en.Wedoany.com Reported - Select Water Solutions has reached a definitive agreement with ISE Chemicals to commission the first commercial-scale iodine extraction and refining facility in the Permian Basin, Texas, by 2027, targeting an annual output of approximately 3,000 tons of iodine by the end of 2030. This partnership is regarded as one of the first large-scale efforts in the United States to commercially recover iodine from produced water using existing oilfield water infrastructure.
Under the agreement, ISE Chemicals will fund, design, construct, own, and operate the iodine extraction and refining facility, while Select will provide produced water supply, transportation, storage, pretreatment, recycling, and infrastructure support through its water infrastructure network in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, receiving royalties in return. This initiative aims to establish a new domestic source of iodine in the U.S. while generating additional value from produced water managed through Select's integrated network.
The first facility, located within Select's core Permian Basin area, represents the initial phase of a broader development plan designed to assess scalable expansion opportunities within Select's produced water infrastructure network. John Schmitz, Chairman, President, and CEO of Select Water Solutions, stated that by combining Select's infrastructure network, water treatment capabilities, and produced water expertise with ISE Chemicals' nearly century-long leadership in iodine production, new resource recovery opportunities can be unlocked from produced water while supporting domestic supply chain resilience for critical industrial materials.
Toshiro Kasuya, President and CEO of ISE Chemicals Corporation, noted that ISE Chemicals has a history of producing iodine from natural brine resources and supplying high-quality iodine products to global customers. Through its U.S. subsidiary, Woodward Iodine Corporation, the company is pleased to collaborate with Select to commercialize new iodine sources using produced water resources provided by Select's infrastructure network. Global iodine demand continues to grow across medical, industrial, electronic, and specialty chemical applications, and this partnership offers an opportunity to expand domestic production capacity.
Both parties believe that this collaboration represents one of the first major efforts in the U.S. to commercialize iodine recovery from produced water using existing oilfield water infrastructure, providing a scalable platform for future resource recovery opportunities.
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