scientists’ sampling area in southwestern Arkansas. The formation is in yellow, and the sampling area is in red.
A map of the U.S. showing the geological area called the Smackover Formation. The highlighted portion in red, in southern Arkansas, was found by the U.S. Geological Survey to have high levels of ...
In the 1920s, nationwide attention focused on South Arkansas when the Smackover Field [2] was ranked first among the nation's oil fields. For five months in 1925, the 40-square-mile (100 km 2) Smackover Field was the focal point of one of the wildest mineral booms in North America. Today, south Arkansas's oil fields produce petroleum throughout ...
Smackover is a small city in northern Union County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population was at 1,865. According to the 2010 census, the population was at 1,865. It had a large oil boom in the 1920s, with production continuing for some time.
Exxon in early 2023 acquired the rights to 120000 gross acres (48562 gross hectares) of the Smackover formation in southern Arkansas, considered one of the most prolific lithium resources of its ...
The Brown Dense limestone is an informal name used by petroleum geologists for a layer of rock that lies beneath large parts of southern Arkansas and northwest Louisiana. The Brown Dense is a 300- to 500-foot thick interval within organic-rich, fine-grained carbonate rock that comprise the Lower Member of the Smackover Formation.
Exxon, which invented the lithium-ion battery in the 1970s but stepped away from the technology, plans to begin producing at least 10,000 metric tons per year of lithium in Arkansas by 2026 with ...