This Texas startup is turning oil well waste into EV batteries

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Fast Company — Technology at 26 Oct, 09:00 UTC

Across the Permian Basin, the vast, mineral-rich swath of land in West Texas that supplies much of the nation’s crude oil, derricks pump out massive amounts of oil, roughly 6 million barrels a day. But that amount pales in comparison with the amount of dirty, brackish water that’s also extracted…